Originally Posted by
evergrn
That's brilliant. I'm taking copious notes.
And based on what I read, it seems like you can maintain US credit card with a foreign address and you can always keep your US checking account loaded from abroad because bank transfers are not taxed (at least by US).
Just hoping that Jpn doesn't try in the future to crack down on this credit card loophole and squeeze tax out of it.
I maintain a US mailing address for my accounts there. I just find it easier, although one, with USAA, is perfectly fine using my Japanese address. The government here cannot crack down on this as filtering out legitimate travelers would require a reverse Physical Presence test (one of two on the 2555)