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- Tue May 28, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: RetireJapan for Dummies
- Topic: PR (spouse) after 1 year
- Replies: 3
- Views: 108
Re: PR (spouse) after 1 year
Yes you can apply after one year, I did it. The lack of three years worth of payments wasn't a substantive problem, though did cause a bit of bureaucratic hassle as immigration asked for them anyway after we had submitted the application...Took a phone call to sort out.
- Mon May 27, 2024 5:56 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: U.K. Class 2 National Insurance to be abolished
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24706
Re: U.K. Class 2 National Insurance to be abolished
What's the source of that Bryan?
- Thu May 23, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Declaring interest earned by savings accounts outside of Japan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 165
Re: Declaring interest earned by savings accounts outside of Japan
That makes sense, yes NS&I products are fine for overseas residents, though the proof of ID and address requirements for opening an account involve certifying documents, so not without hassle and cost (you may already have an account with them, which would likely make it easier). Premium bond pr...
- Thu May 23, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Declaring interest earned by savings accounts outside of Japan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 165
Re: Declaring interest earned by savings accounts outside of Japan
Yes, there is a section in the blue form for overseas interest, it is aggregated with your other income so you will be taxed on it at your marginal rate and it will also be assessed for health insurance premiums unless you are on shakai hoken. You need to convert it notionally to yen on the day the ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2099
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
Another article on this in the Mainichi today. This time providing much better context. Apparently the rate of nenkin payment non-compliance amongst the whole of the population is double that of the immigration sample... https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240511/p2a/00m/0na/008000c From a discu...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2099
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
Another article on this in the Mainichi today. This time providing much better context. Apparently the rate of nenkin payment non-compliance amongst the whole of the population is double that of the immigration sample...
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... na/008000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... na/008000c
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: Insurance
- Topic: Home (and earthquake) insurance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 285
Re: Home (and earthquake) insurance
All Insurance Premiums you pay can be deducted from your Taxable Income, either through Year End Tax Adjustment - Nenmatsu Chosei, or through Tax Filing - Kakutei Shinkoku, so you do not pay tax on those insurance Premiums, or looking at it another way, the government pays 30-50% of the premium wit...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2099
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
I got the exact same response. Most of the delinquency relates to pension. I wonder when proving pension payment became part of the PR process. Maybe these parents got PR when that wasn't part of it, so didn't realise it would be checked. Not excusing folk dodging obligations but it does seem that t...
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2099
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
Agree that the Mainichi is usually fine. I was irked enough to fire off a polite questioning message to them on this one though. Haven't checked out the Japanese original yet to see if that's where the problem lies, but the translation team have to do better than that in any case.
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2099
Re: Pending- Law to revoke the permanent residency status of foreign nationals who fail to pay taxes
Grim article in the Mainichi, claiming 10% of permanent residents fail to pay taxes. Turns out this is based on a small sample of PR applications from the immigration department, and includes pension and health insurance. So not actual permanent residents (one would assume such applications were tur...