Tax

We provide tax advisory services mainly to multinational clients engaging in international transactions as well as to foreign governments, and fund investors. We routinely handle Japanese tax audits, both income tax and transfer pricing audits, as well as tax disputes.
Our lawyers are experienced handling tax matters with a corporate law viewpoint and corporate matters with a tax law viewpoint. We work seamlessly between corporate law and tax law, providing practical and effective advice to support our clients’ global businesses. We write and negotiate contracts with a tax perspective when necessary and will defend the same contracts in a tax audit. Our tax services cover tax risk control, minimization of effective tax rate, compliance support, tax dispute resolution and provision of preventative measures in commercial contracts and business practice etc.

Our service include:

Tax planning and advisory in M&A and business reorganization transactions;

Tax advisory and legal support for inbound clients doing business and expanding business in Japan;

Supporting general tax audits (corporate income tax, consumption tax)

Support in transfer pricing audits and more generally, supporting the establishment of transfer pricing policies, advanced pricing arrangements (APA), mutual agreement procedures (MAP);

Supporting in customs audit;

Filing support (e.g., incorporation, treaty application).