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Wow! Thank you! I’m going to have to read over your answer a few times as I’m not sure I got it all the first time over. Very much appreciate the detail. To answer your question about why sell, you are correct in that we could keep them and keep renting out until they are paid off etc., but I think ...

Hello, US citizen with 4 rental properties back in the US. I am currently not a tax resident in Japan, still on a working visa. I am about 2 years into my 5 years. In regards to the rental properties I am thinking about selling them in the next few years as they have appreciated well. My question is...

Whoops, yes I did make a mistake. But isn't the amount 100 million? I've been going off of this article here https://www.tytoncapital.com/projects/japans-5-year-rule-overseas-investment-offshore-tax/ which is old so maybe it changed. Either way we do have more than the threshold. That article is ki...

Whoops, yes I did make a mistake. But isn't the amount 100 million?

I've been going off of this article here https://www.tytoncapital.com/projects/j ... shore-tax/ which is old so maybe it changed. Either way we do have more than the threshold.

I’m trying to figure out if I need to be filling out the Overseas Asset Report, Assets and Liabilities forms, or both. Our details: My wife and I are on work visas. We have been in Japan for approximately 18 months. We do hold assets worth more than 500 million JPY (thanks to the weak yen) overseas,...

Yes, Correct if you broke your Residence, and were not resident or domiciled in Japan during that time. If the number of days in the last 3,652 days (from Today's Date 10 Years ago, including two Leap Years) is less than half of that, less than 1,826 days, then you are still a Non-Permanent Residen...

First time poster with a permanent resident tax qualifying question. I understand that if I lived in Japan for 5 out of the last 10 years, I am a permanent resident for tax purposes. But I'm wanting to confirm is this a sliding window? What I mean is I lived in Japan previously from 2007 and left on...