Faculty introduction

Corporate Taxes for Organizational Changes

TANIGUCHI Takayoshi received a PhD in Economics from Kyoto University. He left the Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, after being recognized as having met all requirements. He currently serves as Director of TANIGUCHI Takayoshi Certified Accountant and Tax Accountant Office. He is a certified accountant and a tax accountant. He also serves as Chairman of the Kyoto University Keijinkai Association. In 1975, he joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently Earnest & Young ShinNihon LLC). In 1985, he left the audit corporation and began to work independently. In 1993, he ran for the House of Representatives and won the election. He was elected to the Japanese Diet five times until 2009. During that period, he served as State Minister of Finance (January 2002 to September 2003) and State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (September 2007 to August 2008). He played a leading role in Japan’s diplomatic relations with Middle Eastern countries and appealed to other Diet members for cooperation in establishing the Association for Japan–United Arab Emirates (UAE) Parliamentary Friendship, succeeding in the initiative in 2002. He served as Secretary-general of the association and worked to further strengthen the bilateral partnership. In 2004, he was appointed as Chairperson of the Committee on the Economy, Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives and worked to examine relevant bills and respond to foreign parliamentary missions. After retiring from the Diet, he ran an accounting office and an accounting school in Yangon, Myanmar, from 2013 to 2015. At the same time, he conducted surveys on the status of accounting in Myanmar.