As a benefit of creating a new prefecture, reduction of local tax by 30,000 to 40,000 yen was expected (at that time, the amount of land tax and load per household in Shimane Prefecture were cheaper than those in Tottori Prefecture, for example, the difference was 8 sen for land tax, and 48 sen for load per household).
この他、新県設置による利点として3～4万円の地方税負担の減少（当時の鳥取県は島根県と比較して、地租と一戸あたりの負担が地租で8銭、一戸あたりで48銭の差が存在していた）が挙げられていた。