I’m moving to Australia (temporarily or permanently, not sure yet), and I’m trying to figure out exactly how my end-of-employment and end-of-residence dates may affect the tax representative situation.
As I understand it, the resident tax cycle is from June through May (in this case, June 2023 through May 2024). My last day with my current employer is May 31, and I will be leaving Japan on June 5.
Since the dates can easily align, I was thinking that maybe I could simplify some tax stuff by setting my last day of residence as May 31 when filing the move-out paperwork at the city office, hoping to avoid having a few days as a resident in the 2024-2025 tax year. But given that I have PR and that I’m sure there are parts of this I don’t understand, I don’t know whether or not it makes any difference from a tax perspective versus setting my last day of residence as June 5.
Any clarity that anyone can lend to this?
by sile1