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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.

令和 2年度税制改正において、国際的な租税回避に利用されると指摘されていた、法人が外国子会 社株式等を取得した後、子会社から配当を非課税で受け取るとともに、配当により時価が下落した子 会社株式の譲渡等により譲渡損失を創出するスキームを規制する措置が設けられました。