My wife plans to keep her job in Australia and work remotely from Japan on a Dependant Visa. I assume she can do that as long as she works less than 20-ish hours per week.
So the plan is that she goes solo trader in Australia and manages her taxes and superannuation (pension) herself.My question is, has anyone done this kind of thing (work??, freelance ?? ) in Japan and knows about the tax obligations, particularly about Dual Taxation Relief (not being taxed in both places)?
Is it worth considering getting an accountant (who speaks English) to help with this in Japan?
Thanks in advance.
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(Disclaimer: The reason I ask here is that I trust this community more than the web. I almost lost my visa because I didn’t know I had 3 months between changing jobs to notify Immigration about where I work. This led me to come back to Japan and sort things out. How great is that?)
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**Is anyone here familiar with dual taxation between Australia and Japan?**
My wife plans to keep her job in Australia and work remotely from Japan on a Dependant Visa. I assume she can do that as long as she works less than 20 hours per week. So the plan is that she goes solo trader in Australia and manages her taxes and superannuation (pension) herself.
My question is, has anyone done this kind of freelance work in Japan and knows about the tax obligations, particularly about Dual Taxation Relief (not being taxed in both places)? Is it worth considering getting an accountant (who speaks English) to help with this in Japan?
Thanks in advance.
(Disclaimer: The reason I ask here is that I trust this community more than the web. I almost lost my visa because I didn’t know I had 3 months between changing jobs to notify Immigration about where I work. This led me to come back to Japan and sort things out. How great is that?)
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r/japanfinance will have the answer.
But she needs to be suuuuper careful because she can’t make more than you. Immigration needs to see her as financially dependent upon you.
She can work up to 28 hours per week. BUT she can’t make enough money to not be dependent on you, and there is no exact amount of money that this is.
If you’re making 1mil JPY per month and she’s making 200,000yen per month, there’s a good chance immigration will accept that.
However if you’re making 250,000yen per month and she’s making close to or more than that, she’s probably not staying within the bounds of her visa.