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zander7990 · Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 65

hey guys. not sure wat this is that got delivered to me today and was hoping someone could help. i just got a resident tax bill from my ward in sakae-ku, yokohama. does anyone know wat this is? there are some bills dated for 6/1, 8/2, 10/3 and 1/4. help!!

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Hehe. Welcome to the world of Japanese taxation.

Aside from the income tax that you are already paying, (it gets deducted from your monthly salary at a rate of about 5%), you are also required to pay municiapl taxes to your city or town.

What you received is a "convenient" payment plan for your municipal taxes from the last year. Yes, you must pay it. The amounts with the dates you indicated are printed on pre-perforated stubs you tear off and are due on alternate months. These are the due dates by when you should go to city hall by to pay the indicated amount. If I remember correctly, my first installment was 20,000 and each subsequent one was 10,000 over the course of the year.

If you also look on what you received, you will see the total. If you don't want to do the "every-other-month" thing and just pay the entire amount outright, you can as well.

Hope that helps.

zander7990 · Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 65

why is this the first time i have seen it? i've been living in yokohama since mar. of last year and they never sent me anything like this until today for the first payment starting in june.

bearcat · Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 367

Celeste · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:29 am Post subject:

YOur first year in Japan, you have no prior salary in Japan, so you are not taxed. Each year you are taxed on the previous year's earnings (from what I understand). It is legit.

bearcat · Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 367

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

iF you will notice the posts are 2 minutes apart, that means you are posting at the same time and one happens to get loaded or posted faster than the other. Its like twins being born but both can not exit at exactly the same time. Occasionally i will see a post, write an answer and by the time i have posted Glenski will have already written and posted a response.

guest of Japan · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1601 Location: Japan

Does that mean you and Glenski are twins? Wink

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan