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- Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Yen falling like a stone
- Replies: 27
- Views: 824
Re: Yen falling like a stone
My answer is pretty tough, but the only recommendation i can give if you are under the age of 50 is learn to trade against the indexes on cfds or future contracts. It will take a few years to learn your edge, but with Micro contracts and online firms you can seriously decrease the risk. When you ta...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
Found this explanation helpful: https://youtu.be/hVXGBB8b-v0?si=-1A-RJtcrFqWW-Gg
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:27 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
Just checked for Miyagi and this will not make all that much difference after all. Phew.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:40 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
- Replies: 11
- Views: 322
Re: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
Eeeek. This would... mess up my plans somewhat
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:42 am
- Forum: Real Estate
- Topic: Selling a flat in the UK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 262
Re: Selling a flat in the UK
Don't sell it, the Japanese tax office will really go after you especially if you have been reporting it in your yearly tax return with depreciation. Although you probably will be able to subtract the capital gains tax you paid in the UK from anything owed in capital gains in Japan. I'm not plannin...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:38 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Voluntary UK pension contribution
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1089
Re: Voluntary UK pension contribution
Looks like UK state pension is not taxed in the UK for non-residents.
So Japanese income taxes. I'm guessing it would qualify for the nenkin deduction.
So Japanese income taxes. I'm guessing it would qualify for the nenkin deduction.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Insurance
- Topic: Liability insurance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 405
Re: Liability insurance
Thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply in detail. I'm really in two minds about it, and my wife - who is usually more risk-averse than me - doesn't think we need it. It might be better to spend that 20,000 yen on accident prevention, such as better lighting in the carpark, or replacing ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:06 am
- Forum: Banking
- Topic: Payment from Singapore to Japan question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 493
Re: Payment from Singapore to Japan question
After a delay I am now receiving payments from Singapore to my SHINSEI BANK account. Many thanks for the advice here on this Forum. I then tried to transfer some funds from my SHINSEI BANK account to my WISE account. However, during the online process the WISE bank is not an option even though I se...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: Banking
- Topic: Using WISE to repatriate USD from Firstrade to Japan?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 416
Re: Using WISE to repatriate USD from Firstrade to Japan?
Unfortunately, when I tried to link the "Wise(US) Checking Account" to my Firstrade account so that it would allow ACH transfers to and from Wise's virtual account, the Firstrade site just would not allow the link, returning a "Profile setup for this bank is not supported" error...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Insurance
- Topic: Liability insurance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 405
Re: Liability insurance
I wonder if Ben or anyone else can remember what they claimed for in the past. Something on this list or something I haven't thought about? We have about 100 students and I'm still wondering if the cost (20,000 yen?) justifies the risk. Also, student numbers vary and it would be a nightmare if we w...