December 2007

Japan: The Amended Securities Exchange Act Changes Certain Securities Filing Requirements
19 December 2007
• Contributed by PwC

November 2006

Japan: Recent Developments for the Third Quarter 2006 (.pdf - 648 KB)
20 November 2006
• Contributed By: Baker & McKenzie

June 2006

Japan: New Japan/United Kingdom (UK) Tax Treaty
12 June 2006
• Contributed by Deloitte

May 2006

Japan: New Japan/United Kingdom Tax Treaty
31 May 2006
• Contributed by Deloitte

May 2005

Japan: Rulings State Stock Option Gains Constitute Employee Income
11 May 2005
• Contributed by Deloitte

February, 2005

Japan: Japan Supreme Court Rules Stock Option Gains At Exercise Should Be Taxed As Employment Income
9 February 2005
• Contributed by Deloitte
Japan: Taxation of stock options clarified
9 February 2005
• Contributed by Mercer

September, 2004

Japan: Basic Principles of Japan Stock Option Regulation (.pdf)
14 September 2004
• Contributed by Anderson Mori
• By James Minamoto

May, 2004

Japan: Change in Capital Gains Tax Rate.
4 May 2004
• Contributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers

March, 2004

Japan: Japan High Court Rules Stock Option Gains Taxed as Employment Income
|10 March 2004
• Contributed By: Deloitte & Touche

Japan: Tokyo High Court Holds that Stock Option Income is Taxable as Salary
8 March 2004
Contributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers

February, 2004

Japan: Employee stock option income held to be employment income
2 February 2004
Contributed by JoAnn Slade, ( ) Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Japan: Japanese Court Rules Stock Options Constitute Employment Income
2 February 2004
• Contributed By: Deloitte & Touche

October, 2003

Japan: Taxation of Stock Options - Global Watch
1 October 2003
Contributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers

Japan: Court Ruling Confirms “Occasional Income” Treatment for Stock Option Income
1 October 2003
Contributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers

September, 2003

Japan: Japanese Court Rules Against Higher Taxes on Stock Options
29 September 2003
Contributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers

April, 2003

Japan: New Rules Expand Exemption from Securities Registration for Stock Options
1 April 2003
• Contributed By: Deloitte & Touche

March, 2003

Japan: Japan’s National Tax Administration Forms New Team to Probe Cross-Border Tax Avoidance 1 March 2003
• Contributed by Tudor Havriliuc, PricewaterhouseCoopers

January, 2003

Japan: District Court Issues Favorable Ruling re: Taxation of Option Spread 1 January 2003
• Contributed By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

December, 2002

Japan: Japan Spots Deficiencies in 98 Percent Of Individuals' Stock Option Tax Returns 2 December 2002
• Contributed by Tudor Havriliuc, PricewaterhouseCoopers

October, 2002

Japan: Accounting Standards Board to Propose Guidelines for Expensing Options 4 October 2002
• Contributed By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

July, 2002

Japan: Securities Regulations Revised 22 July 2002
• Contributed by Tudor Havriliuc, PricewaterhouseCoopers

May, 2002

Japan: Securities Filing Requirements Relaxed 1 May 2002
• Contributed By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

March, 2002

Japan: Audit Alert on Stock Income 29 March 2002
• Contributed By: Siobhan Hurley, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Japan: Tax Reform for 2002 22 March 2002
• Contributed By: Aidan Langley, Deloitte & Touche

February, 2002

Japan: Improved Taxation of Capital Gains 31 January 2002
• Contrinuted By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

December, 2001

Japan: Passage of Bill to Remove Restrictions on Stock Options 7 December 2001
• Contributed By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

November, 2001

Japan: Proposed Removal of Restrictions on the Ability of Japanese Companies to Grant Stock Options 8 November 2001
• Contributed By: June Anne Burke, William Mercer

September, 2001

Japan: Former Microsoft Executive and Cisco Head Face Tax Consequences For Un- and Under-Reported Stock Option Gains 19 September 2001
• Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri; June 18, 2001 and July 26, 2001

Japan: Stock Option Profit Penalties Not Charged 19 September 2001
• Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri; June 18, 2001 and July 26, 2001

June, 2001

Japan: Japan Nullifies Tax Penalties Imposed on Stock Options 5 June 2001
Contributed by Siobhan Hurley, PricewaterhouseCoopers