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I bought farmland and then reclassified it as mountain land. It cost me about 90,000 yen for the judicial scrivener fees. The plot was about 3/4 of an acre in size. Thanks for the reply Roger Van Zant. That's an interesting move. Did you investigate that change before buying? Was the change to avoi...

Cheers Wilbur, her father is registered and willing to sponsor her (not sure on how all that's done but just overhearing their discussions with the realtor, that seemed to be the implication). Worse case he's happy to buy it if she can't become registered. I just wondered if there were any advantage...

Just wonder if anyone has any experience with buying farm land. It's actually my wife who's keen on it as she sees it as a good investment and she likes to potter around in fields. She also has a small business so I wonder if she decides to buy this, is she better to buy it under her business name o...

Just to add a further idea for you, have you considered guiding tourists? You're in the right area for it. Perhaps you could offer tours exploring the "hidden gems" of Kyoto and surrounding areas. This could be a great way to suppliment your income.

https://www.retirejapan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=27422#p27422 According to the man at the Tax Soudan Center Telephone Hot line in English at 03-3821-9070, there is no such rule in Japan. (In US, it's 30 days...) You can sell the shares of Company A in the morning, realize the tax loss, or gain, fo...

This was discussed in another thread the other day. See my comment here, and subsequent responses https://www.retirejapan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26840&hilit=tax+loss+harvest#p26840 Thank you Tkydon. I read though the link but it didn't really answer my question. I already have a tax loss and...

Hi guys, I always appreciate the knowledge you all share. I thought this question would have been asked before but I couldn't find any hits on my searches so I apologise if it has been answered already. I'm carrying a loss on an off-shore investment fund from 3 years ago. I want to sell another simi...

Tax on Foreign Sourced Dividends does not come under Capital Gains, but under Dividend Income. For Foreign Sourced Dividends, you can only select Separate Taxation Method and so the tax rate is a flat 20.315%. (You cannot use the Dividend Allowance) You can claim a Foreign Tax Credit for any Tax wi...

Not everyone is seeking companies that pay dividends. Personally, while I'm earning income, dividends would be just extra income I'd need to pay tax on so I'd rather defer that to when I sell the stock ideally at a time when my annual income is lower than usual, like after retirement to help reduce ...

I liked them when they offered free ATM withdrawals. Is there any real benefit to this gold/platinum status? I like to hold the platinum status just for the free international transfer once a month. Once your accounts abroad are registered, it's dead easy to use. Registering the accounts though was...