When Kyoto City tried to designate the temples in the city where tourists frequently visit as agents responsible for paying a special tax, the so-called "Kyoto Old Capital Preservation Cooperation Tax" in 1985, Kiyomizu-dera Temple rebuffed it and caused political trouble called the "Koto-zei-sodo" (dispute over the old capital tax) in concert with other temples.
1985年、京都市が市内の観光寺院へ古都保存協力税の特別徴収義務者を依頼したが清水寺は拒否、他の寺と古都税騒動と呼ばれる政治事件を起こした。