Japan to Consider Corporate Tax Cut in Stimulus Package

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Japan is considering a reduction in corporate taxes as part of a planned package to cushion the economy from raising the national sales levy, Economy Minister Akira Amari said.

Paring income taxes is another option, while a lower priority, Amari told reporters in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier this month instructed officials to compile a plan by the end of September to counter the blow from a scheduled 3 percentage point bump in the consumption tax in April, to 8 percent.