Japan tax & financial deadlines
National Tax Agency obligations: corporate tax, consumption tax and withholding.
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These follow your financial year, reporting period, payment date or a business-day rule, so no single calendar date is shown.
Corporation tax return
File & payVerification pendingWithin 2 months after the end of the business year (filing can be extended, usually by 1 month; payment cannot).
Final return and payment of corporation tax.
Applies to: Companies
Authority: National Tax Agency (NTA)National Tax Agency — Corporation tax, consumption tax and withholdingLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026Interim corporation tax return
File & payVerification pendingWithin 2 months after the first 6 months of the business year.
Interim return and payment for the first half of the business year.
Applies to: Companies whose previous year's tax exceeded the threshold
Authority: National Tax Agency (NTA)National Tax Agency — Corporation tax, consumption tax and withholdingLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026Consumption tax return
File & payVerification pendingWithin 2 months after the end of the taxable period.
Final consumption tax return and payment; interim payments may also apply.
Applies to: Taxable businesses (companies)
Authority: National Tax Agency (NTA)National Tax Agency — Corporation tax, consumption tax and withholdingLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026