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It's more about taxes. If you apply for a working visa you can be flagged as having revenue generated while in the country, so you'll pay an income tax on it.

It's more about taxes. If you apply for a working visa you can be flagged as having revenue generated while in the country, so you'll pay an income tax on it. The other side of it is visa overstay: it's more financially viable for working people to overstay their visa, where pure tourist have to go back at some point. Terrorists will be flagged whatever they do, as international money transfers are already heavily scrutinized and under a working visa you still have to declare your work.

dageshi 3y ago
I doubt it's got much to do with either. Overstaying a visa is likely a criminal offense depending on the length of the overstay, these people still have to leave the country, they're going to get caught and flagged. At a minimum they'll be prevented from re-entry but chances are there could be real punishment. In terms of taxes, I really really doubt it, a DN is not taking a locals job, their clients & business are all out of country, their accounts and transactions are all overseas. Just figuring out what they owe and how to pay it in Japan would completely put people off using the Visa and I really doubt the Japanese government would think it worth the hassle for six months.
xhkkffbf 3y ago
Any idea of how much the tax might be in Japan? And how does it affect taxes in the US?
- makeitdouble 3y ago
  On the tax amount, if you're interested in the details: https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/individual/12006.htm https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/individual/12006.htm I didn't go through all of it, but I'd expect it to be a tad less that 10% of the gross income. If you're a US resident, I think you pay them as well on that same income ?
- Asparagirl 3y ago
  Not sure about the first part, but generally the way it works is that first you pay taxes to the country where you are a resident, and then you still must also pay taxes to the US by virtue of being a US citizen but you usually get a credit on those US taxes in the amount you already paid to your country of residence. Sometimes the country where you’re living has much higher taxes, so you end up not owing anything to the US — but you still have to file.
  - lupire 3y ago
    The winning play is the SALT or Charity dodge: pay taxes to an authority who returns a lot more of it to you in benefits than the other authority does.

dageshi 3y ago

I doubt it's got much to do with either. Overstaying a visa is likely a criminal offense depending on the length of the overstay, these people still have to leave the country, they're going to get caught and flagged. At a minimum they'll be prevented from re-entry but chances are there could be real punishment. In terms of taxes, I really really doubt it, a DN is not taking a locals job, their clients & business are all out of country, their accounts and transactions are all overseas. Just figuring out what they owe and how to pay it in Japan would completely put people off using the Visa and I really doubt the Japanese government would think it worth the hassle for six months.

xhkkffbf 3y ago

Any idea of how much the tax might be in Japan? And how does it affect taxes in the US?

makeitdouble 3y ago
On the tax amount, if you're interested in the details: https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/individual/12006.htm https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/individual/12006.htm I didn't go through all of it, but I'd expect it to be a tad less that 10% of the gross income. If you're a US resident, I think you pay them as well on that same income ?
Asparagirl 3y ago
Not sure about the first part, but generally the way it works is that first you pay taxes to the country where you are a resident, and then you still must also pay taxes to the US by virtue of being a US citizen but you usually get a credit on those US taxes in the amount you already paid to your country of residence. Sometimes the country where you’re living has much higher taxes, so you end up not owing anything to the US — but you still have to file.
- lupire 3y ago
  The winning play is the SALT or Charity dodge: pay taxes to an authority who returns a lot more of it to you in benefits than the other authority does.