An observation as an aspiring Dangerous Professional: There are few things more "official" than an accepted tax return. This is an *informal* truth of the system. Tax agencies are broadly supportive of receiving more tax returns. No bureaucrat wants to call the taxman a liar.
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"Can you give an example?" Suppose a random official at city hall does not agree that you are legally entitled to run a sole proprietorship, perhaps on a theory about your immigration status. You might find it useful to have a piece of paper from the tax agency.
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"Well I mean are you really allowed to run it?" "Supposing I were able to run it, I'd be able to produce a document from the tax agency applying for permission to file a self-employed tax return. Oh look, here it is, stamped Accepted. I wonder: Did. They. Make. A. Mistake?"
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"Well I'm not saying they..." "That's right, I agree, it is highly likely that they are extremely well versed in this sort of thing. So, moving on: the thing I need from you is..."
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(I really love that the name of this document has the word "permission" literally in the title because that certainly *suggests* that the Minister of Finance conferred with his top people, exhaustively consulting statutes and regulatory codicils, before entrusting me with it.)
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If for some reason you haven't filed for next year despite running a small business in Japan well chop chop you still have time: https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/tetsuzuki/shinsei/annai/shinkoku/annai/09.htm …
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Replying to @patio11
I am curious about Japanese tax compliance. Are you in full time employment with stripe or is that structured as a contract/small business? I read somewhere that employees in Japan don't file tax returns unless its above a threshold. For the majority, withholding suffices.
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I work for Stripe Japan, K.K., in the traditional manner for professional employees. We pay smart people, then listen to them, about the right way to do things. I do run a small business and have for 10+ years here; lots of stories, of which this is one (from ~2010).
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