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LDP Tax Panel Execs Eye Slight Cut of R&D Tax Deduction Cap
Executive members of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) tax panel are considering slightly lowering the current deduction ceiling of a special R&D tax credit system for the next fiscal year. The core component of the system is temporarily capped at…
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