RetireJapan

In the end I used abc self assessment. I think the reason I chose them was because I liked being able to fill in and save the form locally on my computer before submitting to HMRC. Also when I contacted the company a couple of times by email, I received prompt and helpful responses on both occasions...

If you are the only heir in Japan your inheritance tax deduction would be 36m, Reading a Retire Japan blog piece (from 2021) and the accompanying comments https://www.retirejapan.com/blog/overseas-inheritances-in-japan/ there seems to be some confusion as to how inheritance tax and the deduction al...

Thank you so much Adamu for this information. It looks like he may have to visit a UKVCAS (there is one in Tokyo) to have photo and fingerprints taken at some point so that he can get the eVisa. Strange they don’t seem to provide information for non UK residents but as you say it may be worth waitin...

My husband (Japanese) has Permanent Residency status in the UK which he obtained in the 1990s. When we left the UK last year the only requirement for him to maintain this PR status, as far as we were aware, was to visit the UK every two years. It seems that according to the following news article: h...

I moved to Japan last year and, as I am no longer resident in the UK, will not be able to use HMRC’s online portal to submit a 23-24 tax return. It seems I can do this by paper form (which has to be requested from HMRC) or use a third party software provider. I looked at a couple of providers, namel...