Talk about tax and corporate finance in Japan
Employee or Contractor You have a choice of hiring this person as an employee or a contractor. Hiring as an employee is usually more expensive because you will have to pay social insurance of 15% and about 1% of unemployment insurance. Firing is very restricted by the Japanese legal system. You will usually have to … Read More “What you need to know when you hire a first employee” »
Apparently, it became more difficult to open a bank account in Japan. The screening process by banks are very very strict today. We have a few clients with whom we helped establishing a company and opening a bank account for them. Until a few years ago, it was difficult and it required a lot of … Read More “It turns more difficult to open a bank account recently in Japan.” »
There are two types of NPO that you can practically set up. One is Standard Corporate Organization (SCO or 一般社団法人) and another is Standard Fund Organization (SFO or 一般財団法人). Others are so difficult that it is practically unrealistic. SCO is much easier to set up than SFO because the number of people needed to be … Read More “How to set up an NPO in Japan” »
