Goods tax - Buppinzei

Japanese: 物品税 - ぶっぴんぜい
Goods tax - Buppinzei

It was a national tax in Japan that was levied on specific goods, but was abolished with the introduction of the consumption tax in April 1989 (Heisei 1). The commodity tax was first imposed in 1937 (Showa 12) as a special commodity tax on luxury goods such as jewelry, precious metal products, cameras, and musical instruments under the North China Incident Special Tax Law. It then became independent as the Commodity Tax Law in 1960, was fully revised in 1962 (Showa 37), and continued until it was abolished in 1989.

Although the commodity tax was a single tax item, it covered a wide variety of goods, and specific goods were classified into first and second types and specified in detail in the Commodity Tax Law. First-type goods included precious stones, pearls, precious metals, furs, and textile furnishings, and their sellers were responsible for the tax. The tax base was the retail price, and the tax rate was 10% or 15%. Second-type goods included automobiles and related products, boats, entertainment and sports products, electric and gas appliances, televisions, musical instruments, cameras, furniture, watches, smoking equipment, bags, cosmetics, and beverages, and their manufacturers were responsible for the tax. The tax base was the price at the time the goods were shipped out from the manufacturing plant, and the tax rate varied from 30% for ordinary passenger cars, large motorboats, and golf products to 5% for beverages.

[Masatoshi Hayashi]

[Reference item] | Indirect tax | Consumption tax | Tax

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

特定の物品を対象として課税された、わが国の国税であったが、1989年(平成1)4月に消費税が導入されたことにより廃止された。物品税は、1937年(昭和12)に北支事件特別税法により宝石、貴金属製品、写真機、楽器などの奢侈(しゃし)品に対して物品特別税を課したのが最初で、その後40年に物品税法として独立し、62年(昭和37)に全面改正され、89年の廃止まで続いた。

 物品税は単独税目の形態をとっていたが、その対象は多種多様な物品に及び、具体的な物品は物品税法に第1種と第2種に分類されて詳細に規定されていた。第1種の物品は貴石、真珠、貴金属、毛皮、繊維製の調度品などで、その販売業者が納税義務者である。課税標準は小売価格であり、10%または15%の税率で課税された。第2種の物品は自動車およびその関連製品、船艇、娯楽・スポーツ製品、電気・ガス機器、テレビジョン、楽器、写真機、家具、時計、喫煙用具、鞄(かばん)類、化粧品、飲料類などで、その製造業者が納税義務者である。課税標準は製造場から移出されるときの価格であり、税率は普通乗用車や大型モーターボートやゴルフ製品などの30%から飲料類などの5%まで多様であった。

[林 正寿]

[参照項目] | 間接税 | 消費税 | 租税

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