RetireJapan

Me: gnucash mobile
Wife: Kakei

Consolidated into the PC version of gnucash at the end of each month.

I build my own using OpenVPN in the cloud. Cost $5/month. No bandwidth limit of course and full customization like firewalls, high-grade encryption, etc. Works on Windoze, Linux, Android and iPhones. I'm tempted to start a VPN business in Japan. I wonder if there is a high demand. I've been doing it...

Network engineer at a Kabu in Tokyo. Pays pretty well, demand is high for years to come, thus it's not hard to get into. Salary range is 3M to 20M, the higher end requiring 10+ years experience and selling your soul to investment banks. Average pay I think is 5-8M yen, which isn't bad even with a wi...

Thanks for the very detailed post! This will help a lot of people. Are you going to use the form 1116 to claim tax credits? Or did you claim tax credits in Japan? Thanks again. I will do my JP taxes first, then my US taxes. Only in my US taxes will I claim the FEIE and FTC (both). Since I do my JP ...

Thanks for the very detailed post! This will help a lot of people. Are you going to use the form 1116 to claim tax credits? Or did you claim tax credits in Japan? Thanks again. I will do my JP taxes first, then my US taxes. Only in my US taxes will I claim the FEIE and FTC (both). Since I do my JP ...

# Renamed the title of this post for clarity I think I got this figured out. Seems the young lad at the tax office may have been right after all. Here's a summary of what I ended up doing this year for all my foreign assets: # 1099-INT for my regular checking account in a U.S. bank. 1. Reported as f...

both. I've got a 1099-DIV from my broker, in addition to a 1099-B. 1099-DIV has the dividend distributions and capital gains distributions (no selling action on my part; broker sells for various reasons / fees / turnover / etc.). 1099-B has capital gains from me selling some of the fund(s). Both con...

Long time lurker, first-time poster. Thank you all for the mountain of valuable information here! Hopefully some easy questions -- I'm in the middle of doing my Kakutei Shinkoku 確定申告 (Tax Return in Japan). It's the first time I'm having to deal with my foreign-held investments' dividends 配当所得 and ca...