Japanese Pension Refund Information

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Employees in Japan are required to pay into a pension insurance fund out of their wages. Contributions are usually 11% of your salary, depending on whether you are paying into the Government's National Pension Scheme or your employer has a private social insurance plan. If you're a foreigner working in Japan, you can once you leave the country.

You're entitled to a pension refund from Japan if:

You're not a Japanese citizen
You paid national pension insurance for more than six months
You left Japan permanently less than two years ago

Taxback.com customers get an average pension insurance refund of 102000 JPY from Japan.

The pension insurance reimbursement is not subject to withholding income tax. However, when the social insurance office (shakai hoken jimusho) sends your pension reimbursement, it deducts 20% income tax on the refunded amount. Once you receive your refund, we can claim that tax back for you as well.

Our average pension reimbursement tax refund is 55000 JPY.

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