It was not all the 'offshore' acct. I had not been declaring my US-based taxable account, and that came into the mix, too. This was the mid 2000s. They went back five years, and iirc, weren't too hard on me since I'd laid everything on the table. They were nice about it, but at the final meeting I think there were six of them, plus me, at the table, presenting their final conclusions.Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 9:52 am...
I am so glad that when I cashed in my Gerneralli one, I sent it back to the UK from Hong Kong. I thought the Japanese tax office might get suspicious if I sent it here.
I'd been open, but it struck me then that that was the proper way to go. Here were six tax pros who'd gone over my case, and I was thankful that I, as a naive gaijin, hadn't tried to 'outsmart' them somehow. That would've ended badly. Three years later they checked me again for those three, and actually found a couple 'man' in my favor for one year.
It was a learning experience. Some of the column headings for reporting overseas gains/dividends/interest in posts I've made here and on r/JapanFinance date to this time and their instructions then. I don't pretend to be expert at it, but for what I do I think I've got it down and am pretty meticulous. And for any given year since then it wouldn't surprise me at all if I got a call and they were going to check again.