Japan beginnt mit der Umfrage über die unbezahlten Steuern der Ausländer in den Bewohnern
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/japan-survey-foreigners-resident-taxes/
Japan beginnt mit der Umfrage über die unbezahlten Steuern der Ausländer in den Bewohnern
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/japan-survey-foreigners-resident-taxes/
2 Kommentare
As long as they continue to persist on a system that makes these payments a year after the fact, they will continue to have these problems. You can’t physically stop people from leaving.
And what about people dying? You’re gonna be left with unpaid tax every time something unexpected happens, it’s not just a foreigner issue. The only thing with foreigners is that they just leave the country after which you can do exactly nothing about it.
Revamp the system. Yes it’s gonna take time and money and effort but in the end, you’re gonna be better off for it. If I was leaving Japan without the wish of returning and you’d tell me I’d have to pay some tax next year from my country of residence I’d politely laugh in your face.
Fix the system.
Foreign residents continue to pay more than their share of taxes. Although they represent about 2.5% of the population, they pay around 3% of taxes. This is largely because of the demographics of that population–the vast majority are of working age. As logic dictates, the vast majority of unpaid taxes are left unpaid by Japanese nationals. The foreigner scapegoating is in full-swing.
>The National Tax Agency (国税庁) conducts regular audits and estimates that tax evasion (under-reporting, hidden income) amounts to ¥1–2 trillion annually, with sole proprietors being a major focus.
If it was about money, the focus would be elsewhere.