Hello,
First of all apologies for the basic questions, but I’m just at the start of setting everything up for my freelance business and am a bit worried I’ll make a mistake here that could wipe out my ability to claim any startup or ongoing monthly expenses.
I am planning to submit the kaigyo todoke to begin activities as a kojin jigyo mainly selling software/apps online (both Japan and abroad, via app storefronts etc) with a 屋号 trading name of the business name, my personal (rented apartment) address as the taxable location and a virtual office as an ‘other address of business.’ I suppose first question is this the advisable way to do it? I see some people do it the other way but I’m not sure I can see why. Is there any impact (positive or negative) on my personal taxes from my full time job that would be different from putting it the other way round? (Virtual office main with my address as extra)
Following on from that, for any receipts/invoices I’d like to claim as business expenses, would they have to be addressed to ‘trading name, address virtual office’ or ‘trading name, address my home,’ or could they be ‘my name, virtual office’ or ‘my name, my home?’ e.g. if I have an Apple developer account that is registered to me at my address (not to the business or with address of the virtual office) could I claim that?
Thanks in advance for any advice, this subreddit is always a massive help to me so great job everyone who contributes.
First of all apologies for the basic questions, but I’m just at the start of setting everything up for my freelance business and am a bit worried I’ll make a mistake here that could wipe out my ability to claim any startup or ongoing monthly expenses.
I am planning to submit the kaigyo todoke to begin activities as a kojin jigyo mainly selling software/apps online (both Japan and abroad, via app storefronts etc) with a 屋号 trading name of the business name, my personal (rented apartment) address as the taxable location and a virtual office as an ‘other address of business.’ I suppose first question is this the advisable way to do it? I see some people do it the other way but I’m not sure I can see why. Is there any impact (positive or negative) on my personal taxes from my full time job that would be different from putting it the other way round? (Virtual office main with my address as extra)
Following on from that, for any receipts/invoices I’d like to claim as business expenses, would they have to be addressed to ‘trading name, address virtual office’ or ‘trading name, address my home,’ or could they be ‘my name, virtual office’ or ‘my name, my home?’ e.g. if I have an Apple developer account that is registered to me at my address (not to the business or with address of the virtual office) could I claim that?
Thanks in advance for any advice, this subreddit is always a massive help to me so great job everyone who contributes.