What is this? This is a 源泉徴収票 gensen choshu hyo, the statement of wage and income tax. For our American readers, think of a gensen as the Japanese version…

Benjamin Franklin said in a letter dated 1789, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” With the above in mind, I thought it might be worthwhile to briefly outline a…

When your HR staff asks you, “Do you have My Number?” They are not asking whether you have his or her phone number. “My Number” is a Japan/English word for…

*This is Part 2 of How to Claim Your Pension Refund article. After claiming and receiving your pension refund, you will have noticed that 20.42% income tax has been withheld….

This time of year signals what will be a busy couple of months for many payroll and HR teams across Japan as they make preparations for the year-end adjustment commonly…

Updated on 28 March 2021 Recently there have been a lot of people who are considering their current and future situation here in Japan. For those foreigners who have decided…

Updated on 17 May 2021   Have you recently received your Resident Tax Notice? If so, read on. WHAT IS IT? Resident tax (jumin zei) and also sometimes referred to…

With many of us now working from home we thought it might be a good time to examine some of the negative impacts in addition to the upside of working…

As a follow up to our previous article A Basic Guide to Income and Resident Tax in Japan many of our readers asked us to explain what other deductions they…

Occasionally I am asked by my candidates (company employees) to explain how Income and Resident Tax are calculated here in Japan. As companies in Japan are currently involved with the…