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- Thu May 09, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 38
Re: Newbie Question
That ¥816,000 is the max yearly payout for someone who has made the full 40yrs of contributions. So on a monthly basis the max possible is ¥68,000 (even tho it's paid every other month, so you get two months' worth at a time). And once that gets going, 介護保険 will be subtracted as an auto deduction. T...
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For US folks - new ID.me vs ssa.gov login
- Replies: 1
- Views: 37
Re: For US folks - new ID.me vs ssa.gov login
I'm not sure about using ID.me for SSA login, versus the 'regular' way you mention, so this is not a direct answer to your question. But I did create an ID.me account for IRS purposes a couple months ago--photos of suitable IDs submitted, then a video call to confirm those, and setup did get done.
- Sat May 04, 2024 4:50 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: UK pension living in Japan
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1202
Re: UK pension living in Japan
... I assume the taxable event will be "when the money is brought over to Japan?" ... I'd think it would be the date paid (received), and it would not matter that it stayed in the original currency that it was paid in, whether (when) it was transferred here, etc. This would be similar to ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Yen falling like a stone
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1035
Re: Yen falling like a stone
And this opinion: Don't Panic About a Yen Free Fall
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Yen falling like a stone
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1035
Re: Yen falling like a stone
... Hyperinflation is not really on the table but for a long term Stagflation environment most likely. ... Even back in the late 70s, the US did not experience hyperinflation--and inflation was (much) higher for longer than the recent spike, in either the US or Japan. The glimmer of stagflation tha...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Family loan (USD) repayment. Taxes?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 186
Re: Family loan (USD) repayment. Taxes?
Have them break it in two--half this year, and the other half in Jan 2025. No worries about gift tax.
Or a more now ($6800), the rest later. Still under the ¥1.1m limit.
Or a more now ($6800), the rest later. Still under the ¥1.1m limit.
- 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: 36
- Views: 1349
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: 32
- Views: 28427
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: 302
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: 909
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...