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This book provides English-speakers with a comprehensive description and incisive critique of the Japanese tax system. The third edition explores the Japanese government's latest round of tax reforms - a reaction to the country's prolonged period of recession following the collapse of the 'bubble' phenomenon in 1991. Two brand new chapters discuss the effect of environmental taxes and land tax reform, and much of the original data and empirical material has been updated.
Japan’s Corporate Income Tax by Ruud A. de Mooij,Ikuo Saito Pdf
This paper explores how corporate income tax reform can help Japan increase investment and boost potential growth. Using international and Japan-specific empirical estimates of corporate tax elasticities, investment is predicted to expand by around 0.4 percent for each point of rate reduction. International consensus estimates suggest further that between 10 and 30 percent of the static revenue loss could be recovered in the long run through dynamic scoring, although Japan’s offset may be closer to the lower bound. Compensating fiscal measures are necessary in light of Japan’s tight fiscal constraints. The scope for base broadening in the corporate income tax is found to be limited and some forms of base broadening will undo positive investment effects of a rate cut. Alternative revenue sources include higher consumption and property taxes. A gradual approach toward lowering tax rates mitigates windfall gains and reduces short-run revenue costs. An incremental allowance-for-corporate-equity system could boost investment with limited fiscal costs in the short run.
Japan's Finance and Taxation, 1940-1956 by Saburō Shiomi Pdf
Provides technical explanations of past developments and present status of the Japanese taxation system as well as analytical studies of the system in close connection with economic realities and offers suggestions on what the future taxation system should be.
The Japanese Tax Reform by Toshiaki Tachibanaki,Osamu Ichioka,International Monetary Fund Pdf
Efficiency, equity (fairness), and simplicity are three key words in characterizing the principles of proposed tax reforms in many countries. The internationalization of the financial market through capital mobility among the industrial countries is a recent phenomenon and it is possible that the effect of domestic tax reform is dictated by international capital flows. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the tax reform proposed recently in Japan satisfies the above principles, in particular, efficiency and equity, and to investigate the effects not only on the real economy in Japan, but also on capital outflows from Japan to abroad. Also, the aging problem is examined briefly.
Q&A on Japanese Taxation for Multinational Corporations by Yukiyasu Nakata Pdf
Given its prominence among the world’s major industrial jurisdictions, Japan is involved in numerous multinational corporate transactions, and its extensive and complex tax regime inevitably plays an important role. This unique book, with its easy-to-use Q&A format, provides succinct and authoritative responses to most of the questions that tax professionals operating in or doing business with Japan are likely to face in practice. The author, a well-known Japanese international tax specialist, has organised eighty-seven questions around tax issues he has consulted on over more than twenty years of direct experience in advising international businesses. The questions, all based on actual examples, cover every area of tax practice, including the following: tax notifications upon establishment of a Japanese company; foreign tax credits; transfer pricing documentation obligations; tax treatment of small- and medium-sized enterprises; exemption from withholding tax for Japanese branches of foreign corporations; withholding tax on royalties for trademarks and relief under tax conventions; withholding tax on directors’ remuneration paid to non-resident directors; maintenance of electronic accounting books and records; tax treatment of bad debt losses; deductibility of entertainment expenses; sales and purchases of goods located in Japan by a foreign corporation; and tax treatment of the cross-border supply of electronic services. The English translations of terms used in Japanese taxation and tax practice are designed to facilitate understanding for non-Japanese tax practitioners. As an overview of Japanese tax issues that may be faced in the realm of international business, this incomparable book provides tax professionals with a wealth of expertise that may be readily applied to any tax strategy involving a business transaction with a Japanese element. It will be welcomed by in-house corporate counsel, taxation academics, and tax lawyers worldwide.
Tax Law in Japan by Masatami Otsuka,Ichirō Ōtsuka,Eiichirō Nakatani Pdf
Guide to navigating the complex tax regime associated with foreign investment in Japan. Among the topics covered are the following: historical, economic, and political background; criteria for income taxation on inbound and outbound transactions; practitioners licensed to handle tax matters; income tax withholding vs. self-assessment; rates and exemptions; incentives and disincentives; dispute settlement procedures and rights to objection and appeal; excise and property taxes; and tax treaties.
The Japanese population is aging faster than any other in the world. The per centage of Japan's population aged 65 and above was only 7.1% in 1970,but just 30 years later, in 2000, it reached 17.2%. A declining birth rate and a rising average life expectancy will continue to push this trend further. This situation is causing serious problems for Japanese society.Structural reforms, especially tax and social security reforms, to accommodate this drastic demographic change have become an urgent policy issue. The purpose of this book is to establish guidelines for tax and social security reforms in Japan in terms that are both efficient and equitable. In this study, an extended life-cycle general equilibrium model is employed to rigorously take account of the rapidly aging Japanese population. The simulation approach adopted in our analysis permits us to calculate the effects of alternative policy packages on capital accumulation and economic welfare. This enables us to make proposals for concrete economic policies.
