International tax advisor
Using International Tax Expertise alongside Your Current Tax Adviser
Keep Your Current Tax Advisor.
Another adviser for your international tax questions.
Your overseas transactions are growing. You want to establish a foreign subsidiary or are considering moving abroad yourself. But you do not want to replace the tax advisor you have relied on for years.
You Do Not Need to Change Your Tax Adviser to Do So.
Yanagisawa International Tax & Accounting works with your current adviser to provide specialist international tax support.
Use Specialists for Specialist Matters.
Internal medicine and surgery require different expertise. Just as doctors have specialties, so do tax accountants.
Your current adviser knows your company's daily accounting and Japanese tax filings; an international tax specialist brings a different strength. Combining them allows you to make overseas-related decisions while preserving the relationship you trust.
Kenji Yanagisawa, Principal and Certified Tax Accountant and formerly of KPMG Tax Corporation, provides ongoing international tax advice. Contact us for a second opinion or to examine issues together with your current advisor.
The Option of Engaging Different Tax Accountants for Different Specialties.
This is more than a theoretical division of roles. In practice, medium-sized and large companies, whether listed or unlisted, engage multiple tax accountants or tax firms by specialty according to their scale and transaction complexity. I have personally seen three firms, and sometimes four or five, each handle their area of expertise.
Keep daily accounting and Japanese tax with your current adviser, international tax with our firm, and, when needed, the owner's inheritance matters with an inheritance tax specialist. Combining expertise broadens the support available while preserving existing relationships.
For Your Company and for You as Its Owner.
Company decisions and owner-manager decisions are connected. We consider both, working with your current tax advisor and, where needed, inheritance tax specialists.
This diagram shows the division of roles envisaged for this service. The actual scope is confirmed according to the existing advisory agreement and consultation needs.
Some tax accountants have greater specialist expertise in inheritance tax than we do. We introduce affiliated specialists in that field and combine our respective strengths. With your consent, we share the necessary materials and grounds for our judgments to coordinate our work.
Implementation support for overseas relocation, expansion, and M&A is quoted separately from the monthly advisory service. Any engagement with an inheritance tax specialist also requires separate confirmation of scope, contract terms, and fees.
Responsibility for preparing and filing returns, reflecting advice in filings, and final review is confirmed for each assignment. Our international tax advisory fees are additional to your current tax adviser's fees.
International Tax Questions We Can Help With
You have cross-border transactions
You want to review issues involving payments to foreign companies, withholding tax, tax treaties, international double taxation, and other cross-border matters.
Establishing or Operating an Overseas Subsidiary
You want to clarify Japanese tax matters such as dividends from foreign subsidiaries, controlled foreign company rules, and transfer pricing.
The Owner Is Considering Moving Overseas
You want advice on resident or non-resident status and relationships with companies and assets remaining in Japan, based on your actual personal and business circumstances.
You are considering restructuring a business with overseas operations
Before overseas expansion, cross-border M&A, or reorganization, you want to understand the tax issues and how to proceed.
Consult Us Before the Transaction Is Agreed
After a transaction is completed, the available options may be limited. Consulting us before signing contracts, transferring funds, forming a company, or relocating allows us to verify assumptions and consider how to proceed.
For those needing ongoing advice, we offer international tax advisory services; for those wishing to discuss a single topic,International tax consultationis available.
From consultation to the start of support
- Tell us about your circumstances
We ask about your overseas connections, current advisory agreement, and the matters you wish to discuss. - Agree roles and scope
With your consent, we consult your current tax adviser as needed and clarify consultation frequency, countries involved, issues, and fees. - Ongoing Support as Your International Tax Advisor
We review documents and facts and explain the basis for our judgment and any further matters to confirm.
Fees
| International tax advisor | From JPY 50,000 per Month (Excluding Tax) From JPY 55,000 including tax |
|---|---|
| Initial consultation on your specific circumstances | JPY 55,000 per hour / Online or in person Where consumption tax applies, it is included in the displayed price. Where export exemption applies, the full displayed amount is the consultation fee. Your total payment remains the same in either case. |
Advisory fees are quoted according to the nature, frequency, and scope of consultations. The initial consultation fee is separate from ongoing advisory fees.
Detailed research and analysis, tax opinions, audit support, and projects such as overseas expansion are quoted separately after confirming the scope required. Costs for local professionals, where needed, are also explained separately.
Clients entering an advisory agreement receive our “International Tax Basics” booklet (32-page PDF).
Choose How You Would Like to Consult Us.
Consult Directly with Kenji Yanagisawa, Principal and Certified Tax Accountant
For a direct 60-minute consultation with our principal, tax accountant Kenji Yanagisawa, without a preliminary email inquiry, book here. The fee is JPY 55,000 for either an online or in-person consultation.
Where consumption tax applies, it is included in the displayed price. Where export exemption applies, the full displayed amount is the consultation fee. Your total payment remains the same in either case.
You will proceed to the card payment screen. After your application, we will arrange the consultation date, time, and format.
Start with an Email Inquiry
Inquiries about advisory agreements are free. Please email us first about services, fees, or coordination with your current tax adviser. Where specific tax judgments or advice are needed, we recommend a paid consultation.
There is no charge for submitting an inquiry. Please also use this form if you prefer to pay by bank transfer.
The initial consultation fee and ongoing advisory fees are separate. If detailed document review is needed, we discuss its scope separately.