RetireJapan

Had not heard about this as a possibility before. H&R expat taxes has been e-filing for me with Married filing separately the last 2 years. In the TIN spot they just write NAR.

Has anyone here given up their US citizenship solely on the merits of taxes? Were there any surprises? Or regrets (not just financially)? What happens to US accounts when a citizen gives up citizenship? For example, a 401k account or a taxable brokerage account, will the financial institution force...

I watched a YouTube video recently "The Rules for Rulers" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs ) that got me thinking about politics. I don't want this thread to be ABOUT politics, but I do want to remind all US Citizens that you still have the opportunity to vote in Federal elect...

@Tkydon

Thank you for the link to that tax guide that will be good reading. I am a US citizen so expect to have some extra tax paperwork each year. This helps give some direction on what that is going to look like!

Thanks for the replies. kaigo hoken is a new term for me so I will check into that. Hah thank you for the reminder to move past skimping and saving it is going to be a tough habit to break ;) I haven't really adjusted budget numbers yet just trying to get a rough idea of required payments. There wil...

@BeagleHound - Thank you for the reminder on that will keep that in mind when planning

With 0 income the NHI (for my area in Tokyo) looks like it would come down to 56,400yen/year or 4,700 yen / month so that's a nice change.

I also did not know about the nenkin exemption thank you for pointing that out!

Hi all, Does anyone on the forums have experience with how much nenkin + health insurance payments are for an early-retiree here in Japan? I used the nenkin site (nenkin.co.jp) and NHI site (http://www.kokuho-keisan.com/) to calculate costs using a self-employed salary of ~3,500,000yen annual. This ...

rocket crash while we sleep.

stick to ETFs

Good learning experience though! (As long as you always just use what you can afford to lose)

Definitely gambling, also definitely better than pachinko