Meanings of raise the sales in English

Japan plans to raise the sales tax to 10 percent in April 2017 from 8 percent.

He also said Japan should raise the sales tax to 10 percent in April 2017 from 8 percent.

Japan is also due to raise the sales tax to 10 percent as early as next October, in a further threat to spending.

Ireland's largest accountancy body has called on the Government to raise the sales threshold at which small companies have to produce a formal annual audit.

Bayer MaterialScience said last month it will raise the sales prices for its polycarbonates worldwide due to "constantly high costs for raw materials and energy".

Hamada said he would not oppose plans to raise the sales tax to 10 percent from 8 percent in April 2017 under normal economic conditions.

In April, Japan raised the sales tax to 8 percent from 5 percent to curb accumulating public debt.

Raising the sales tax beyond next year's planned increase to 10 percent could crunch consumption, and push the economy into another deflationary spiral.

Abe raised the sales tax to 8 percent from 5 percent in 2014, which tipped the economy into recession.

That may require some short-term fixes, like issuing spending vouchers to households who feel worse off since Abe raised the sales tax in April.

He must also decide whether to go ahead with raising the sales tax to 10 percent next year, and faces a string of local elections.

In 1997, the government raised the sales tax from 3 percent, a move many blame for pushing the country into recession.

Kochhar also stressed that Japan must stick to its new schedule of raising the sales tax to 10 percent in April 2017.

Hamada said Japan should wait also for the jobless rate to fall to 3 percent, from around 4 percent currently, before raising the sales tax.