Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

OITA, Japan - Nobuo Otsuki (photo), a chartered accountant in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, who continues to run an accountancy business at age 101, joined the ranks of people filing tax returns online Oct. 25 and filed his first tax returns with the use of a personal computer. Officials at the local tax office, who helped him through the online tax filing procedures, said Otsuki is the oldest person in Japan to file tax returns by PC. Japanese tax authorities began accepting online tax returns in 2004.

Chinese currency RMB to become more important: professor in Madrid

STORY: Chinese currency RMB to become more important: professor in Madrid DATELINE: April 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Renminbi 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OMAR RACHEDI, Professor, Dept of Economics, Finance and Accountancy at ESADE 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMAR RACHEDI, Professor, Dept of Economics, Finance and Accountancy at ESADE STORYLINE: A professor at the ESADE business school in Madrid believe that Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) will continue to become more important on the world stage. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OMAR RACHEDI, Professor, Dept of Economics, Finance and Accountancy at ESADE "Basically, the main sources that are behind this rapid growth are, first of all, the rapid increase in the share of Chinese GDP in world GDP, the stronger trade ties of China with international partners." According to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund, in the fourth quarter of 2021, the RMB accounted for 2.79 percent of the composition of w

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

OITA, Japan - Nobuo Otsuki (photo), a chartered accountant in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, who continues to run an accountancy business at age 101, joined the ranks of people filing tax returns online Oct. 25 and filed his first tax returns with the use of a personal computer. Officials at the local tax office, who helped him through the online tax filing procedures, said Otsuki is the oldest person in Japan to file tax returns by PC. Japanese tax authorities began accepting online tax returns in 2004. (Kyodo)