Foreign income tax exemption method

Japanese: 外国所得免税方式 - がいこくしょとくめんぜいほうしき
Foreign income tax exemption method

…International double taxation occurs in various cases. For example, if a Japanese corporation earns business income in the United States or receives investment income such as dividends and interest sourced in the United States, the corporation is taxed in the United States (source taxation) and also in Japan (resident taxation) on the income. In such cases, double taxation can be avoided by the resident country waiving its right to tax foreign-source income (foreign income tax exemption method), or by the resident country including the foreign-source income in taxable income and taxing it, but deducting the tax paid in the source country from the calculated tax amount (foreign tax credit). The former is adopted by France, the Netherlands, and other Western European countries, and the latter by Japan, the United States, Germany, etc. in their domestic tax laws and confirmed in tax treaties. …

*Some of the terms used in the "Foreign Income Tax Exemption Method" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 国際的な二重課税は種々の場合に発生するが,たとえば日本法人がアメリカ国内で事業所得を稼得するとか,またはアメリカ源泉の配当・利子などの投資所得を取得する場合には,アメリカで法人税が課される(源泉地国課税)ほか,日本でもこれらの所得に対し法人税が課される(居住地国課税)。このような場合の二重課税は,居住地国が外国源泉所得に対する課税権を放棄する(外国所得免税方式)か,または,居住地国において,外国源泉所得も課税所得に含めて課税するが,その算出税額から源泉地国で納付した税額を控除する(外国税額控除)ことによって回避しうる。前者はフランス,オランダその他の西欧諸国が,後者は,日本,アメリカ,ドイツ等が,それぞれの国内税法で採用しており,租税条約でこれを確認している。…

※「外国所得免税方式」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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