Japan

Firm overview

Grant Thornton Taiyo Tax Corporation is a tax corporation organized under the Japan Licensed Tax Accountant Law with 16 partners and 146 staffs. The firm has the office in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

The firm provides the following services:

• Tax Compliance
• International tax
• Transfer Pricing
• Tax Consulting for Company Reorganizations
• Litigation and Dispute Consulting
• Expatriate Tax Services
• Capital Management
• Stock/Business Evaluation Services
• Outbound/Overseas Business Support
• Business Succession/International Inheritance/Family Office Services
• Tax Services for Public Interest Corporation

Firm overview

Firm overview

Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office (TKAO) provides customized professional accounting and taxation services to individual and corporate clients. Our highly trained certified accountants, licensed tax accountants and expert consultants have been at the forefront of international tax matters since 1993.

To this day, TKAO continues to match increases in demand for international taxation and transfer pricing services with the highest quality professional services available.

Whether one requires international tax planning or accounting and taxation advice for international trade, TKAO can assist its client with a wide range of services; from specialized APA services and assistance with transfer pricing documentation to indirect tax planning and compliance services including EPA's and FTAs.

Firm overview

KPMG is one of the largest advisory service providers for transfer pricing in terms of the number of cases handled, and the number of partners and employees solely dedicated to transfer pricing advisory services. KPMG currently has 13 partners in the transfer pricing practice in Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya/Hiroshima who all have extensive knowledge and experience. KPMG offers a wide variety of transfer pricing services including bilateral/unilateral APA negotiation, transfer pricing documentation including for OECD/BEPS purposes, transfer pricing audit defense, MAP procedure, domestic appeal and litigation procedures, transfer pricing policy planning etc. for Japanese clients as well as foreign-based multinational corporations in a wide range of industries such as manufacturing, pharmaceutical industry, software, trading, finance, natural resources and so forth. KPMG offers solutions not only to mitigate transfer pricing risk itself, but also to formulate and maintain strategies for global tax planning closely coordinating with professionals in the corporate tax and customs/VAT groups.