RetireJapan

First of all N00bster, apologies for my delayed reply. But I wanted to say thank you very much for taking the time to make this outline. It is very helpful and much appreciated. It also means I should now be able to account for these donations just by using the local tax slip you mentioned, plus the...

Hi N00bster, Excuse me dragging up old admin pain, but I would like to do exactly the same thing as you. I am not sure if my residence tax reflects the furusato nozei donations I made. Since these were not insignificant, it seems like due diligence to at least verify that money has come back to me. ...

Thanks everyone. This is helpful. Sounds like I will be OK to just go ahead and start using it.

Hi all, A technical question, but possibly important later. Eventually got a Rakuten Securities account open, which I intend to use for NISA investments. Unfortunately, the online application only allowed a maximum of 4 characters for each of first and last names (the furigana was no problem). Meani...