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Does anyone know a good Japanese phrase for "taxable event"?

Thanks very much for these comments. I'm going to a CPA soon for help on my Japanese taxes. I'm concerned if I should not mention my rIRA at all to him, under fear that he will not understand what a rIRA is and recommend paying taxes on it, or mention it to him and he will say the rIRA is not curren...

Thank you very much!

Hello there Japan Finance. I have a US rIRA with dividends and capital gain distributions. These are not cited on the 1099, but are visible in my Vanguard online account.

Just wondering- does anyone know definitively if I do or do not need to pay Japanese taxes on these?

To be honest the guy didn't even bring up sandaishippei, I did, based on the recommendation of an earlier poster here. When you walk into the Hoken Mado Guchi, the only sales "pitch" I could sense is they bring out this piece of paper like a checklist, and it has cliparts of a house, a pla...

Sorry for my late reply- I've not logged in in awhile. I have been meaning to write a summary. The tl;dr version is this: 1. Life insurance. I am a healthy 34 year old male. I got a term life insurance policy that will give my wife 5000 mon (50,000,000 yen) if I pass away. I think there's something ...

No no, I really appreciate the help. I was having a hard time finding a good resource. Most of what I found was based on the employer's POV, which is basically what you just stated regarding the employee's status. I will check this out. Thank you.

Hello Retire Japan. Question for you regarding working in Japan remotely for a US company- basically, how does it work? I am a US citizen and a PR of Japan. At first I thought I would be responsible for US national and state tax, as well as Japanese tax. The amount of taxes alone may make the work i...

Take it slow, allow for plenty of time spread over several visits to their shops to work through all the options and find out what's best for you (all those "What if?" questions need answering), and you should arrive at the right policy (or policies). Absolutely. I don't want to get analy...

Thanks everyone for the tips so far. AreTheyTheLemmings, I'm sorry to hear about your recent experience. Sounds like I'll opt for term life insurance and the 3 Diseases insurance. Does anyone have any experience shopping for Disability insurance? My current company offers it, but I am planning on ge...