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The corporations subject to the size-based business taxation have been revised with the 2024 (Reiwa 6) tax reform. This section outlines the calculation method for the size-based business taxation.
Pillar Two presents a complex web of rules, Income Inclusion Rule (IIR), Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (QDMTT), and the Undertaxed Profits Rules (UTPR), formerly known as the Undertaxed Payments Rule. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in Japan will need to understand the interaction of each rule enacted under Japan's domestic legislation.
With the COVID-19 travel restrictions lifted, business travel has increased significantly. Some companies assume their employees are tax-exempt if their home country has an income tax treaty with the host country and the employee spends not more than 183 days in aggregate there. How to count the days can easily create confusion. This edition of the tax bulletin explains how to count 183 days and pitfalls you need to be aware of when counting travel days to Japan.
The global tax landscape is experiencing a historic transformation as countries implement the OECD/G20’s Pillar Two framework—an initiative designed to introduce a Global Minimum Tax (GMT) of 15% on large multinational enterprises (MNEs). Japan has taken a proactive role in adopting and legislating this framework, aligning its domestic laws with the OECD’s model rules while tailoring certain elements to suit its national tax policy objectives. This article provides an overview of the Income Inclusion Rule (IIR), Undertaxed Profits Rule (UTPR), and Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (QDMTT) as implemented in Japan, highlights key dates, compares Japan’s approach with OECD recommendations, and explains the rules’ impact on Japanese corporations.
The quality of AI outputs is improving with a pace too significant for it to be discounted. The oft repeated phrase is that AI and automation is ideal for tasks that are repetitive, follow a specific set of rules, and take a long period of time with manual input. For example, current AI can assimilate information from a Local File and use this to evaluate the comparability of comparable companies based on their business description and other information, providing acceptance and rejection reasons accordingly.
The 2025 fiscal year, known as Reiwa 7 in Japan, brings several changes to the corporate tax landscape. These reforms aim to enhance corporate competitiveness, encourage investment, and ensure fair taxation. This bulletin outlines the key aspects of the Reiwa 7 corporate tax reforms, based on the latest publications by the Japan Ministry of Finance.
In December 2024, The Japan National Tax Agency (NTA) has recently issued an update correction to Form of Statement Concerning Foreign Tax Credit for an individual resident taxpayer for 2022 calendar year and thereafter. This correction is concerning foreign income taxes on distribution of collective investment trust income.
2021年12月、OECDからデジタル課税第二の柱グローバルミニマム課税におけるGloBE(Global Anti Base Erosion)モデルルールが公表されました。 既に137の国と地域が第二の柱の新制度に合意し、2023年の発効に向けて各国で国内法の整備がすすめられており、日本においても令和5年度以降に税制改正がなされることが見込まれています。連結売上 7.5 億ユーロ以上の多国籍企業が対象となり多くの日本企業への影響が想定されるため、本稿では第二の柱のモデルルールであるGloBEルールのしくみについて解説します。