Lower house OKs stopgap bill to extend tax measures until May

Lower house OKs stopgap bill to extend tax measures until May

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives endorsed a stopgap bill on March 31 to extend until the end of May various special tax measures which would have expired the same day, in a bid to avoid confusion in wide areas such as used car and land sales and financial transactions in the Tokyo offshore market.

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