Japanese Tax Authorities Release FAQ – Year End Mark-to-Market of Cryptos Held by Entities
This FAQ Focuses on Topics Related to Year End Mark-to-Market of Cryptos for Corporation Tax Purposes On January 20, 2023, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Year End Mark-to-Market Treatment of Cryptocurrencies Held by Entities (Information)”. The NTA has been releasing Crypto Tax FAQs every year since 2017. This FAQ (M-t-M FAQ) […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ on NFT Taxes
Some of the existing questions about calculating taxes for NFTs have been clarified On January 13, 2023, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of NFTs (Information)”. This is probably the first time the NTA has officially expressed its views on calculating taxes for NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) in an FAQ […]
Upcoming Changes to Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT) in 2023
Background If you have any business relationships with customers in Japan, you may have heard that Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT) will be going through significant changes in 2023. The TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read); Only Qualified Invoices can be deducted when your customer files a consumption tax return Only Qualified Invoice Issuers can issue qualified […]
Taxation of Crypto Assets (FAQ) – Links to Official NTA Releases
Useful Links Towards Year End When Preparing for Crypto Tax in Japan Since 2017, the Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) has been releasing an FAQ on how transactions involving bitcoin and crypto assets are taxed. Here are the links to the official releases by the NTA. The contents are in Japanese. Go to our Posts […]
Fair Value Measurement to be Applied to Digital Assets (Cryptos) Under US GAAP
TLDR On October 12, 2022, the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) unanimously voted to require companies to measure crypto at their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The discussions can be seen here: Crypto Accounting Under Current US GAAP In December 2019, the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) released […]
SEC Releases SAB121 – US GAAP Accounting For Assets Held in Custody of Customers by Crypto Exchanges
Background On March 31, 2022, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121). This SAB expresses the view of the SEC staff regarding the accounting treatment for crypto-assets that are reporting entity safeguards for its platform users (customer crypto-assets). Exchanges that are responsible for safeguarding customer crypto-assets should present a liability on its […]
Why US Public Companies are Starting to Acquire Bitcoin
Technological Evolution, Macroeconomic Uncertainty, and Accounting Standards Publicly traded companies holding part of their reserves in bitcoin to protect their purchasing power. What was a fantasy a few years ago is becoming a reality. Two huge news stories have come in the past few months. MicroStrategy Taking the Lead It all began with MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR), […]
Malaysia Visit Memo
Our client was chosen to be part of JETRO’s “SDGs Startup Support Program – Malaysia” Our firm (Kimura Certified Public Accounts) has and continues to support startups that aim to positively impact society. I am currently acting as a CFO for a startup that is tackling the challenge of reducing food waste through the use […]
AICPA Releases Accounting Guidance on Digital Assets (Cryptos)
Significant differences with J GAAP, already causing GAAP differences between the two standards In December 2019, the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) released a guidance on the accounting of crypto currencies. This nonauthoritative guidance was released as a practice aid titled “Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets”. You can download the original […]
New Service: US Subsidiary Audit Service
Introduction of the new service We are excited to announce a new addition to our audit service line. The new service will focus on Financial Statement Audits for US (United States) subsidiaries of Japanese companies. In certain cases, the US subsidiaries of Japanese companies will need to have their financial statements audited by CPAs. Such […]
