Japan

Capital Gains Taxes (%) - Japan Compared to Continent

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Thailand	30.00%
Pakistan	25.08%
Vietnam	23.49%
Taiwan	21.11%
India	16.95%
Cambodia	15.00%
South Korea	9.12%
Malaysia	5.18%
China	4.66%
Japan	3.98%
Hong Kong	0.00%
Indonesia	0.00%
Philippines	0.00%
Singapore	0.00%
Sri Lanka	0.00%

 

 

Japan: Capital gains taxes (%).

In arriving at effective capital gains tax rates, the Global Property Guide makes the following assumptions:

• The property is directly and jointly owned by husband and wife;
• They have owned it for 10 years;
• It is their only source of capital gains in the country
• It has appreciated in value by 100% over the 10 years to sale
• The property was worth US$250,000 or €250,000 at purchase.
• It is not their sole or principal residence.

These assumptions are critical. In many countries a holding period of less than 5 years results in capital gains being taxable. But a longer holding period often results in no capital gains tax being payable. For more details see the Data FAQ

Source: Global Property Guide Research, Contributing Accounting Firms

 

Japan does not publish official house price statistics, so land prices are taken as a proxy. Land price statistics are available from the Japan Real Estate Institute (JREI), as well as rent index. For a summary of Japan’s economic and real estate trends, see monthly JREI reports. Japan’s Statistics Bureau and the Bank of Japan have good collections of general economics data.