An observation as an aspiring Dangerous Professional:
There are few things more "official" than an accepted tax return. This is an *informal* truth of the system.
Tax agencies are broadly supportive of receiving more tax returns.
No bureaucrat wants to call the taxman a liar.
There are few things more "official" than an accepted tax return. This is an *informal* truth of the system.
Tax agencies are broadly supportive of receiving more tax returns.
No bureaucrat wants to call the taxman a liar.
"Can you give an example?"
Suppose a random official at city hall does not agree that you are legally entitled to run a sole proprietorship, perhaps on a theory about your immigration status. You might find it useful to have a piece of paper from the tax agency.
Suppose a random official at city hall does not agree that you are legally entitled to run a sole proprietorship, perhaps on a theory about your immigration status. You might find it useful to have a piece of paper from the tax agency.
"Well I mean are you really allowed to run it?"
"Supposing I were able to run it, I'd be able to produce a document from the tax agency applying for permission to file a self-employed tax return. Oh look, here it is, stamped Accepted. I wonder: Did. They. Make. A. Mistake?"
"Supposing I were able to run it, I'd be able to produce a document from the tax agency applying for permission to file a self-employed tax return. Oh look, here it is, stamped Accepted. I wonder: Did. They. Make. A. Mistake?"
"Well I'm not saying they..."
"That's right, I agree, it is highly likely that they are extremely well versed in this sort of thing. So, moving on: the thing I need from you is..."
"That's right, I agree, it is highly likely that they are extremely well versed in this sort of thing. So, moving on: the thing I need from you is..."
(I really love that the name of this document has the word "permission" literally in the title because that certainly *suggests* that the Minister of Finance conferred with his top people, exhaustively consulting statutes and regulatory codicils, before entrusting me with it.)
If for some reason you haven't filed for next year despite running a small business in Japan well chop chop you still have time: nta.go.jp/taxes/tetsuzuk…
A subtext of this conversation is that there is another agency which might theoretically speaking be *more* competent to issue an opinion as to what a certain status of residence would permit you to do, but they have no incentive to *ever* confirm "Yeah, legal.", where Tax does.
I will observe in addition that tax returns either have a "remarks" free-text field or support, by law and custom, annexing additional pages of documents to the tax return, which by such action become part of the tax return that was accepted by the tax agency
*hums meaningfully*
*hums meaningfully*
