Japanese tax filings for owners abroad — each one a separate, fixed-fee service.

Written answer to a Japan tax question

Accounting firms · investors deciding what to do

A paid memo, in English, answering a question you frame — how a client's Japanese rental income is taxed, what a sale will trigger, whether a Japanese company makes sense for a buyer from your country. Delivered within an agreed number of days, written so it can be forwarded.

From ¥50,000 ≈ US$350

Non-resident individual income-tax return

Individuals abroad with Japanese rental income

The annual return for rental (or other Japan-source) income, with the bookkeeping it needs: depreciation, expenses, the reconciliation of any 20.42% withheld by a corporate tenant, and the refund claim where tax was over-withheld. Includes an English summary for your home-country return.

From ¥80,000 / year ≈ US$550

Foreign company Japanese corporate tax return

Companies abroad holding Japanese property

A foreign company earning rent or gains from Japanese property files a Japanese corporate tax return on that Japan-source income even with no office here. We prepare the return, the consumption-tax filing where it applies, the withholding reconciliation and refund, and act as the tax agent the company needs to file.

From ¥150,000 / year ≈ US$1,000

Tax agent & domestic contact

Any non-resident owner or foreign company

Appointment as your tax agent (nozei kanrinin) for national and local taxes, so assessments, property-tax bills and notices reach someone who reads them; forwarding in English; and, where needed, the domestic contact that foreign owners must register with the Legal Affairs Bureau since 2024.

From ¥30,000 / year ≈ US$200

Sale of Japanese property — capital-gains return

Individuals and foreign companies

The return that settles the 10.21% withheld by the buyer against the actual tax on the gain, the cost-basis work behind it, and the tax agent appointment the filing requires. Where earlier years were never filed, we quote the catch-up filings separately and tell you what penalties to expect before you decide.

From ¥150,000 ≈ US$1,000 · Catch-up filings quoted individually

Inheritance-tax return — Japanese property or company owned by a non-resident

Heirs abroad

Japan taxes the Japanese assets of a non-resident's estate regardless of where the heirs live. We prepare the Japanese inheritance-tax return, valuation of the Japanese property or company interest, and the English documentation your home-country estate process needs. Quoted individually after a first look at the estate.

Quoted individually

Japanese company — annual accounts & tax filings

Companies owned from abroad with a Japan-resident representative · Japanese subsidiaries

Bookkeeping, financial statements, corporate, local and consumption tax returns, withholding on non-resident director pay, and statutory reports — everything a Japanese company owes each year, with an English cover note. Note that a Japanese bank will not open an account for a company whose only representative lives abroad; we say so before you incorporate.

From ¥300,000 / year ≈ US$2,000

Ownership-structure memo before you buy

Investors deciding between individual, home-country company and Japanese company

A written comparison for your country and your plans — financing, number of properties, exit, and the inheritance and CFC rules that make the right answer different for a buyer from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore or Europe. We tell you honestly when a Japanese company is not the right vehicle.

¥50,000 ≈ US$350