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Preferential Measures


Various preferential measures on Port Island 2nd Stage and other locations


Target areas
A. Port Island 2nd Stage + Northwestern part of Port Island + Airport Island
Target Business*1

B. Commercial district in HAT Kobe
(Targeting foreign/ foreign-affiliated companies.)

C. Sannomiya, Port Island 1st Stage, Commercial District in Rokko Island

D. Kobe Techno
-Logistics Park
Preferential measures
Taxation Fixed property tax
Urban planning tax
50% discount for 3 years.
(Land, buildings and depreciable assets)
50% discount for 3 years.
(Buildings and depreciable assets)
- 50% discount for 3 years.
(Land, buildings and depreciable assets)
Business facility tax 50% discount for 3 years.
Eligibility: Core business*2
- - 50% discount for 3 years.
Eligibility: Core business*
Real estate acquisition tax 50% discount. Limit: ¥200 million
(Land and buildings)
50% discount. Limit: ¥200 million
(Bbuildings)
- 50% discount. Limit: ¥200 million
(Land and buildings)2

Subsidies

To create employment and introduce alternative energy facilities

Description
(1) Subsidy for new employment of local residents: ¥300,000 /person
(2) Subsidy for the adoption of alternative energy: Subsidy rate: 1/2
Limit: (1) (2) ¥300 million
Eligibility Businesses that purchase or rent land
Invest ¥50 million or more in buildings and facilities
Newly hire 11 or more local residents
- Businesses that purchase or rent land
Invest ¥50 million or more in buildings and facilities
Newly hire 11 or more local residents
Foreign/ foreign-affiliated companies that rent offices
Newly hire 11 or more local residents
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Subsidy for initial investment on advanced technology business Subsidy rate: 3% of the investment (Land not included)
No limit (Up to 1 billion per fiscal year)
Eligibility: Invest ¥5 billion or more in an Advanced Technology Business (Land not included).
 - Subsidy rate: 3% of the investment (Land not included)
No limit (Up to 1 billion per fiscal year)
Eligibility: Invest ¥5 billion or more in an Advanced Technology Business (Land not included).
 
Subsidy for initial investment on R&D-type business Subsidy rate: 3% of the investment (Land not included)
No limit (Up to 1 billion per fiscal year)
Eligibility: Invest ¥1 billion or more in R&D-type medical care businesses (Land not included).
- - -
Industrial cluster promotion subsidy *3 Subsidy rate: 50% of rent
Limit: ¥1,500/m2/month
¥2 million/year
*Medical related companies that rent an office in R&D facilities on Port Island 2nd Stage
- - -
Office rent subsidy for foreign-affiliated companies Subsidy rate: 50% of rent
Limit: ¥1,500/m2/month
¥2 million/year Period: 3 years
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*1Target businesses: Lifestyle/culture, information and telecommunication, internationalization, leisure and tourism, distribution, medicine, health care and welfare, environment, new materials/manufacturing technologies, and aviation.
*2R&D businesses engaged in the fields of medicine, health care, and welfare, whose total floor area is 1,000 m2 or larger. Otherwise designated as a specific business with acquired land for initial investment on 1,000 m2 or larger in total.
*3Medical Related and other R&D business
Preferential measures available until March 31, 2011
Business must be commenced within this period to be applicable for the above measures or to rent an office.




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