Do you know about the forest environment transfer tax?

The implementing municipalities are prefectures and cities! This is funding that can be used for forest management and general timber utilization.

The Forest Environment Transfer Tax is a financial resource for forest management by municipalities, distributed to municipalities and prefectures based on objective criteria such as private forest area, number of forestry workers, and population since the fiscal year 2019. Currently, it is paid from the national treasury, but starting from the fiscal year 2024, it will be collected as a national tax using the framework of the individual resident tax equalization levy, with an annual tax of 1,000 yen per person, which will serve as a financial resource. Municipalities and stakeholders considering wood-related projects who are struggling with securing budgets are encouraged to consider utilizing the Forest Environment Transfer Tax. 【Budget Scale】 <Example for Fiscal Year 2021> ■ Yokohama City: 305.21 million yen ■ Hamamatsu City: 258.96 million yen ■ Osaka Prefecture: 236.22 million yen, etc. * Due to the population ratio method, there is a tendency for budgets to be biased towards urban areas, and a review is currently under consideration. * For more details, please feel free to contact us.

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