The average tax refund in Japan is ¥111,000. Let’s get your tax back

You are entitled to apply for a Japanese tax refund if you have been working in the country for more than a year.

You can apply for your Japanese tax refund at the end of the tax year. You can also apply for your refund from the previous five tax years.

The exact amount you can claim back from Japan will depend on your personal circumstances. However, on average our customers get back a tax refund of ¥111,000. Ultimately the tax office has the final say in how much you get back. We will ensure you get back as much overpaid tax as is legally possible.

The total estimated time for your Japanese tax rebate application to be processed is two – four months. As soon as we receive your tax refund we will contact you to organise the best way to deliver it to you.

Once we receive your documents it will take us approximately five working days to prepare your Japanese income tax return – this includes checking your documents, estimating your refund, completing your forms and sending them to the tax office.
Once your documents are at the tax office, your application will take approximately eight – sixteen weeks to process. As soon as we receive your refund from the tax office, we’ll transfer it to you!

Sometimes it takes longer for tax refund applications to be processed if they’re missing documents or if there are delays at the tax office. The Taxback team will contact the tax office regularly on your behalf and ensure you get your tax refund as quickly as possible.

You can find out through your personal TaxTracker account. It allows you to see every step of your application. Alternatively, if you’d rather talk to someone about your case you can contact your Account Manager or our live chat team anytime 24/7.

Thousands of people choose our service because:

• You get the maximum legal tax refund possible
• You get your own Online Tracking Account where you can track the progress of your application
• We have Certified Public Accounts who are trained in tax law and will make sure your application is fully tax compliant
• If you’ve lost your payment documents, we’ll help you to find them
• 24-hour customer support and tax refund help
• Free phone, free fax, free post, free online tax help with our live chat
• We offer a multi-lingual service
• We transfer your refund worldwide and in your local currency

For Japanese refunds we charge 20% of the refund received (+ handling fee), subject to a minimum processing fee of 7171¥ (+ handling fee).

Our minimum fee enables us to offer you all of the services you need and value. This includes ‘round the clock support, tax training for your case manager so they can keep up with the latest tax laws in order to get you the maximum tax refund possible and maintaining your personal online TaxTracker account.

No worries, our document retrieval service team can find them for you or get replacements for a small additional fee. Just email japan@taxback.com to let them know.

When you receive your Japanese pension refund, the Japanese Social Insurance office deducts 20% worth of tax off your pension reimbursement. Thankfully we can claim that tax back up to five years later for you. On average this refund is approximately ¥122,000, so apply today!

This is the official tax form that you get from your employer at the end of the tax year outlining your earnings and the amount of tax you paid that year. We need this form to claim your Japanese tax rebate. If you’ve lost it or haven’t been issued it yet, we can get it for you; email japan@taxback.com for more information.

Yes. We can apply for your pension refund up to two years after you’ve left Japan and our average customer gets back a Japanese pension refund of ¥600,000.

RA tax return is a document which declares your liability for taxation. Meanwhile, a tax refund is the reimbursement of any tax deductions that were overpaid during the year. In order to claim a tax refund you must first file your tax return.

To apply for your pension refund from Japan, we’ll need a copy of your pension book or pension number.

No, we can’t. However, we do guarantee to get you back the maximum legal tax refund possible.
Ultimately though, exactly how much you get back depends on the tax office.