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LDP Tax Panel OKs New 40% R&D Credit for Strategic Technologies
The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) tax panel on December 11 effectively signed off on creating a new “strategic technology-type” R&D tax credit with a deduction rate of 40% as part of the FY2026 tax reform package, answering a request from…
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