We recommend to use a cloud-based accounting book service. This is because the accounting book could be updated automatically and timely when the related laws are amended. You do not need to wast your time to comply. Japan sales tax called as consumption tax in Japan, is changing. Looking back the change, starting date of new tax rate was different based on the contract. This was very complicated for practical business situation. We also recommend to use Japanese cloud-based accounting system, actually we strongly recommend you "freee". The reason why we recommend Japan service, is that the Japan service could help you to meet Japan Business. For example, freee could obtain your transaction data from your bank account and your credit card company automatically, and could prepare to entry the journals. If you use XERO or Quickbook, you have to download the csv file or ofx file from your bank, and to make them imported, besides, you have to set up all chart of accounts to meet Japan tax laws.

You could save a time to work on administration, especially freee could ease your office work. Accordingly, you might not need a full-time office worker. Your accountant in-house might spend more time to propose you to improve your business by analyzing data. As routine journal entries are automatically run by freee, your office worker has to pay for invoices and salaries. If you pay by cash, please take a photo of the receipt at that time, by freee app on your device. freee app store your receipt data on your cloud storage. Your in-house accountant could entry your expense by the receipt data. This could be so easy action that you could use without understanding Japanese words on freee. Personnel administration could be managed by freee easily. freee could record every employee's working time as working time recorder, and calculate every employee's salaries. Off course, the journal entry of salary payment is automatically entered. We could support this freee to meet your use in your company, from setting up to daily operation.

We could manage and work for all of your preparation and filing of Japan tax. When you open your business in Japan, you have to file some applications to the tax office controlled by National Tax Agency. If your taxed sales amount is lager enough, you have to file a tax return of sales tax monthly, quarterly or semiannually. You have to also file the payment report called "SHI-HA-RAI-CHO-SHO" to the tax office in every January, when you withhold a tax from payment. We could work on all of those on behalf of you. We recommend freee for your accounting book, however freee could not display English menu, and all accounts are Japanese words. You might not be able to use Japanese system, nor to read it. Accordingly, we have challenged and succeeded to display English accounts on freee, as a result, you could entry your records and read a summary of account balances. As freee itself could not be actually translated in English, the operator is required to understand Japanese language.