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TAXATION

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2019
Global tax authorities discuss targeting multinationals with profit margins above 10%
Under their new rules, global taxation authorities have been discussing a proposal of targeting digital giants and other multinationals whose profit margins top 10 percent, Japanese government sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2016
Apple unit in Japan slapped with ¥12 billion in back taxes over software sales
The Tokyo Taxation Bureau has imposed about ¥12 billion ($118 million) in additional tax on a Japanese subsidiary of Apple Inc. in connection with profits from software sold via the iTunes Store, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2015
Lower House OKs bills on accessing customer, banking data
The Lower House approved legislation Thursday that would, if enacted, enable the government to access citizens' bank deposit records and loosen the rules around how companies use personal customer information.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 12, 2015
Residences left empty posing problems across the nation
The population keeps aging and shrinking, but new housing keeps getting built even though Japan has a glut of unused dwellings.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2014
Abe team mulls spousal tax break to encourage women to work more hours
The Abe administration is thinking about introducing a new income tax deduction for breadwinners regardless of spousal income, sources said.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2013
First female head of regional tax bureau takes appointment in stride
Harumi Kobe, the first female chief of a regional tax bureau under the Finance Ministry, says gender is of no importance in her work.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Apr 1, 2012
Naohiko Jinno: Master of public finance brings life to numbers
Born the grandson of a once-prosperous textile manufacturer in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Naohiko Jinno says that when he was growing up he was told by his mother, over and over again, that money was not important.

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