English Speaking Accountants

[hennagaijin]

At a meeting recently with some expats who are living scattered around Japan..
all said they would give a lot to have an English speaking accountant..

Anyone know any??

[beavis]

I've used this guy for 5 years.

http://www.accountants.jp/

Speaks English and gaijin friendly.

[well_bicyclically]

nearly everyone in Shin Nihon Kansa / Ernst & Young.... branches Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe.... Personal? Corporate? Tax?

[hennagaijin]

Thanks guys.
How about Nagoya?

[well_bicyclically]

Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Midland Square Building
4-7-1 Meieki
Nakamura-Ku
Nagoya
450-6211
Japan
Phone: +81 52 566 1700
Fax: +81 52 566 1706


Ernst & Young Shinnihon Tax
JR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki
Nakamura-ku
Nagoya
450-6034
Japan
Phone: +81 52 588 8855
Fax: +81 52 588 8844

[hennagaijin]

Nice one!
Thanks very much!

Now.. if we can just find one in Hiroshima and Sapporo...

[well_bicyclically]

Nice one!
Thanks very much!

Now.. if we can just find one in Hiroshima and Sapporo...

knock yourself out, ..... please!

http://www.ey.com/OurLocations

[hennagaijin]

Ah ha!

Most awesome, thank you!

[well_bicyclically]

they are not cheap!

[hml]

Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Midland Square Building
4-7-1 Meieki
Nakamura-Ku
Nagoya
450-6211
Japan
Phone: +81 52 566 1700
Fax: +81 52 566 1706


Ernst & Young Shinnihon Tax
JR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki
Nakamura-ku
Nagoya
450-6034
Japan
Phone: +81 52 588 8855
Fax: +81 52 588 8844

ERnst & Young have offices across the street from each other - and in two of the newest and most prestigious buildings in Nagoya?? I'm afraid to ask what they charge!

[well_bicyclically]

Ernst & Young have offices across the street from each other - and in two of the newest and most prestigious buildings in Nagoya?? I'm afraid to ask what they charge!

let's just say they can afford to pay me what I ask... without batting an eyelash... or sucking their teeth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_%26_Young
EY has four main service lines and share of revenues in 2010:[13]

• Assurance (47%): comprises Financial Audit (core assurance), and Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.
• Advisory Services (17%): consisting of four subservice lines: Actuarial, IT Risk and Assurance, Risk, and Performance Improvement.
• Tax Services (27%): includes Business Tax Compliance, Human Capital, Indirect Tax, International Tax Services, Tax Accounting & Risk Advisory Services, Transaction Tax.
• Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) (9%): includes commercial, financial, real estate and tax due diligence, mergers & acquisitions, valuation & business modeling, corporate restructuring and integration services.

[Tokyo Jack]

Try Capital Tax & Accounting Services. Foreigner who has been in JP for a while. www.capitaltaxltd.com
Fees are more reasonable than the major accounting firms here. Helped with my US taxes as well as they do our company accounting and corporate taxes here in Tokyo for our kk.

[KevK]

At a meeting recently with some expats who are living scattered around Japan..
all said they would give a lot to have an English speaking accountant..

Anyone know any??

My accountant is very cheap and speaks English well enough
I pay very little for his services and he helps me with other matters as well (getting loan, my personal tax ...)
Send me an email and I will introduce you: kevin [at] divadeojapan.com

[hennagaijin]

My accountant is very cheap and speaks English well enough
I pay very little for his services and he helps me with other matters as well (getting loan, my personal tax ...)
Send me an email and I will introduce you: kevin [at] divadeojapan.com

Thanks...
or you could post his website or business name here.. and others could benefit too..
(My post was almost a year ago.. so I found one.. my friend is still looking for one, though)

[KevK]

Here is the website for my accountant:
http://www.sasai-office.jp/

I've been with them for 3 years, very helpful in all business matters, not only accounting (even my personal tax return)
And the monthly cost is much lower than any other firms I got quotes from.

[mr.sumo.snr]

they are not cheap!

Maybe, but my guy (now used for 15 years) is friendly, helpful and cheap - I pay a monthly 'retainer' so it's never a big bill at the end of the year. Using him keeps my wife sane and for the last 7 years I've paid zero income tax or actually received rebates (business HAS been that bad!) Even when I was making more money than God back in the 1990s the tax bill was always under 20 man for the year.

My wife's cousin personally recommended him - so there's that whole obligation thing as well, but it works both ways and he often tells me I'm his favorite client because I never argue about the final numbers. He says I should entertain my students more - enkais not juggling on the table - and get receipts. Not really sure WHEN I stopped doing that, it used to be a regular thing...(bollocks, singing the eikaiwai blues)


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[eskatonia]

Anyone got a recommendation for an english speaking accountant in Osaka? I'm on a dependent visa allows me to work part time 28 hours per work (yes I have permission for that already) and am just researching a few different ideas at the moment for starting a part time business. I'd like to skip having to learn all the accounting rules and just pay someone to put in the forms for me as either a kojin-jigyo or a KK.

[hennagaijin]

There is an accounting company called AIC in Osaka.

I sent them an email and they never bothered to answer..
so f... them!

Will be keen to hear if anyone knows anyone else there.