On August 2022, 8, the Federation of Private Schools, which consists of private schools from kindergarten to university, submitted a request to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, requesting an increase in the private school-related budget and revision of the tax system in the 3 government budget compilation.In particular, it calls for correcting the 2023-fold disparity in public spending per university student between national and private universities and formulating higher education policies centered on private universities.

 According to the Federation of Private Universities of Japan, executives of the Federation of Private Universities, including President Aiji Tanaka of Waseda University, who is also the president of the Federation of Private Universities of Japan, visited the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and handed a request to Hiroshi Yoshimoto, administrative vice minister. He held talks with Akinori, Dean of the Higher Education Bureau Private School, and Yoji Maruyama, Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and strongly appealed for an increase in the private school-related budget and revision of the tax system.

 In order to realize a new university education in the post-corona era and to correct the irrational disparity in public expenditures between the country and private sector, the request is to provide financial support for students and recurrent education for working adults to re-learn. It calls for expanded support for distinctive educational research such as education, enhanced support for promoting globalization and regional revitalization, and expanded support for measures against the new coronavirus.

 In terms of tax system reform, expansion of gift tax exemption measures related to educational fund donation trusts, establishment of tax incentives for working adults to re-learn, establishment of an income deduction system for educational expenses, increase in the tax deduction rate for donations to school corporations They are demanding that tax incentives be maintained and expanded, such as tax exemptions for school corporations' investment income, and that the special corporation tax be abolished for reserves for retirement and other pension benefits.

reference:[Japan Federation of Private Universities] Received request for private school-related government budget and tax system revisions for FYXNUMX

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