Withholding tax of 20.42% Salaries paid to non-residents are subject to Japanese withholding tax, always. If you are an employer in Japan and if you are paying salaries to non-residents, you have to take 20.42% income tax and pay to the government next month. The penalty of missing the deadline is expensive, which is 5%-10% … Read More “Tax on salary income for non-residents” »
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routine tax practices
The withholding of resident tax works differently from national one, which you currently deduct from everyone’s salary every month. The resident tax is also required to withhold every month based on tax bills that local governments send to employer. But the enforcement was not very strict for the past years. Therefore, there have been many … Read More “Withholding resident tax for local government – does a company have to take care of? 普通徴収か特別徴収か?” »