RetireJapan

This (stupid) software only seems to let me attach files it thinks are images. Attached doc.png is the source of the page, with the (helpfully labelled) "copyright protection" script removed. You need to download doc.png, rename it as doc.html, then open it in a browser. Sorry: "The u...

Hmm. Actually we live in a 30-yr old house. Would anyone want to offer us 1000man for it? It all sounds a bit fishy to me...

P.S. imaginatorium's last paragraph was ninja-edited in while I was replying. it would have meant that they paid me the extra 10% (because I was accounting for it), but not the other translators I was competing with. I don't think it's a competitive disadvantage for you though, because they would a...

Normally they should be deducting 10% "withholding tax". But if they don't, it doesn't make any difference: you simply write down the extra income, and will have to pay tax on it at your marginal rate. ... I imagine you also have regular employment, to use the white form. I think you proba...

Current £1952pa £110 / £1952 = 5.6% uplift £185 / £1952 = 9.5% uplift So you were in the ballpark with your estimate of 10% uplift... Your calculation is not quite right, because I forgot to mention I took some of the original pension as a lump sum. So there is no way I can see this reaching actual...

Beaglehound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:43 am Interesting. Perhaps you weren’t too concerned with knowing the details but do you know why the Japan inheritance tax ended up at zero?

Hmm, yes. If I remember correctly, Jimmy Carr had a rather similar story. I wonder how that worked out...

"2023 lump sum" is £3713 Unfortunately, with that amount of principle, I'm afraid any annuity will be so small that you might not notice it... Maybe about 2% per year or £75 per year... Many thanks for your reply. I am old (^_^) so I guess the figures would be a bit better than that, but ...

In the eighties I worked for ICL... Did you visit the Beaumont training centre much? I used to gain more weight than knowledge each time I stayed there.. Rather than folding, I thought they were acquired by Fujitsu a few years after I quit. Sorry to hear that pension ended so poorly for you. I have...

I now have to choose a lump sum or an annuity - should be pretty easy, given the figures. Except that they make it clear that if I want the lump sum I have to choose before they tell me the value of the annuity. Welcome to 1984! In the eighties I worked for ICL for about 7 years, and had a company p...

Wales4rugbyWC19 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:58 pm

imaginatorium wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:06 pm Just another thought: I am getting two pensions from England, ...

Is one of these the British state pension?

Yes, one is the state pension.