You can request for a remittance certification a few months before the year ends.

To learn how to receive a remittance certification, please follow the instructions below:
See the guidelines

Note: If you would like to request a hard copy of the certification, it is free for the first request but for the next request, it will cost 500 yen as a processing fee.

Downloading a remittance certificate onto your device from the Smiles app is free.

If you request a hard copy from us, it will be free for the first request, but it will cost 500 yen for the second request.

When you're filing your taxes in Japan, you will need to present a remittance certification as one of the documents you need to submit.