The Tax Research and Archives Center (Tax Museum) collects and preserves valuable historical materials on taxes, and makes them public through exhibition. Technical staff members research historical materials and past tax systems.

Historical Tax Materials Library

100 materials from Edo to Early Showa era.

Permanent Exhibition / Special Exhibition

In the Permanent Exhibition, Historical materials are presented under the theme of National Tax History in chronological order.

Special Exhibition

The theme of Special Exhibition this year is “Changes of the System on Request for Review”.

Search for Materials

You can search for materials in the Tax Museum here.

NETWORK of Historical Tax Materials

We introduce tax materials in the Tax Museum with their historical background in a column form.

Tax History Quiz

We introduce relationship between society and taxes from the historical perspective in a quiz form.

Historical Tax Material Series

We are researching historical materials and their backgrounds, and publish Historical Tax Materials Series including explanations of the materials.

Web-TAX-TV

You can watch the video that introduces Tax Research and Archives Center (Tax Museum) on Web-Tax-TV.

Annual Report

Annual reports on activities of the Tax Museum.

Collecting Materials

We welcome your contributions of historical tax materials.

User Guide

How to use the Tax Museum.

Access

How to access the Tax Museum.