tax return & bookkeeping support
when you start a business in Japan
Hi there! I'm a tax attorney in Japan at Yokohama-City near Tokyo .
As you know, when you start a business in japan, you have to make and keep account books for tax return and of course for your business controlling.
If you are a English speaker, we can support you online how to use Japanese apps for bookkeeping.
The most popular accounting apps in Japan we think, seems to be 弥生会計 "Yayoi Kaikei".
They say the share of it is around 50% in Japan (the second one's share is around 25%.) ,and it's also popular among the tax professions like us.
Our clients use it mainly for accounting.
We also use it for calculating your consumption tax, because its calculating functionality is high.
Ex1
We can help you online to set up a Japanese accounting apps called Yayoi-Kaikei.
We also can help you to set up email and Zoom, even if you can't do it by yourself.
Ex２
You can buy Yayoi-Kaikei from their WebSite.
We introduce you to the company "Yayoi Co., Ltd".
Then they will send you email how to buy.
After you registered yourself and your bank account for payment, you can downroad and install it to your PC.
Ex３
We can help you, if you want to use Excel for bookkeeping.
We can provide your ledger and tax returns based on the data of Excel books.
These doc. help you to be ready for the tax audit.
Tax Office says about bookkeeping
（incom tax）
・For those who maintain a certain standard of bookkeeping practice and make correct declaration based on the bookkeeping, there is a blue return system where filers can receive advantageous treatment in the calculation of income.
・In principle, books for blue return should be kept based on regular bookkeeping that enables a filer to prepare a balance sheet and income statement at the end of the year. However, simple bookkeeping using books such as cash book, accounts receivable ledger, accounts payable ledger, expense ledger and fixed asset ledger is also permitted.
(consumption taxs)
・For transactions where it is difficult to receive a qualified invoice(ex. reuse business), etc., there is a special exception that allows purchase tax credit by only storing account books containing certain items.
・Small businesses below a certain size can apply for the purchase tax credit for taxable purchases of less than ten thousand (10,000) yen including tax from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2029 by only storing account books that state certain items (special exception for small amount).