JP Consumption tax

Invoicing in Japan

Japan applies 消費税 at a standard rate of ⁨10%⁩, and invoices are issued in ⁨JPY⁩. Registration status decides whether the buyer may claim the tax back, so the document has to carry the right identifier — which DocsOrigin takes from the registry rather than from a guess.

Invoicing in Japan is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

最初の請求書を作成 A worked example in Japan

Tax in Japan

消費税 10%

Reduced and zero rates 8% 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Document types recognised in Japan

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Japan, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

見積書

価格提示。税務書類ではなく、受け入れられるまで帳簿に記録されません。

形式請求書

支払い請求。取引先は税金控除の権利がありません。

税務請求書

税務書類そのもの。発行後はロックされます。

請求書兼領収書

請求と支払いが1つの書類。現場で支払われる場合用。

領収書

請求書に対して受け取った金銭を確認します。

貸方票

既発行書類をキャンセル、減額する唯一の適法な方法。

納品書

請求なしで引き渡された商品。

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Japan the identifier is labelled Registration number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

Expected format ^T\d{13}$

DocsOrigin checks this identifier's structure as you type — a wrong number on an issued document cannot be corrected by editing it.

Numbering

Documents in Japan are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Japan writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date: 2026/09/21
Amount: ¥12,345
Currency: JPY
Minor units: 0

⁨JPY⁩ is written with ⁨0⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

Special rules in Japan

Qualified invoice system

Only a registered issuer number (T + 13 digits) lets the buyer claim the input credit.

In force since ⁨2023-10-01⁩.

A worked example in Japan

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Japan registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

見積書形式請求書税務請求書請求書兼領収書領収書貸方票

Northwind Studio

Registration number 000000000 · Japan

税務請求書

No. 2026-0042

2026/09/21

請求先 Riverbank Coffee

説明	数量	単価	合計
デザイン作業	12	¥45	¥540
ブランドガイドライン	1	¥380	¥380
サポート保守契約	3	¥60	¥180

税抜合計 ¥1,100

消費税 10% ¥110

合計 ¥1,210

Invoicing in Japan — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Japan?

The standard 消費税 rate recorded for Japan is ⁨10%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Japan?

The document set recognised in Japan is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is 税務請求書, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Japan?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Japan as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Japan is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Issue your first Japan document

Choose Japan once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses 最初の請求書を作成

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Japan. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Japan law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.