More paperworks after you established NPO

Paperwork must go on even after you finally complete the complicated procedure to establish your NPO. Sorry.

You have to notify the tax agencies and the local government soon after the establishment. Because tax agencies always want to know everything not to miss a chance to tax you. I am just kidding, you know.

Regarding notifying the tax agencies, you have to file those documents as follows to your local municipality and prefectural tax office within 15 days of establishment.
・The Notification of NPO Establishment 
・The Certified Copy of Registration
・The Certified Copy of the Article of Incorporation
・The Certified Copy of the certification of establishment from the local government

Many local governments offer the tax exemption of corporate inhabitant tax for NPO which conducts non-profit business only.
To claim the benefit, you have to file additional documents at the same time with those documents above.
The necessary documents vary depending on the area and the agency.
Please contact your local municipality and prefectural tax office for more information.

If the organization will conduct profit-making businesses, you have to file the same documents above to the local branch of the National Tax Bureau (The local national tax office) as well within 2 months of starting a profit-making business.

Please note that the meaning of "profit-making business" is pretty complicated in Japanese tax law. 
 I will write about that in the following article. Hopefully soon.

If you hire one or more staff, you have to file additional documents regarding social insurance. 
The procedure is the same as private companies, so please google with some words like "hiring people in Japan".
Although I found some English articles, unfortunately, all websites I found are not allowed to be linked without their permission. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regarding notifying the local government, you have to file a registration statement as soon as you registered NPO.
※The prefectural government or the municipality which published the certification of the establishment will be the supervisory authority of your NPO.
The necessary documents vary so please contact the authority for details.
In the case of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, you have to file the form of reporting the registration, the certified copy of the registration, and the inventory of assets.