Chester Tax Corporation Implements Significant Salary Revisions in April 2026, Continuing High-Level Increases.

Chester Tax Corporation, headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and represented by Masaaki Fukudome and Yoshihiro Aramaki, has disclosed its latest salary performance and increase rates as of April 2026. This is in line with its management policy of 'establishing industry-leading salary systems and benefits.' Following an average salary increase of 12.9% in April 2025, the company implemented an 8.7% increase this year, which is considered high within the industry. The company conducts salary revisions annually in March, coinciding with the evaluation season, to reward staff contributions to its growth as an inheritance tax specialist firm. The average salary increase rates for professional staff with over one year of tenure were 8.1% in 2024, 12.9% in 2025, and 8.7% in 2026. Founded in June 2008, Chester Tax Corporation is one of Japan's largest inheritance tax specialist firms, with over 16,000 cumulative inheritance tax declarations and over 3,000 annually. It operates 19 offices nationwide and collaborates with group companies including real estate, judicial scrivener, administrative scrivener, and law firms, achieving a tax audit rate of under 1%. The group employs over 400 staff.