Newsletter No.11 Top page

J-GAAP and IFRS

"J-SOX"

2007 Tax Reform Act 1~5
(also includes update to 2006)

1.

Related to the Company Act, Revise tax rate both National and Local tax

2.

Taxation on Financial, Securities & Housing

3.

Family Corporations surtax
& Directors' Compensation

4.

Depreciation

5.

Lease Transactions

Payroll Update

Establishment of Yamamoto
Social Insurance and
Consultant Office

Preparation of English
Annual Reports

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Taxation on Financial, Securities & Housing

Japanese...

1.

Taxation of stocks

The current preferential treatments to apply a 10% withholding tax rate instead of 20% for dividend and capital gains on listed stocks will be extended for one year.

2.

Housing Loan Tax Credits

New tax regulations on the amount of annual tax credit available will be introduced. This is because the amount of available tax credit may shrink for low and middle income earners due to the transfer of the tax revenue sources from national to local governments. [Detailed information is available in the Japanese version.]

3.

Gain and Loss Statements for each Partner

An unlimited liability partnership is required to submit statement of gains and losses to each limited partner to the tax office by January 31 of the following year. This reform applies to the statements being submitted on or after January 1, 2008.

4.

Requirements of Information Return and Withholding Tax on "Tokumei Kumiai" Distributions

Formerly, this requirement applied only to the distributions to residents and domestic companies when the total number of TK partners exceeded 10. Now they apply to all distributions regardless of the number of partners. This reform applies to all distributions made on or after January 1, 2008.
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