PR and immigration rules

[beanhead]

Just a reminder to all with PR status.
You have to pay your taxes and some version of Japanese national pension. The government reserves the right to take away your PR if you do not.
Link shared on Reddit.

https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/immigration/f ... 00003.html

[Tsumitate Wrestler]

After my retirement in Japan, after 21 years, I was presented with a bill of 550,000 Yen for forest and whatever.
I paid it. There are more bills like that to come. City council. Nagoya.

I do not understand this comment.

[Moneymatters]

After my retirement in Japan, after 21 years, I was presented with a bill of 550,000 Yen for forest and whatever.
I paid it. There are more bills like that to come. City council. Nagoya.

I do not understand this comment.

I've seen this confusion once before.
This is because the wording on the resident tax form, when issued by your local municipality will include a comment about forestry.
In reality it will just have been the usual outstanding juuminzei.
but as "loua_oz" was likely having their juuminzei deducted from salary they won't have seen this before hence the confusion.
Although. A tax for "whatever" would match some of my experiences dealing with local suppliers that include a line items for "whatever" in their quotations.
Back when I was "too young to know better" * I insisted this be removed. It was. With the amount amortized across the other items...

hi loua_oz,
Am I right to assume that's pronounced as it's spelt?
Resident tax is about 10% of income and paid to your local authority either by your employer or by yourself directly.
It's calculated based on the previous calendar year's income so you are always in arrears of sorts.
Jan - Dec earn. Following June you start paying for that.
You employer would split the bill over 12 months.

As you can see, when you retire there will be a tail of taxation of sorts.

Once you've had a full year of no/low income there will be no more resident taxes being incurred.
read up on it here:
https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Residence_Tax

* I'm now "old enough to know better" as my superior 50% likes to remind me..

[RetireJapan]

Just received another bill (8. January 2025, retired 30. August 2024) for 520,000 Yen. Resident tax and also mentioned is Forestry.
Company stopped paying it on my retirement, so August 2024. bill 520,000 Yen and January 2025. 520,000Yen. Two more bills in 2025 (albeit smaller but still significant) to come.
In 2026. I was told that resident tax and "Forestry" goes to fixed 50,000Yen a year.

As Moneymatters explained, that is your local inhabitant's tax (市民税・県民税). You pay it every year based on the previous year's income.