Flashes of Panic

I have been asked to go back to Japan at the end of this summer to work for iaaf.org at the World Championships, to be held in Osaka. I am, needless to say, elated about this, and after checking with my business partner to make sure it won’t cause any major problems, I let them know I was definitely interested. I had been toying with the idea of going on my own dime and trying to scrape up enough work to keep the net cost low, but their offer covers most of the costs and makes the work mostly profit.

The detail which snagged in my mind? The way the offer was phrased implies that I will be paying income tax in Japan for 2007.

(Actually, it implies that the tax will be paid in my name, not that I will actually file.)

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