Hello everyone,
I am a US citizen residing in Japan and plan to stay here long term. I recently started investing in IBKR Japan, starting out with purely VT but considering also using a Seicho NISA (late to the game, I know).
I have a Japanese husband. We are married in the US and he has a green card. We have no plans to permanently return to the US, and he may give up his US permanent residence once I obtain PR in Japan to make investing/taxes easier for him.
Of course, we are unfortunately not able to get legally married yet in Japan and are seen as two single people under Japanese tax law.
I have two questions:
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I am the primary earner in our household. When we lived in the US, we always filed our taxes as married filing jointly. I have done the same thing when filing US taxes since moving to Japan. Is this a smart move?
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As we are legally married in the US, from a US and/or Japan tax perspective is there any advantage or disadvantage in having separate IBKR investment accounts vs. combining our resources and investing in a single account.
Thank you in advance for your advice.
by heisei744