Do I have to pay taxes when buying a house in Japan?

Japanese housing prices are competitive with those in China's first tier cities. For example, second-hand houses and small apartments in Tokyo can be bought as long as 20 million yen. Houses in other parts of Japan are attended by China people. Even Chitose City in Hokkaido has developed a separate villa for China people, and a set of 20 million yen (about 6.5438+0.04 million RMB) has not been sold out.

However, the purchase of Japanese real estate, after paying various fees, has always been accompanied by various costs, which is different from the purchase of China real estate once and for all. In addition, Japan's preferential policies, such as loans to local people to buy personal housing and tax relief, are generally not open to foreigners. Taxes vary according to the environment. Japan's fixed assets such as land and buildings are taxed not only when they are requisitioned, but also when they are occupied and sold. In Japan, property and land are subject to "property tax", which is levied in batches once a year.

The tax rate varies from region to region. Due to the high land cost and low income, Ebisu, Baijitai and other residential areas and Tokyo metropolitan area cannot pay taxes. As a result, the unemployed had to sell their property. However, starting from 20 15 65438+ 10/month, the Japanese government reduced the tax-free amount to "30 million yen+heirs × 6 million yen". In this case, if it is the above-mentioned family, only 42 million yen is tax-free.

Japan has the following taxes for purchasing real estate: 1. For the purchase of real estate, a one-time transaction tax of 4% is paid according to the transaction price of fixed assets (3% is lower for self-occupied housing); 2. Pay the registration tax to the government department (one-time); 3. Stamp duty on real estate transactions (one-time); 4. Inheritance tax and gift tax. Higher tax rate (55%); 5 fixed assets tax (annual payment) is 65438+ 0.4% of the market value; 6. If the property is sold for less than five years, the income tax and resident tax are 30% and 9% respectively, and 15% and 5% respectively if it is sold for more than five years.