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Analysis of Japan's Small and Medium Enterprise Tax System Using Corporate Data

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03721
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionKyoto Sangyo University

Principal Investigator

Yashio Hiroyuki  京都産業大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30460661)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords小規模法人 / オーナー経営 / 法人税 / 所得税 / 節税 / 個票データ / 家族経営法人 / 中小法人オーナー / 中小企業オーナー / インカム・シフティング / 中小企業 / 税制改革 / 制度比較 / 税制
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Japan, tax avoidance activity by small owner-managed corporations has traditionally been a problem. In other words, it is believed that managers of such corporations have received all of their corporation's earnings as salaries and retained none to avoid high corporate tax rates.
However, in recent years, the corporate tax rate in Japan has been greatly reduced, and the income tax rate (including social insurance premiums) on the owner's salary now exceeds the corporate tax rate. I analyzed data on whether these recent changes in the tax system have affected the tax-saving behavior of small owner-managed corporations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

欧米では小規模法人の経営者が企業活動で稼いだ所得を税率の低い課税ベースに移して節税を行う実態が、個票データで盛んに分析されてきた。しかし、日本では分析に使用できる適切な個票の入手が難しく、そうした節税の存在はエピソード的に語られるにとどまり、その実態がデータで分析されることはなかった。本研究で用いた法人企業統計調査は税務統計ではないものの日本で小規模法人の実態を示す数少ない個票であり、これを用いて小規模法人の節税実態の一端を明らかにすることを試みた。

Report

(8 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 中小法人による「欠損法人問題」と近年の法人税率引下げについて2021

    • Author(s)
      八塩裕之
    • Journal Title

      租税研究

      Volume: 866 Pages: 8797-8797

    • NAID

      40022767589

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 税制が中小法人オーナーの節税行動に与えた影響 ー法人企業統計個票を用いた分析ー2020

    • Author(s)
      八塩裕之
    • Journal Title

      企業課税をめぐる最近の展開

      Volume: 第二章 Pages: 19-48

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 日本の中小企業所得課税 -オーナーによるインカム・シフティングの実態-2018

    • Author(s)
      八塩裕之
    • Journal Title

      租税研究

      Volume: 823 Pages: 527-527

    • NAID

      40021543157

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] New Developments in Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Income Tax Policy -How to Address Income Shifting from Labor to Capital Income Tax Base-2018

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Tajika and Hiroyuki Yashio
    • Journal Title

      Public Policy Review

      Volume: 14 Pages: 301-324

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 中小企業課税の新展開 資本と労働間の所得移転にどう対処すべきか2016

    • Author(s)
      田近栄治 八塩裕之
    • Journal Title

      フィナンシャル・レビュー

      Volume: 127 Pages: 96-122

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 中小法人のインカム・シフティングの実態;法人企業統計個票を用いた分析;2019

    • Author(s)
      八塩裕之
    • Organizer
      証券税制研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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