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Whilst you were working for them in a contract position, where they withholding income tax? If not, then you will definitely need to submit a Kakutei Shinkoku. If they were, will they provide you a Certificate of Withholding - Gensen Choshuhyo for the period, and will they include that tax paid in ...

So, in the first half of this year, I did 副業 freelance work for a company. They then offered me a full-time position, which I accepted. While they were my secondary employer, the payment I received totaled over 200,000+, so I'd normally expect to submit a 確定申告 next tax season. However, is it still n...

Perhaps a bit cheeky, but the Naturalisation wiki article is a bit sparse... https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Naturalisation I'm sure there is a lot of useful information that is not published about Naturalisation, especially in English. If you felt like documenting it for the benefit of others, edits to...

Yeah. My NISA is just sitting there right now... I learned about the restrictions after opening it. But naturalization prep is going well.

Hmmm... Yeah. I guess it probably isn't worth the headache and time of maximizing things at this level of granularity. It definitely seems worth it to look around on iDeCo though, so I guess I'll do that! Thanks so much for the advice! The thing to check with iDECO and NISA is the list of funds ava...

Hmmm... Yeah.

I guess it probably isn't worth the headache and time of maximizing things at this level of granularity.
It definitely seems worth it to look around on iDeCo though, so I guess I'll do that!

Thanks so much for the advice!

Apologies if this has been answered before. Recently, I've been sitting down to think more seriously about my financial health and future. I just got a job that gives me much more financial stability than I've ever had before, and I've been thinking about getting a new credit card. Not to have a lar...