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title: "Tax consultants, accounting services, and calculators — overview"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f643263d783ad687094fc
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "lawyers-and-consultants, japan-business"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:21:06.395Z"
---

# Tax consultants, accounting services, and calculators — overview

Tax bookkeeping in Japan is usually handled with the help of a 税理士 (zeirishi) and cloud accounting services. Topics covered: the cost of consultations and annual zeirishi support; the specifics of different consultant types (行政書士, 弁護士, 税理士, 司法書士) with respect to withholding tax; popular services (Freee, Yayoi, UR Cloud, Misoca); the e-Tax and eLTAX portals; useful tax calculators; Russian-language guides; and a list of official NTA/JETRO sources. See the linked detail records for each topic.