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…

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 to relocate overseas from Japan…

Have you recently received your Resident Tax Notice? If so, read on. WHAT IS IT? In Japan, Resident Tax (jumin zei) and also sometimes referred to as Inhabitant Tax or…

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…