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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Japan Tax Office wants me to file Japanese tax return first before filing U.S. tax return
- Replies: 28
- Views: 992
Re: Japan Tax Office wants me to file Japanese tax return first before filing U.S. tax return
OK. It seems like we're gradually getting to a more thorough understanding of the taxation of US Social Security for American expats living in Japan. To sum up things thus far, a US Person (such as the OP, booyah) who is resident in Japan must report US Social Security income to BOTH Japan and the ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: Stock market investing
- Topic: Options for US citizens in Japan
- Replies: 30
- Views: 27749
Re: Options for US citizens in Japan
What is this Awful PFIC rule? I'm an American who just opened a new nisa account with SBI (took forever). I purchased a bunch of the UFJ eMaxis series, but just noticed this thread about Americans being required to file lenghty and complicated PFIC tax forms. Is this something an online tax service...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:34 am
- Forum: Real Estate
- Topic: Selling a flat in the UK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 240
Re: Selling a flat in the UK
Purchase price converted at the GBP:¥ rate on the buy date; sale price converted the same way at the different rate for the sell date.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:46 am
- Forum: Stock market investing
- Topic: Bond Allocation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 769
Re: Bond Allocation
... From the transcript: "This is the risk if you retire in the year 2000, right? You retire, you think, wow, look at all this money I've built up. Wow, Cisco's doing so well. And then boom ,the dotcom bubble burst, you're 50% down, and you actually won't recover in real terms. So I think 13 y...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: HS & University fees
- Replies: 11
- Views: 560
Re: HS & University fees
... With the JPY were it is now, a year abroad probably starts at ¥3,000,000 and the sky is the limit. ... For a while now, national uni have had a very nice exchange system with other uni around the world. While you do have to test into it--be accepted at the school here (as being their sponsoree?...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Inheritance/Estates
- Topic: Inheritance tax and re-entry permit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 385
Re: Inheritance tax and re-entry permit
The purpose of the rules is for Japanese, so that people don't just leave Japan to get an inheritance out of the way, and then (probably) come back. Foreigners just happen to be caught up in it, too. I have some sympathy for Japan's approach. It attenuates intergenerational wealth transfer and accum...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: Insurance
- Topic: Liability insurance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 376
Re: Liability insurance
Just renewed mine a few weeks ago--plan E, ¥4290/yr.Tsumitate Wrestler wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:15 am Just a fun reminder for individuals that bicycle insurance (which is mandatory in most prefectures {150-300 yen a month}) is actually personally liability insurance and covers more than just cycle accidents.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:00 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Japan Tax Office wants me to file Japanese tax return first before filing U.S. tax return
- Replies: 28
- Views: 992
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:43 pm
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Children's Accounts - Deposits and Gift Tax
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1079
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Japan Tax Office wants me to file Japanese tax return first before filing U.S. tax return
- Replies: 28
- Views: 992
Re: Japan Tax Office wants me to file Japanese tax return first before filing U.S. tax return
Okay, thanks--I guess I'll start looking beginning with as much of the links that come thru.