RetireJapan

Thank you. I see that the prevailing wisdom is that IRA's should only be taxed on distribution by Japan. Now, having paid double tax, I wonder if there is any chance of me succeeding with a refund claim? I'm not hopeful, since there are no crystal clear statements of the policy with regard to tax on...

There have been a few questions recently about how Japan taxes IRAs. I have some recent, unpleasant experience related to this. On March 15th, at the tax office, I was told that I owe tax not only on the gains (interest and dividends) in my IRA, but also a distribution I took from that same IRA. An ...

I came to this forum to learn about how Japan taxes (regular) IRAs. At my last visit to the tax office here in Japan, my first after becoming a permanent resident for tax purposes, I was told I must pay taxes both on the income in my IRA *and* a distribution I took last year. That, in a sense is tax...