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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by usaar333 on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:38AM (#18257460)
> . The whole reason for the first 2000 yen not being tax deductible is this is something you are only supposed to do if you seriously want your money to go to a local government, and allowing non-taxed return gifts defeats the intention of how the system is set up

I definitely found it strange Japan is allowing the local governments to gift 50% back.

In the US, legally any portion of a charitable contribution you get back in personal benefit (e.g. an expensive banquet) is not tax deductible.

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by wyattpeak on Friday October 19, 2018 @12:39PM (#18257927)
It would probably be instructive to know how actual charitable donations are handled in Japan.

I have no idea, but in a highly reciprocal culture I could well imagine that effectively punishing reciprocation in that way would be a political non-starter.

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