The Guardian: Want to give some of your local taxes to charity? In Japan you can In the late 1990s, a TV documentary caught the attention of Mitsuyuki Chiba, who was then mayor of Ichikawa, a city close to Tokyo in Japan. It showed how the fall of the Socialist regime in Hungary in the 1980s had brought with it a lack of funding for public infrastructure and a weak third sector. In 1996, the Hungarian personal income tax scheme was introduced, which aimed at providing funding for non-profit organisations and promote co-operation between the voluntary sector and the community. The 1% scheme offered a clever solution to this dilemma. 1% of local taxes is allocated to charities chosen by citizens. In turn, this means these charities can provide important services which the city council could not otherwise fund. theguardian/public-leaders-network/2014/oct/10/local-taxes-vote-japan-ichikawa-charity-1-percent
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:30:01 +0000
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