@simpointcommunity: 🇯🇵 The Japanese Tax Hack Most Foreign Residents Don't Know About 🤫 📱Can foreigners in Japan use "Furusato Nozei" (hometown tax donation)? 🤔 Living and working in Japan often means paying income tax and residence tax, but many foreign residents assume donation programs like Furusato Nozei are only for Japanese citizens. 🇯🇵 Understanding how it works can let you support towns across Japan while reducing part of your tax burden, if you follow the right steps. ✅ Here's the easy-access link to the official resources below 👇 — external links are often hard to access on SNS ⚠️ https://community.sim-point.jp/c/free-content/the-japanese-tax-hack-most-foreign-residents-don-t-know-about 🏙️ Furusato Tax Donation Program (Revision to the Public Notice on Designation Criteria) – Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 📋 https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/001070694.pdf 📝 Tax Return Preparation Corner – National Tax Agency 🧾 https://www.keisan.nta.go.jp/kyoutu/ky/sm/top#bsctrl 🪪 Mynaportal – Digital Agency 💳 https://myna.go.jp/ 💻 e-Tax (National Tax Electronic Filing and Tax Payment System) – National Tax Agency 🖥️ https://www.e-tax.nta.go.jp/ 🌐 Foreign Residents Support Portal – Immigration Services Agency 🌏 https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/support/portal/index.html?hl=en 📑 Information for Taxpayers – National Tax Agency 📖 https://www.nta.go.jp/english/ 💴 Deduction Calculation Tool – Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 🧮 https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_zeisei/czaisei/czaisei_seido/furusato/mechanism/deduction.html Not sure which translation tool is right for you? 🤔 We've also created a simple guide comparing popular translation tools for everyday life in Japan. Check it out here! 🌏✨ https://community.sim-point.jp/c/start-here-fad71f/popular-translation-tools-for-everyday-use This short animation explains how Furusato Nozei actually works, step by step. 🚗 ✔️Learn what Furusato Nozei really is — a donation, not a tax prepayment 💡 ✔️Understand the ¥2,000 self-pay rule and how your personal deduction limit is calculated 🧮 ✔️See the kinds of local specialty gifts municipalities offer in return 🐟 ✔️Learn the difference between the One-Stop Special Exception and filing a full tax return ⚖️ ✔️ Find out which situations require a tax return, even after using the One-Stop system ❗ ✔️ Discover how to apply using the Tax Return Preparation Corner, Mynaportal, and e-Tax 🖱️ Many foreign residents only discover this system after living in Japan for a while. 🕰️ Learning about your tax and income situation step by step can make this program much easier to use, and even a small donation can make a real difference for a community you care about. 🌱 We hope this video helps you support the towns of Japan with greater confidence. 😊 Save this video so you can review the steps again before donation season, and share it with friends, coworkers, classmates, or family members living in Japan. 💾 Please share this with other foreigners living, studying, or working in Japan!!! 📢🙏 #FurusatoNozei #JapanTaxTips #LivingInJapan #SPCS #SPCV

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