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 Privileges for Korean Residents in Japan (2/15)

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 Tax exemptions for certain local residents and those affiliated with ethnic organizations

 Tax collection through ethnic organizations

→See also "Five-Point Agreement"

 The following are examples of tax deductions that have been made against self-employed Korean residents in Japan through the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), an ethnic organization for Korean residents in Japan. The Korean Federation of Commerce and Industry in Japan (formerly the Federation of Korean Residents in Japan), which was affiliated with the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and represented self-employed individuals in the pachinko, real estate, finance, and restaurant industries, reached an agreement with the National Tax Agency in 1976, establishing collective bargaining rights. Regarding the taxation of Korean residents in Japan, Chongryon and the Federation of Korean Commerce and Industry argued that "the right to tax originally belongs to the Republic (North Korea) but that they are simply paying taxes to Japanese authorities in accordance with Japanese law" and that "Japanese tax law should not be mechanically applied, ignoring the historical circumstances of colonial rule." The "Chongryon" document published by Chongryon in 1991 includes the "Five-Point Agreement" between the Federation of Korean Commerce and Industry and the National Tax Agency. This was later referred to by the Sankei Shimbun as "privileges for Korean residents in Japan regarding tax payments." [3] Osaka City had previously offered tax exemptions to Chongryon-related facilities within the city, but these were abolished in 2012 as part of corrective measures against the exemptions. The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) filed a lawsuit, claiming that the tax exemptions had been suddenly revoked without reasonable grounds after a long period of time. However, in 2018, the Osaka District Court upheld the Osaka City government's corrective measures, stating that they had restored the original tax obligation, and dismissed the lawsuit.[14][15]

 Based on the "agreement" that established the right to collective bargaining over taxation, which the Federation of Korean Commerce and Industry (FCOI) did not allow for ordinary taxpayers, the FCOI urged Korean residents in Japan not to file tax returns or respond to tax audits individually, but to use "chambers of commerce under the FCOI" as a contact point. Marcus Noland, a former economist at the U.S. government's National Economic Council, wrote in a 1995 investigative report that "Japanese government officials informally acknowledge that Chongryon-affiliated companies are receiving tacit approval for special preferential treatment from the Japanese National Tax Agency."[3]