Tax Refund

20% Tax Refund

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How much you can refund / Necessary document

  • 20% income tax of lump-sum pension refund (Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments) can be refunded if you designate a tax agent who resides in Japan. Note that you are not permitted to claim any tax refunds while you reside outside Japan.
  • To claim 20% tax refund you need to submit "Notice of Entitlement: Your Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments", that is mailed to you just after you receive 80% of lump-sum pension refund. If you lose it we can proceed the re-issue.
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YouAT LLC helps you claim your tax refund

YouAT LLC will legally claim the tax refund as your tax agent and will examine all documents to ensure a successful refund.

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Our fee: 20% of realized tax refund

We can refund almost all of 20% tax refund in Japan. After we take our fee we will transfer the refunded tax to your bank account.

  • If you are employed for a short period but receive much amount of lump-sum pension refund, it is possible that a little part of 20% tax won't be refunded.
  • Normally a tax refund takes 1-3 months after we received necessary forms and documents.
  • Please mail us "Notice of Entitlement: Your Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments" together with other forms. If you lose "Notice" then we will proceed the re-issue. The cost of re-issue 5,000JPY will be added to our fee.
  • Mailing costs from you and tax refund's transaction costs from us are not included in our fee.
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Income Tax Refund

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How much you can refund / Necessary document

  • Part of past 5 year's income tax might get refunded (especially the final employment year in Japan). The amount of refunds can be estimated through examining Gensen Choshu-hyo (源泉徴収票, annual sheet of withheld taxes).
  • Resident tax (juminzei, 住民税) in normal cases cannot get refunded.
  • Income tax for 401k payments might get refunded in some cases.
  • We will examine other cases whose tax might be refundable.
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YouAT LLC helps you claim your tax refund

YouAT LLC will claim your tax refund legally as your tax agent.
We examine all of your documents before claiming and help you succeed in your refund surely.

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Our fee: 20% of realized tax refund

We can refund income tax refund / other type of refunds in Japan. After we take our fee we will transfer the refunded tax to your bank account.

  • Normally a tax refund takes 1-3 months after we received necessary forms and documents.
  • For income tax refund, please show us a copy of Gensen Choshu-hyo (源泉徴収票, annual sheet of withheld taxes). No original copy is required.
  • Please mail us necessary forms.
  • Mailing costs from you and tax refund's transaction costs from us are not included in our fee.
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Other Tax Service

YouAT can also submit normal tax returns (kakutei shinkoku, 確定申告) and other applications for Japanese taxes. Fees will be offered based on the specific service required.

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