Taxes and Dues in Japan
This site provides you a brief guide about Japanese taxes and dues imposed on individuals. They are rather complicated and very difficult for most people to understand. If you were a Japanese, you can easily ask for necessary explanations at the relevant bureaus. But a foreigner can not do so unless he/she is exceptionally good at Japanese. You must feel uneasy to be forced to pay taxes and dues, which you can not understand well.
I hope this site helps you to know better about the Japanese taxes and dues and to live in this country more relaxedly.
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| 2025/April 9 | I reflected the latest revision of the EMployment income deduction. The deduction amount for those who earn relatively small salaries has been increased a little. However, the tax benefits by this revision shall be limited because most of the tax payers who are eligible to the revision are subject to the low tax rate. The little more deduction multipled by the row tax rate shall be small tax cut after all. |
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| 2024/December 2 | The main focus of the next revision of Japanese income tax is expected to be the resolution of the "Wall of 1,030 thousand yen". Rather, I should call the issue as "Cliff of 1,030 thousand yen". However, we must be conscious that there are 2 contrary ways to resolve the issue, no matter which we call the issue "Wall" or "Cliff". One is to decrease the tax burden for those go beyond the threshold. Another is to increase the tax burden for those almost reach the threshold. And the Japanese society never affords to reduce the tax revenues. |
| 2024/November 11th | The air is getting cooler and the daytime is getting shorter. The winter is coming close in Tokyo and reminds us that only several weeks are left this year. The Japanese income tax amount shall be determined year by year, depending on the related items for the respective years. If you are interested in the benefits of the Furusato Donation, you should start soon to search your favorite souveniers at the municipalities' website. |
| 2024/September 29 | Tokyo Kita ward office announces that it will gift 2,000 JPY shopping vouchers passable in Kita ward, to those who newly apply for the automatic withdrawal of the National Health Insurance premiums from their bank accounts. 150 people among them will win the gift by lot. This is a part of the ongoing effort for the governmental DX. The ward office appears to move into full gear the promotion of DX. |
