People
Yutaka Kitamura
Tax Controversy Leader
DT Legal Japan, Attorney-at-law in Japan and the State of NY
Practice
Yutaka Kitamura serves as Tax Controversy Leader from June 2024. There are numerous examples where his clients’ opinions were accepted. Recent examples of successful cases where his clients’ opinions were accepted include a legal opinion regarding the CFC regime (2024), tax appeal regarding property tax (2024), legal opinion regarding bad debt losses and losses on sale of receivables (2023), legal opinion regarding taxation on entertainment expenses (2023), legal opinion regarding denial of corporate reorganization (2023), legal opinion regarding an advantageous placement of shares (2023), tax litigation regarding the CFC regime (2023), legal opinion regarding property tax (2022), tax appeal regarding deemed capital gains (2022), tax appeal regarding gains on donation received by a corporation (2022), legal opinion regarding deemed capital gains (2022), tax appeal regarding corporate reorganization (2021) and legal opinion regarding stamp tax (2020).
Professional Experience
2000 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (～2009)
2009 Financial Tax Office, Financial Services Agency (Deputy Director) (～2012)
2010 Kyoto University Law School (Lecturer of Tax Case Study) (～2015)
2012 Ernst & Young Tax Co. (～2013)
2013 EY Law Co. (Founding Partner) (～2017)
2017 Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co. (～2020)
2020 DT Legal Japan (Partner)
Professional Qualification
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2000)
Certified Public Tax Accountant (2017)
New York State Bar Association (2007)
Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998) (LL.M., 1999)
The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 2006)
New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 2007)
Languages
Japanese and English
YouTube Lecture
He is delivering a YouTube lecture titled 'What to do if there’s a dispute over taxes' (in Japanese) once a month, in 10-minute sessions.
Publication
He has published " Hint for resolving a difference of opinion: 5 Perspectives from which the latest cases of judgment unravel" (2022) and "The more we fight for it, the fairer tax will be " (2020), and many other books and articles in Japanese and English, including “Tax Controversy Japan Updates” (Annually published).