Taxes a foreign national needs to pay in Japan include income tax,
consumption tax, automobile tax, and residence tax.
Income Tax
I n general, income tax is automatically deducted from each month's
salary of people who work for a company.@During the period of
February 16 and March 15, other people are required to file final
tax return for the previous year and pay the estimated taxes which
will be settled by the filing the final tax return. People who
earn total amount of income less than 1,030,000 yen for the year
are not obligated to pay taxes.
Yamaguchi Tax Office : 922-2774
Consumption Tax
A 5% sales tax is levied@on most purchases within the country.@In
some cases sales tax is included in the original prices.
Yamaguchi Tax Office Tel: 922-2774
Automobile Tax
Levied on the owner of automobile within the country, it must
be paid once a year at the end of May .
Yamaguchi Prefectural Tax Office@Tel: 922-7691
Resident Tax
Resident tax is levied on any person living in Yamaguchi City
as of January 1 of each year with a yearly income of more than
970,000 yen. The amount of resident tax will be determined by
the total income of the previous year.
Yamaguchi City, Municipal Inhabitants Tax Division@
Tel:934-2734
