Here's a mega-weird question I just have been asked by a lucky kid who is escaping Japan after a working holiday.
[INDENT]Residence tax --Is it true I'll have to pay some cash when I leave the country? Should I get a re-entry permit or a return ticket to make it appear like I'm coming back to Japan to avoid the residence tax? [/INDENT]
Has this kid found a new source of Japanese drugs or is there a new escape-Japan tax being enforced at Narita? For FGs in Japan who are not working at a job withholding for taxes, etc., how can residence tax be enforced since all withholding based on one's previous year's income in Japan (ZERO for a noob gaijin)???