Japan

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

In the globalized economy, transfer pricing has become a leading risk management issue for multinational businesses. Our transfer pricing professionals can assist you with efficiently managing your transfer pricing to minimize assessment risk and avoid costly defense actions.

Strong Global Network
The transfer pricing team at Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co., is part of Deloitte's Global Transfer Pricing Team which enables us to exchange information and share valuable experience on a daily basis with professionals from all over the world. The synergy of our global network is a crucial asset in managing transfer pricing projects involving multiple jurisdictions.

Highly Experienced Professionals
Our team of highly experienced transfer pricing professionals can provide expert assistance in all types of transfer pricing projects including documentation, audit defense, advance pricing arrangements, risk assessment, policy building, mutual agreement procedures and general transfer pricing advice. In addition to our transfer pricing expertise, we have a wealth of experience of various industries and sectors which enables us to provide practical solutions suited to your business model.
Our services leverage the knowledge of professionals with diverse backgrounds and qualifications such as certified public accountants, tax practitioners, economists, former tax officials, industry experts and others.

Our Reputation
The transfer pricing team at Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co. has always been highly rated by clients and tax experts. Our team has been selected by International Tax Review as one of the leading firms in Japan and many of our leading tax experts have continuously been selected among the World's Leading Tax Advisers by Euromoney Magazine since 2000.

Multilingual Services
Our global network of transfer pricing specialists also enables us to provide services in various languages and ensure efficiency in cross-border project management. In addition to our fully bilingual Japanese transfer pricing experts, our team in Japan also includes professionals from several different nationalities. This multilingual environment further strengthens our ability to provide high-quality services in various languages.

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.

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