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Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-06-29
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
A Look Into How Cryptocurrencies Will Be Audited Crypto Related Guidelines In Japan: A Recap With the enactment of the amended Payment Services Act in April 2017, Virtual Currency Exchange (VCE) Service Providers will now be subject to financial…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-06-05
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
The Crypto World is full of funny and interesting jargons. But for people that are just starting off with cryptos, the jargons could be intimidating at first. I just posted an article in Japanese covering some heavily used English crypto…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-04-18
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
IMF-JFSA-BOJ Conference on FinTech – April 16, 2018, Toranomon Hills Though most of the talks were on FinTech developments in Asia (ex. presentation by a person from Alipay), there were some discussions on cryptocurrencies (ex. presentation by a gentleman…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-04-14
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
Here Hiring a Part-Time CPA Assistant! Don’t worry if you don’t know anything about accounting! See our Recruit Page for details.    …
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-03-23
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
I was doing some research on research and development (R&D) tax credits in Japan and wrote up a piece while I was at it. Send us a quick email from the CONTACT page if you would like a PDF…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-02-11
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
CryptoGain is a Service That Will Make Tax Reporting of Cryptocurrency Trades Easy For the past few months, we have been receiving an overwhelming amount of inquiries from individuals regarding the tax filing of gains and losses from cryptocurrency…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2017-12-21
/ Last updated: 2023-01-08
Some of the previous questions about calculating taxes for cryptocurrency have been clarified On December 1, 2017, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Calculating taxable income related to Cryptocurrency (Information)”. This is probably the first time…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2017-12-12
/ Last updated: 2022-11-16
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Looking for Auditors in Japan Cryptocurrency Exchanges operating in Japan require audits by a CPA over their financial statements and segregation of funds. For details, go see my other post on this topic. At our firm, a CPA…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2017-12-05
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
I just wrote up a piece for start-up companies thinking of going IPO in Japan. Growth stage start-ups are a good match with the Mothers Market so I summarized the recent trends and listing requirements, focusing on Mothers. Send…