FAQ about resident tax in the final Japanese year Japanese residents needs to pay resident tax (住民税, Jumin-zei. also translated as inhabitant tax) to local governments where they reside, that is, one to the prefecture (都道府県, Todofuken) and another to the city (市, Shi) / the town (町, Machi / Cho) / the village (村,… Read More »
Trade-off between Child Allowance and exemption of income tax You can apply an exemption of your income tax if you have dependent family members such as your spouse, parents or brothers, who live their lives with your income. However, as for your children you can apply an exemption of your income tax only if they… Read More »
Exemption for spouse or dependents If persons of the following (A) fill the conditions of the following (B), then you can apply exemptions for the calculation of your income tax, that can make your income tax less. (A) Your spouse Your children under 16 years old Your relatives (B) They reside with you, or they… Read More »
List: Japanese tax years whose refunds you can claim You might notice, years after you left Japan, that you should have claimed income tax refunds for salaries you had received in Japan. This is the list of years whose tax refunds Japanese tax office accepts: Year Tax refunds are accepted Gengonen (元号年) 2021 from 2016… Read More »
Hikyojusha cannot claim a refund of withheld income tax basically We have received a lot of queries from non-Japanese customers who were employed by Japanese companies before. Of them there are queries about income tax refunds of “Hikyojusha (非居住者)”, whose literal translation is “Non-resident”. Some customers show us a sheet of payments for Hikyojusha, and… Read More »
Japanese Resident Tax – What percentage of income? In Japan there are two kinds of taxes for a personal income – (national) income tax (所得税, Shotoku-zei) and resident tax (住民税, Jumin-zei. also translated as inhabitant tax). Japanese residents pay resident taxes to two levels of local communities – one to prefectures (都道府県, Todofuken) and another… Read More »
Nencho and Gensen Choshu “Nencho (年調)” also called as “Nenmatsu Chosei (年末調整)” means a payback of too much taken income taxes at the end of each year (December), that Japanese employers do for their employees. Japanese employers withhold taxes as well as social security contributions from employees’ monthly salary. They gather contributions on behalf of… Read More »