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I realize that there are various types of income tax deductions, but my Japanese friend mentioned about income deduction and tax credit.
I realize that how much you pay in taxes is based on how much you earned working the previous year, but I know about the double tax situation for foreigners which depends on where the foreigner is from (in my case the US).
My Japanese friend mentioned that in order to avoid being taxed double, you have to pay taxes to your home country and declare it to Japan, where it will be subtracted from the Japanese tax?
I would rather just pay the Japan tax directly and not worry about paying my taxes in the US. I realize that the US taxes its overseas citizens even if they are not working in the US because they are assumed to be earning overseas. I guess most people from the US living abroad pays their US taxes as well?
I lived and worked in China for like 4 years and didn't pay my US taxes at all. I never had an issue with later returning to the US to work there for a couple years.
Anyway, is there anyone else on here from the US that knows more about this?
This is my first time paying taxes in Japan.
I realize that how much you pay in taxes is based on how much you earned working the previous year, but I know about the double tax situation for foreigners which depends on where the foreigner is from (in my case the US).
My Japanese friend mentioned that in order to avoid being taxed double, you have to pay taxes to your home country and declare it to Japan, where it will be subtracted from the Japanese tax?
I would rather just pay the Japan tax directly and not worry about paying my taxes in the US. I realize that the US taxes its overseas citizens even if they are not working in the US because they are assumed to be earning overseas. I guess most people from the US living abroad pays their US taxes as well?
I lived and worked in China for like 4 years and didn't pay my US taxes at all. I never had an issue with later returning to the US to work there for a couple years.
Anyway, is there anyone else on here from the US that knows more about this?
This is my first time paying taxes in Japan.