Seminar Operations

Collecting Fees for a Paid Seminar in Japan: Start From the Receipt, Not the Rate

Bank transfer, card, cash at the door or invoice-and-pay-later: which is the right way to collect a 3,000 yen fee for a seminar, training session or study group in Japan? If most attendees are expensing it, the first decision is not the fee rate but whose name goes on the receipt and whether it qualifies under Japan's Qualified Invoice System. This piece walks through how Japan's National Tax Agency treats seminar fees, compares what the organiser actually keeps for 30 and 100 attendees, and ends with a pre-event checklist.