RetireJapan

Just noticed this. Why have you been filling in the UK self-assessment?Is it because you are getting rental income from your UK property? I understand it's necessary in that case, but was just wondering if there was another reason I may be unaware of. Hi thanks, yes it is because of rental income,,...

I have a house in the UK but I will be in Japan until I retire from work here, then I will return to the UK. I don't know whether that's finessing and I don't know what the potential pitfalls are. I was planning to apply as a Japanese resident and change it to the UK once I got there, but having see...

ummmmmm ? everthing's gone ominously quiet ??

Re the acceptable professions to authenticate a photocopy of a birth certificate, have you ever seen such a restrictive list elsewhere? I am ordained so can serve :lol: Doctor might be the best option for many people, assuming you can find one willing to sign some weird foreign document... Hi, do y...

Kuma, thank you for your detailed reply. I have already paid to top up my pension to the maximum I can. Not sure about wife's eligibility but I know she was working full time pretty much the whole time she was in the UK, so I imagine she's as up to date as she can be ?? I looked at the form for clai...

Adamu,

thanks for the info

Sarge

Tkydon, thanks for the info, good confirmation that I am taxed in Japan even on UK pension. A lot of reading there that I haven't got round to yet. Gen Question. For the last 10 years I have been filling out online tax returns for the UK. There has never been much income to report but I still have t...

Hi everyone,

sorry for not picking up on these replies for a while. More urgent messes have needed cleaning up.

Wow it certainly seems I opened a box full of cans of worms !!!

I'll try to get back to each of you individually, but for now a general thank you to everyone who has responded.

Sarge

Deep Blue wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:54 am You will be subject to Japanese rather than UK tax on your pension income.

You can read up on the subject here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... x-treaties

Thanks for a clear response, the government publications don't make for easy reading though

I am a British citizen but pretty much a permanent resident of Japan now and for the foreseeable future. My wife is Japanese she has lived in the UK and has a permanent right to remain. I am not really sure where we are "Domiclied for Tax". For the past 10 years we have filled out UK self ...