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title: "Accounting Software, Payroll Reporting and HR/Employer-of-Record Services"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f639563d783ad68709460
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, links-and-contacts, accounting-and-services, company-registration, hiring-and-hr, visa-work"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:18:29.434Z"
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# Accounting Software, Payroll Reporting and HR/Employer-of-Record Services

freee is a popular service for both company registration and bookkeeping in Japan, with a dedicated business-launch page, a tool to generate the annual 源泉徴収票 withholding-tax certificate, a list of business-activity descriptions for sole-proprietor registration, an accountant-search service, and an article on the 給与支払報告書 salary-payment report filed after year-end tax adjustment. Yayoi offers a tax/accounting simulator, the Yayoi Kaikei desktop bookkeeping software, and Misoca, a free invoicing service compliant with Japanese invoice standards (free for up to 10 invoices per month). UR Cloud is a cloud accounting firm (zeirishi) recommended in the community, with published pricing by fiscal period; HTM provides payroll and social-insurance calculators and a broader set of business calculators, though its year-end tax adjustment calculator was noted as using outdated 2024 formulas at the time of discussion and should be double-checked. MoneyForward publishes an explainer on the 給与支払報告書 salary report, and Hellowork is the government's employment portal, with sections for employers posting jobs and for jobseekers searching vacancies. For hiring without setting up a local entity, Deel and Remote are Employer-of-Record providers that allow obtaining a work visa through a remote/foreign employer; Ymobile offers a business phone plan, and clocall.jp provides a virtual phone number/PBX service for businesses.

Source: https://www.freee.co.jp/lp/launch/ — freee — company registration launch page. Source: https://p.secure.freee.co.jp/yearend_adjustments#/2025/ — freee — tool to generate the 源泉徴収票 withholding-tax certificate. Source: https://www.yayoi-kk.co.jp/kigyo/oyakudachi/simulation/ — Yayoi — tax/accounting simulator. Source: https://www.yayoi-kk.co.jp/kaikei/ — Yayoi Kaikei — desktop bookkeeping software. Source: https://ur-cloud.jp/price-and-service/fiscal-period — UR Cloud — cloud accounting firm pricing. Source: https://www.htm.co.jp/calculators-monthly-payroll-japan.htm — HTM — payroll and social-insurance calculator. Source: https://biz.moneyforward.com/tax_return/basic/55856/ — MoneyForward — explainer on the 給与支払報告書 salary-payment report. Source: https://www.hellowork.mhlw.go.jp/enterprise/ent_top.html — Hellowork — government employment portal for employers. Source: https://www.ymobile.jp/biz/plan/houjinkeiyakuwari2/ — Ymobile — business phone plan example. Source: https://clocall.jp/ — clocall.jp — virtual phone number/PBX service for businesses.