RetireJapan

I think the most important thing when you are in your mid-seventies is having access to a good health system and I think Japan has that in spades whether you compare it to the UK, USA or the Philippines.

So realistically, us Brit Japanese lifers should look to stay in the Philippines for six months from April the 5th, maybe in our 70s because by that time the pension freeze would have thawed away at our UK state pension value. Hopefully avoiding the ever increasing number of typhoons hitting there,...

I presume there’s aerelso no deduction possible for U.K. student loan repayments? Again an interesting one.... Maybe the interest you pay.... Over COVID my wife did a correspondence Masters in TESOL from a Polish University. My accountant said it was acceptable for the tuition fees to be a business...

Gareth wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 3:38 am I presume there’s aerelso no deduction possible for U.K. student loan repayments?

Again an interesting one.... Maybe the interest you pay....

An interesting one, but I would go for a 'No' but maybe worth further investigation. I am going ask my accountant about this.

So realistically, us Brit Japanese lifers should look to stay in the Philippines for six months from April the 5th, maybe in our 70s because by that time the pension freeze would have thawed away at our UK state pension value. Hopefully avoiding the ever increasing number of typhoons hitting there,...

So realistically, us Brit Japanese lifers should look to stay in the Philippines for six months from April the 5th, maybe in our 70s because by that time the pension freeze would have thawed away at our UK state pension value. Hopefully avoiding the ever increasing number of typhoons hitting there,...

The 185 days mentioned has to be within the UK Tax Year, so between April and March. If you go in December, you would not make the 185 days in that tax year... That would be max 121 days... I mentioned *temporary* uprating during visits to the UK (or other countries with agreements to uprate pensio...

In the end I used abc self assessment. I think the reason I chose them was because I liked being able to fill in and save the form locally on my computer before submitting to HMRC. Also when I contacted the company a couple of times by email, I received prompt and helpful responses on both occasion...

A slightly complicated matter, our son is going to take an entrance exam for a prefectural school outside of our catchment area. This means that one of the parents must have an address within the catchment area. Fortunately, we have a classroom in that area, so my wife has been able to change her an...