New Documentation Preservation Regime for Specified Related Party Transactions
JAPAN TAX BULLETINJapan has introduced a new documentation preservation regime applicable to specified related-party transactions undertaken in fiscal years beginning on or after 1 April 2026. The provisions in the regime requires taxpayers to obtain or prepare and preserve supplementary documentation where the records already maintained for a covered related-party transaction do not contain the prescribed information concerning the transaction and the calculation of the consideration.