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TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo

to one's home affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama plans to declare a purpose doubling the ratio of consumption tax returns allocated to local directions ministry officials said Monday.

Katayama, minister of public management, family circle affairs, posts and telecommunications, will make the proposal at Tuesday's meeting of the Council upon Economic and Fiscal Policy, a tonic government panel chaired by the agency of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

generally one-fifth of the revenue generated from the nation's 5% consumption tax is allocated to local dominions while the central direction gets the remainder.

Katayama wants the local governments' share to be increased to two-fifths of the consumption tax revenue

Koizumi is in favor of increasing the allocation of tax rewards to local government as a stair to promote their self-reliance.

on the contrary Katayama's proposal is expected to come up to face to face strong opposition from the Finance Ministry in the face of tight state finances.

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