Japanese Pension Refund Information

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 €840 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 €450.

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