Posted by Jennifer, 1 reply

My husband works for a company that is based in the USA. We are US citizens. We receive our income from a USA based company and do all our banking in the USA. His company’s Japanese counterpart is insisting that we get resident visas because we will have a home in Japan (which the Japanese counterpart is paying for) as part of his compensation package. He will be in and out of the country frequently and I plan to leave every 90 days. Do we have to get resident visas? Will we have to pay Japanese taxes?

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George

Given the complex nature of your questions it will probably be best speaking either to a tax advisor or visa specialist in Japan about your situation. The US embassy in Tokyo has a list of advisors on its website:

http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-tax2.html

We also have companies listed in our Expat Directory who deal with US taxes:

http://www.expatinfodesk.com/expat-directory/finance/

The following link may explain better how Japanese taxes and residency work:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2206.html