Income tax, consumption tax? Akira Ikegami What is the "most taxable tax in a lifetime"?

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Income tax? consumption tax? Akira Ikegami teaches you what is the "tax that you can pay the most in your lifetime"?

Seriously, what do you think is the "most tax you'll ever pay in your lifetime"? "Taxes", one of the three major obligations of the people stipulated by the Japanese Constitution, are familiar but few people understand them in detail. Here, along with the basics of taxes, what kind of tax and how much people pay in their lifetime will be the moderator of "Akira Ikegami's News So Was It?" Mr. Akira Ikegami, who works there, explained.

Written by: Akira Ikegami + Staff

■Akira Ikegami Born in 1950 in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. After graduating from Keio University Faculty of Economics, he joined NHK as a reporter. Responsible for various incidents, disasters, educational issues, consumer issues, etc. For 11 years from April 1994, he played an active role as a father in "Weekly Children's News". The easy-to-understand and polite explanations are widely popular not only for children but also for adults. In March 2005, after retiring from NHK, he worked as a freelance journalist in a wide range of media, including television, newspapers, magazines, books, and YouTube. Since April 2016, he has taught at nine universities, including a professor at Meijo University and a special professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. His major publications include the "Power to Convey" series (PHP Shinsho), the series "Big Problems of the World That Shame If You Don't Know" (Kadokawa SSC Shinsho), and "What Are You Learning For?" (SB Creative), among others. . ■ Program introduction Akira Ikegami will explain from the basics in an easy-to-understand manner a number of news items that have become a hot topic in recent times, as well as a number of news items that are too embarrassing to say "I don't know" these days! Whether you're familiar with the news or don't usually watch the news, you'll make a discovery that makes you wonder "Is that so?". Why don't you learn about the news on Saturday night with your family?

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Paying taxes is one of the three major responsibilities of the people

　Suddenly, what are the three major responsibilities of the people stipulated by the Constitution of Japan? Please remember the "Citizens" class in junior high school. The answers are: education (Article 26 "Obligation to have children receive regular education"), labor (Article 27), and tax payment (Article 30). Of these, tax payment will be taken up in Chapter 3. How much tax will we pay in our lifetime, and what percentage of the money we earn from work will be taxes and insurance premiums that we should pay? Knowing that number will surely make you want to think about various things. When you think of taxes, income tax, inhabitant tax, consumption tax, liquor tax, tobacco tax, etc. come to mind immediately. There are other taxes with different names. Taxes should be cheap, but we need a certain amount of money to maintain our society. That's why the constitution makes it a duty of citizens to pay taxes. "But you don't usually think much about how much taxes people pay in their lifetime." Also, we are surprisingly unaware of how much tax money is being used around us. "Whether you know about taxes or not, why don't you think about it here?"

House, cigarettes, beer. How much tax will you pay in your lifetime?

　As people become working adults and their income stabilizes, some people will want their own homes. As long as you live in a rented house, you will not be taxed, but if you buy a house (condominium, detached house), you will be taxed just by owning the house. That is the property tax on land and houses. How much tax would it cost to buy a house in Tokyo and live there for 60 years? When calculated under certain conditions, the result was approximately 10.2 million yen (see Figure 1). That's a pretty big amount. Recently, cigarette smoke is harmful, so I often see people smoking in front of the entrance or on the veranda. This is probably because smoking inside the house would be a nuisance to the family. Even though people know that smoking is bad for their health, people who like it can't seem to quit (or don't want to quit?). Some even say, "If you can smoke, you don't have to live long." "By the way, did you know that about half of the price of cigarettes is tax?" If you smoke a pack of cigarettes worth 540 yen every day for 60 years, you will have to pay about 6.2 million yen in taxes. "Then what about beer?" Many people don't smoke, but they like beer. Beer is about 40% tax. Suppose you drink one 500ml can a day for 60 years. Then, the tax to be paid during this period will be 2.19 million yen. [Next page] Cars are taxed just for owning them