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title: "Tax Rules Relevant to Visa and Immigration Planning"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f649c63d783ad68709526
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, tax-sole-proprietor"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:22:52.435Z"
---

# Tax Rules Relevant to Visa and Immigration Planning

A number of Japanese tax rules directly affect visa planning for entrepreneurs and other visa holders: the non-permanent resident status and how it taxes remittance-based foreign income, the point at which full tax residency (with worldwide income taxation) begins, exit tax on departure from Japan, the differing tax treatment of dividends versus director salary, and the procedures around registering and transitioning into sole-proprietor status. See: Tax Residency Status: Non-Permanent Resident Rules, Japan-Source Income, and Full Residency After 5 Years. See: Exit Tax, Dividend vs. Director Salary Taxation, and Transitioning to Sole Proprietor Status.