Property Registration Tax

Registration tax (called 'toroku menkyo zei') is paid when you are registering the transfer of ownership of land and buildings.

Registration is usually carried out by a judicial scrivener who can provide you with an estimate of the registration tax. The buyer may nominate the judicial scrivener they wish to use.

The tax is based on the fixed asset tax value of the property, which is usually ...

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