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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Voluntary UK pension contribution
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1326
Re: Voluntary UK pension contribution
The thing I’m really struggling with is making the payments. I got a letter telling how much I owe for each year that I have missed and I that I can make payments for those years from the site they list. Turns out I can’t do that because I don’t live in England. Apparently expats have to add up the...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Banking
- Topic: UK Debanking - Lloyds & Barclycard query
- Replies: 3
- Views: 235
Re: UK Debanking - Lloyds & Barclycard query
I am still with Lloyds with a Japanese address and no longer with Barclaycard because of inactivity with a Japanese address. If you tell Lloyds that you are living in Japan, they will ask you for your TIN number (my number). I use my Lloyds Bank a lot and would be in a lot of trouble if I was debank...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Children/Family
- Topic: Elementary School Public or Private Japanese School
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1137
Re: Elementary School Public or Private Japanese School
Our experience was that public schools in Japan are excellent, especially through elementary school. We had very positive experiences for our two at elementary school in Japan. Over that time, they were also able to go to the UK for primary school for one year and a British international school in ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why is there so much confusion around pensions?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1137
Re: Why is there so much confusion around pensions?
Mercer have done some work on pension funds and rank the UK much more highly than Japan https://www.mercer.com/insights/investments/market-outlook-and-trends/mercer-cfa-global-pension-index/ Japan is rated C on a scale or A to E. Japan scores particularly poorly on sustainability (D). Really curiou...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: tax rebate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 338
Re: tax rebate
My accountant files my return at the end of February and it took a month to get the rebate, unusually long this year I thought. Normally, it takes two to three weeks.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Japanese Credit Cards. What’s in your wallet?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1964
Re: Japanese Credit Cards. What’s in your wallet?
JAL airmiles visa- a modest yearly fee and you can take out card loans. The airmiles are only really worth it for domestic flights and I have used them a lot recently. Sorry I am copying and pasting from another post on this site, but my Apple account was hacked, and the Japanese hacker got away wit...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:49 am
- Forum: Spending and Frugality
- Topic: Flying to Ireland
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1269
Re: Flying to Ireland
First things first, you are doing the right thing in flying at September instead of August. It is not just flights that will be cheaper, but hotels and events will be off peak prices, too. Also the weather isn't that bad, still catch the tail end of the summer. I have fond memories of taking my two ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Real Estate
- Topic: WHAT AND HOW DID YOU PAY FOR YOUR DETACHED HOUSE?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 669
Re: WHAT AND HOW DID YOU PAY FOR YOUR DETACHED HOUSE?
Paid 55 million yen for a Mitsui Home new house in Fukuoka ken, my wife really enjoyed the whole building and interior design process. We are on a housing estate where they would only certain house builders and Tama home was definitely not one of them. Financed through SMBC with a 10-million-yen dep...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Japan mortgage lenders allowing renting?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 158
Re: Japan mortgage lenders allowing renting?
Hello, I have a specific challenge and wonder if anyone here has any advice. Along with my Japanese partner, we own a house in West Tokyo where we live with young family However, I have a too good to turn down job offer overseas that is attractive enough to do for a few years with the aim of coming...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:32 pm
- Forum: Banking
- Topic: Wise now has a Tier 1 license: large transfers coming soon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 560
Re: Wise now has a Tier 1 license: large transfers coming soon
Going back a few years, decades.... with Go Remit when it was run by Lloyds you could send as much as you want no proof of source of funds or tax return. Those were the days..... I’ve never been asked for proof of funds, incoming or outgoing with Prestia. But my wife had Mizuho block an incoming tr...