Shiokawa ready to cut businesses' taxable minimum sales

Shiokawa ready to cut businesses' taxable minimum sales

TSU, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa indicates at a news conference in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on April 15 that the government is considering lowering the sales threshold at which small businesses must pay consumption tax from the current 30 million yen a year.

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