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Good afternoon... I have a huge question that is taking me away from sleep! I never filed an income tax return in Brazil, because I didn't work and only studied... I went to Japan in 2003 and I don't remember if I filed this return when I left... I came back in November 2006 and stayed here for 4 months on vacation and got back some of the money I earned there! I went back to Japan and stayed until January 2009, when the crisis hit and I lost my job! Before I came back I sent some money to Brazil and when I got here I withdrew some more... there was some money left at the Japanese Bank of Brazil... that was 12 years ago! When I came back I was only told that savings do not have income tax, so I didn't even make a declaration. 🙁 During that time I made some redemptions that increased my assets... Now in 2022 I found myself in the situation that I was eligible to declare in 2019 and I didn't... if I declare the arrears of 2019, 2020 and 2021, will I have problems with the revenue to prove the money in savings account? Thank you
Vinicius Tersi is a lawyer, specializing in International Tax Law.