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So, my mother emailed today to request a family Zoom meeting with myself, and my sister (UK citizen and resident) re. my parents (still married, UK citizens and residents) changing their wills. Specifically on whether to keep, or remove, a Fixed Life Investment Trust from their will. This is the fir...

Just a reminder that your browser can auto-translate for you Thanks, I'm aware, but a lot of Japanese websites used to (still do?) insert "block" image/pdf sections of content aside from the text that wouldn't get translated (Excuse my HTML lack of correct terms). Hopefully this is not th...

So, two and half years ago I bought a used car that I use(d) 50-50 between personal and business use. And so for tax 2024 I can depreciate the vehicle for it's final 6 months' of business use. I believe I can't depreciate the cars value to zero, but what is the limit of a used cars residual value? 1...

So, up until now I've always handwritten my kakutei shinkoku. Just wondering if I should consider e-Tax for my return this year... How difficult is it the first time to go through the system until muscle memory kicks in in subsequent years... I read that some users (Tkydon?/Adamu?) go through the sy...

Thanks. My dividends are only from within Japan, but this should help others I hope.

Is there an English guide for those of us who are not employees of Japanese companies, or have side incomes?

ChapInTokyo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:09 am perhaps because I chose 申告分離課税...

Thanks for your quick and helpful response. Just out of interest, when filing dividends as a Self-Assesment tax basis are there any other forms (specific to dividends) that you need to file aside from FA2204/FA2304?

I bought some fund that pays monthly dividends in March last year, and set it to reinvest all dividends back into the fund. Seeing @Tkydon's EXCELLENT response to @TimVest21's post of Dec 19th 2024 in this "Taxes" subforum I ran my numbers and "Aggregate Taxation Method" is the w...

Thanks! Does anyone know if I can request a copy of the Kakutei Shinkoku Tax Return guide printed in English? My city used to send one to me every year, but have now stopped (perhaps due to my change in resident status, perhaps as a cost cutting exercise). Certainly none are laid out at the tax ofic...

Thanks to the OP for the question as I'm in a similar position - first year recieving dividends - and so was about to write a similiar query... But HUGE thanks to For such an expansive and detailed answer! A great help to some of the queries I have floating around in the back of my mind, and so many...