Do I have to pay taxes to buy a house in Japan?

Japanese housing prices are competitive with first-tier cities in China. For example, second-hand houses and small apartments in Tokyo can be bought as long as 2 million yen. Houses in other parts of Japan are attended by China people, and even Chitose City in Hokkaido has developed a separate villa for China people, a set of 2 million yen (about 1.4 million yuan), which has not been sold out.

However, after paying all kinds of expenses, buying Japanese real estate has always been accompanied by all kinds of costs, which is different from buying China real estate once and for all. In addition, Japan's preferential policies, such as loans to local people to buy individual 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 expropriated, but also during the occupation and sale. In Japan, both real estate and land are subject to "property tax", which is collected once a year in batches.

tax rates vary from region to region. Due to high land cost and low income, residential areas and Tokyo Metropolitan Area such as Ebisu and Platinum Terrace cannot pay taxes. As a result, the unemployed have to sell real estate. However, from January 1, 215, the Japanese government reduced the tax exemption amount to "3 million yen+heir × 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 and fees for purchasing real estate: 1. For purchasing real estate, the transaction tax of 4% is paid at one time according to the transaction price of fixed assets (the owner-occupied housing is lower, 3%); 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 1.4% of the market value; 6. If the real estate sales are less than 5 years, the income tax and resident tax are 3% and 9% respectively, and 15% and 5% respectively for more than 5 years.