RetireJapan

My basic understanding is until they have $2200 in unearned income (i.e. dividends, interest or capital gains) they have no tax liability in the US. In my case, since they are not dependents I would be reporting on a tax return for myself, it looks like as single filers the threshold may be $1500 f...

Thanks for the responses! What I have been told is that we will be taxed on gains only after the Junior NISA period (i.e. my understand is similar to RetireJapan's). However, if you "break" the account by, for instance, moving everyone back to the US before the kids are 18 a yep, and my ma...

I've been looking into the Junior NISA for our little ones, and I'm trying to figure out if it's worth it vs. investing via some other methods in our situation. I've read through a few of the older threads on this topic in this forum, but want to see if anyone has new insights or updated information...

Yes, unless you're fortunate enough that budget is not a worry, you'll end up compromising somewhere. We compromised on closeness to a station. By moving about 2km out on a large bus line (if you are thinking about this check your company rulebook on how far you have to be for the company to cover a...

Agree with the others, the site they gave you also mentions that Ichijo does measurements of the Q and C values, so I'm pretty sure you can trust the numbers. One think you might want to check is how much history they have in building houses to their specs in Japan. They guarantee for 30 years, but ...