Polls show that the appetite for raising the consumption tax to help share the burden of reconstruction, which was strong shortly after the crisis, is now waning.

民调显示大地震刚刚结束时人们非常愿意通过提高消费税来分担重建的负担，但现在这种意愿正不断减弱。

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This project is larger than the surrounding building because there is no gift tax due to the reconstruction of an existing building.

项目比周围建筑稍大，因为是对已有建筑的重建，所以没有赠予税。

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The mechanism would be a special bond issue covering specific reconstruction activities, with new tax revenues specifically earmarked to interest and principal payments on these bonds.

FORBES: Of Sumo and Japanese Government Finances

The government must set up a separate budgetary account for disaster reconstruction expenditures and receipts of temporary tax proceeds, to enable close public oversight and auditing.

FORBES: Of Numbers and Choices

The government's announcement on July 29th had been expected to include a temporary tax increase to pay for reconstruction.

ECONOMIST: Banyan