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Ambitious organisations need to consider their tax affairs carefully to gain trust and stay ahead of their competitors.
As your business grows, our advisory services are designed to help you achieve your goals. Successful growth often means navigating a complex array of opportunities, challenges and risks.
The FY2026 Tax Reform Outline (published Dec 12, 2025) introduces tighter documentation rules for intra-group transactions, affecting companies of all sizes. This measure specifically targets arbitrary pricing or lack of documentation for intra-group services (including IP transfers and loans), such as shared cost facilities.
On 19 December 2025, Japan’s ruling coalition released the outline of the fiscal year 2026 (Reiwa 8) tax reform proposals. While the proposals introduce several individual amendments to corporate and international tax rules, collectively they reflect a broader recalibration of Japan’s tax policy - one that prioritizes strategic investment, domestic economic substance, and tighter alignment between incentives and measurable outcomes.The proposals reflect a clear policy shift toward targeted incentives that support capital formation, advanced technology development, and economic security, while simultaneously tightening eligibility criteria, reducing reliance on broad-based tax benefits, and strengthening compliance expectations. This article summarizes the key corporate and international tax measures based on publications issued by the Ministry of Finance.
A new Defense Special Corporate Tax has been introduced in Japan pursuant to tax reform legislation enacted on March 31, 2025. As a consequence of this legislative change, Japan’s statutory effective tax rate will be revised.
If you are planning on doing business in Japan, knowledge of the investment environment and information on legal, accounting, taxation and human resource frameworks are essential to keeping you on the right track. This guide has been prepared for the assistance of those interested in doing business in Japan. It does not cover the subject exhaustively but is intended to answer some of the important, broad questions that may arise. When specific problems occur in practice, it will often be necessary to refer to the laws and regulations of Japan and to obtain appropriate accounting and legal advice. This guide contains only brief notes and includes legislation in force as of November 27, 2024.
The 2025 Tax Reform included amendments to the Consumption Tax Act. This bulletin introduces revisions to the tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists and tax-free shops.
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