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10. Financing the Russo-Japanese War and the Tax System (Taxation History Materials Library)
National Tax Agency, National Tax College, Office of Historical Tax Materials
Claims Supported by This Source
- The Russo-Japanese War required more than eight times the military expenditure of the Sino-Japanese War, and tax increases were implemented through the First and Second Extraordinary Special Taxes of 1904 and 1905 (Meiji 37-38).
- The Extraordinary Special Tax was a limited measure intended to be abolished after the end of the war.
- In 1905 (Meiji 38), the inheritance tax was newly established as a permanent tax.
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