I'm in the process of finding a professional, but here's the situation:
I'm in Japan for 10+ years with a family; non-PR, but for all intents and purposes, my "domicile" is here, etc. etc.
I have a Fidelty account back in the U.S., and a few years ago during Corona with all the downtime, I decided to learn about trading and went pretty hard into investing for a bit. In the end, I'd say in maybe like 2022 or 2023, I sold some with a variety of gains and losses, maybe in the total sum range of like +$2,000 actual realized gains. I also picked up a bunch of stocks which have been DRIP (auto-reinvested dividends).
I learned recently that this all technically has to be reported Japan, and I went down to city hall to explain the situation. They confirmed this to be true, told me to just file them late, and it's all good. Now I'm in the process of finding someone who can help me with that, because the complexity of the dividends and such, all the different "types" of stuff, etc. is way beyond me.
My questions are:
1) I reported these gains and all to the U.S. return as I do each year, and was taxed on those accordingly in the U.S. (though with exemptions, etc. the total tax owed was $0). I am prepared to accept any "late fees" on the Japan-side, but I can't tell right now what kind of damage I'm looking at.
2) Anyone got any good professionals for this by-name they can recommend? City hall gave me an extensive list of raw names of tax accountants in the area who can help, but they're all essentially anonymous with seemingly no records or reviews online.
Appendix (just to give some ballpark numbers)
2020:
Dividends: $20
2021:
Dividends: $20
2022:
Dividends: $2000
Capital Gains: $1100
Capital Loss: $300
2023:
Dividends: $3000
Capital Loss: $50
by CptSupermrkt