No.12020 Working-holiday visa and filing returns for refund
I entered Japan from Australia on a working-holiday visa. Taxes have been deducted from my salary, but is it possible to receive a tax refund?
A Visitor with a working-holiday visa who stayed for less than one year in Japan is basically treated as non-resident under the Income Tax Act.
When such a non-resident receives a salary in Japan, an income tax and a special income tax for reconstruction are withheld at the rate of 20.42%. And taxation for the non-resident is completed by paying this withholding tax. The non-resident cannot file a final tax return, so there is no refund of tax deducted from the salary.
In addition, if a non-resident received the salary from a Japanese company or a resident, it is not subject to tax exemption under the tax treaty.
- Consultation service for national tax is available at the Phone Consultation Center of the Regional Taxation Bureaus. Please take a look at "IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT" and try the phone consultation service.
