Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

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cherry1
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Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

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Has anyone from the US successfully cashed their US Covid stimulus checks here in Tokyo ? I’ve seen that smbc will do it through their prestia account but there is a 2000 yen monthly charge for the account - are there any other options here ? I have no US bank account
Thanks in advance.
Tkydon
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There are many ways to get the Prestia monthly cost waived...
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This Guide to Japanese Taxes, English and Japanese Tai-Yaku 対訳, is now a little dated:

https://zaik.jp/books/472-4

The Publisher is not planning to publish an update for '23 Tax Season.
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cherry1 wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 12:19 am Has anyone from the US successfully cashed their US Covid stimulus checks here in Tokyo ? I’ve seen that smbc will do it through their prestia account but there is a 2000 yen monthly charge for the account - are there any other options here ? I have no US bank account
Thanks in advance.
I see from your past posts that you've set up an account at interactive brokers. Have you tried cashing the check via them?
cherry1
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good idea, i didn't think of that. thank you
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