Tax panel urges gov't to clarify timing of sales tax hike

Tax panel urges gov't to clarify timing of sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Kosai, head of the Tax Commission, handed a report of recommendations to Prime Minster Taro Aso at the Prime Minster's Office on Nov. 28. The commission, which advises Aso, urged Aso's administration to state the precise timing of a hike in the consumption tax rate from the current 5 percent when it unveils a medium-term fundamental tax reform program by the year-end.

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