I worked from 2005 to 2015 on Sole Proprietor / "kojin jigyou" status at a small recruitment company. The 4 or 5 other people were always kojin status as well.
The bosses paid a monthly salary to us and always took out the ~10% "withholding tax" , but when it came to tax time, we all filed the “Blue Tax Form” (青色申告, Ao Iro Shinkoku), and usually had to pay income tax, and of course residents tax.
It just occurred to me…were they screwing us all those years?
Why take out the "withholding" tax if we're just kojin jigyousha?!
by DumQuestionsAccount