Hello Japan Financiers,
I would like to verify some information about my current situation (which is a bit complicated) involving USA social security payments. Currently I am employed by a company in Japan but also have some sole proprietorship income. Last year was the first year that I have been employed by my company and so I am wondering how that reflects on my USA social security.
Up until last year with my sole proprietorship income, I paid my own pension here in Japan and could opt out of paying American social security by using form j/usa6. But now that my company pays my Japanese pension (and I don’t pay social security / pension for my sole proprietorship income) will I have to pay social security on my sol proprietorship income in the United States?
Or is there anyway I can opt out of paying social security on that income like I did up to now?
Thanks very much for any insight.
by rasdouchin
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>will I have to pay social security on my sol proprietorship income in the United States?
No. You are still eligible to avoid US social security contributions by using a certificate of coverage (Form J/USA6). But the method of obtaining the certificate of coverage is different now that you are an employee.
Your Japanese employer is supposed to obtain the certificate for you by submitting [this form](https://www.nenkin.go.jp/service/shaho-kyotei/shikumi/shinseisho/usa/usa1.files/005a.pdf) to the Pension Service. There have been reports of people bypassing their employer and submitting that form themselves, but all the official instructions state that the employer is supposed to make the application.