DT10650 - Double Taxation Relief Manual: Guidance by country: Japan: Agreements in force

Title: Convention between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains

Signed: 2 February 2006

Statutory Instrument number: SI 2006 No. 1970

Entered into force: 12 October 2006

Has effect:

  • in Japan from 1 January 2007
  • in the UK, in respect of taxes withheld at source, from 1 January 2007; in respect of income tax and capital gains tax, from 6 April 2007; in respect of corporation tax, from 1 April 2007

Protocols Amending the 2006 Convention

Title: Protocol Amending the Convention between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains

Signed: 17 December 2013

Statutory Instrument number: SI 2014 No. 1881

Entered into force: 12 December 2014

Has effect:

  • in Japan from 1 January 2015
  • in the UK, in respect of taxes withheld at source, from 1 January 2015; in respect of income tax and capital gains tax, from 6 April 2015; in respect of corporation tax, from 1 April 2015

The text of the convention currently in force can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/japan-tax-treaties