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Tkydon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:48 pm
Max wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:20 am Thank you, that link was very helpful. Sorry for my tardy acknowledgment.

So, what kind of investments do qualify for the 20.315 tax rate?
All the ones listed that say Separate Taxation Method

Both Separate Self-assessment Taxation and Separate Taxation at Source?

Max

@reicloud, I really feel for you. What an incredibly stressful, unpleasant situation. I hope it has been, or soon will be, resolved to your satisfaction. Perhaps you could give us an update on how things have played out?

Max

Thank you for this. In a nutshell, the 20.315 rate only applies to investments within Japan, correct? When I partially cashed in my overseas insurance policy I was hoping I could pay tax at this rate, but instead it was treated as miscellaneous income, and therefore taxed higher.

Max

Thank you, that link was very helpful. Sorry for my tardy acknowledgment.

So, what kind of investments do qualify for the 20.315 tax rate?

Max

If you remit interest accumulated in an overseas savings account to Japan, how is it treated for tax purposes? Does it qualify for the 20.315% rate as investment income?

Max

Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:20 am Generalli by any chance?

No, another company

Max

Yeah, it does seem a bit arbitrary, but on paper I think I have a decent chance of qualifying for Class 2. Fingers crossed.

Max

Max wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:05 am Thanks. When I wrote that I was, and still, am on the line to HMRC after running into a roadblock on the website. It's been 29 minutes so far...

...and just as I was preparing to hang up at the half-hour mark, someone picked up!

Max

Thanks. When I wrote that I was, and still, am on the line to HMRC after running into a roadblock on the website. It's been 29 minutes so far...

Max

Under current rules, for Class 2 you would pay a total of 6,279 pounds for an annual pension of 11,502 pounds for the rest of your life. For Class 3 you would pay a total of 31,759 pounds for the same annual pension. I am not eligible to pay Class 2, but for me at least Class 3 is an excellent inve...

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