EY Y02 L30 Tax

We are forced to pay tax in many ways. Name a type of tax in your country. Is it high? Why do you think so?
Do you live in a country where tax money is spent wisely? Why do you think that?
Do you feel that there are people in society who are taxed unfairly (too high or too low)? For example; big businesses, small businesses, retired people, young people, women, home owners, families, car owners etc.
There are many times in life we have to pay large amounts of tax. For example, receiving an inheritance, buying a car, buying a luxury item, buying or selling a house, receiving a salary etc. Tell us a way that you have found or that you have heard of to minimize or avoid tax.
If you had control of the budget in the town or city where you live, what would you like to build for or give to the people who live there?
If you could tax something more heavily to discourage its use (for example; cars, alcohol, tobacco, sugar, pachinko, gasoline, cosmetics, meat, plastics) what would you tax? Why?

Question 1

As I only know about taxes in Japan, I think that the pension service tax is pretty high. Even when I was still a university student, the total amount of money that I had to pay adds up to more than 600.000 yen.

Question 2

I think Japan spends the tax that its citizens pay on various sectors. One of them is monthly support for the elderly. I can't say if it is spent wisely or not since economic experts consider the tax allocation system in Japan a mystery.

Question 3

In the case of Indonesia, I heard that the amnesty tax requires business owners to pay way more than regular workers. I believe that this is inequitable.

Question 4

When I go on a shopping spree in Europe, I use my status as a traveler to avoid consumption tax. Taking an example, I would get more than $100 back when buying a bag or shoes for $1000.

Question 5

Recently, I have noticed that there are more and more homeless people in Kyoto. This is most likely because of the pandemic. I would build a homeless shelter and allocate some of the tax money to homeless people so that they have another chance at living decent lives.

Question 6

I would tax tobacco way more than how much it is taxed right now. It's bad for both the smokers and passive smokers' lives. I would make it similar to how much it is taxed in Australia.