Kazuhito Asakawa

Kazuhito Asakawa

Partner, PwC Tax Japan

International Tax Services

Profile

Kazuhito Asakawa joined PwC Tax Japan in 2015. He has extensive experience in international taxation, and has 27 years of experience working at the National Tax Agency (NTA) and the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau (TRTB). He retired from the post of Deputy Director of the Azabu Tax Office in July 2015. His responsibilities there included the implementation of the Authorized OECD Approach (AOA) of 2014 and the Cross Border Consumption Tax, as well as leading discussions on the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project at the OECD from 2012 to 2015, and the NTA’s tax corporate governance efforts that started in 2011.

Certifications 

  • Japanese Certified Public Tax Consultant
  • Member of the Society for Research on Corporate Tax

Written works

  • International Taxation Handbook 4th edition (Co-authored. 2017, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA.)
  • BEPS Transfer Pricing Documentation in Japan (Co-authored. 2017, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA.)
  • Explanation of the main points of the BEPS final report (Junkan Keirijouhou, 1 December 2015 and 1o December 2015, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA)　

Lectures

  • ‘Corporate tax basic course, International taxation’ (September 2020, Japan Foundation for Accounting Education ＆ Learning）
  • ‘Tax risk management’ (December 2020, Japan Industrial Management and Accounting Institute）
  • ‘International taxation practice seminar’ (December 2020, Society for Research on Corporate Tax）

Contact Form

Contact details

Email