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whatthefunk · Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 130 Location: Japan

Hi all. Ill be quitting the worst job in the country on Monday. I want to and need to get a gensen choshu-hyo for tax purposes. Do I ask for this now or at the end of the year? If I ask for one now, do they have to give it to me now? I heard that my school doesnt report all of my withholdings to the government and would like to know about this now rather than at the end of the year. Thanks.

yellow earth · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 41

I forget when they give it to you, but definitely be very firm with them about getting it. Give them your next address so they can mail it to you if it comes later. I would go to city hall too, give them your new address as well. Tax documents can really bite you in the ass if you try to stay here more than a year.
Just out of curiosity, whats the worst job in Japan?

G Cthulhu

Under the law, they have 7 days to provide it. Get the Labour Standards Office on their case if they don't cough it up.

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Employers are still required by law to provide it.
http://www.daijob.com/en/columns/terrie/article/773

You should try to get it from your employer within one month after you leave.
http://www.city.ritto.shiga.jp/index/page/4a74a8fb57337a44deee6c4d10b2b1b6/538/
http://www.ia-ibaraki.or.jp/kokusai/paper/guide/lifeguide/english/09-01.html

I'd say that if you know your employer has broken the law by not withholding the appropriate taxes, act ASAP. Can't say whether a Labor Standards Office or city hall/ward office is the better place to try. Perhaps the latter first.

However, if you are not 100% certain, give them a forwarding address, as mentioned above, and wait the necessary month. Then contact the employer again if you don't get it. After that, visit city hall/ward office.

sabina · Joined: 11 Nov 2010 Posts: 75

I need this, too. I quit about 2 months ago, and requested the document in a letter and an email and in person. I still haven't received it. I just emailed them again asking for it. I'm not in Japan, so I don't know what to do. Sad

I shouldn't have left without it I guess.
I want to come back and renew my visa before the year is over, so I need this! What should I do?

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

sabina · Joined: 11 Nov 2010 Posts: 75

I worked for a small private school. I don't feel comfortable posting the name on here.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Why protect someone who is breaking the law, sabina?

Contact your ward office and/or a labor standards office and/or the general union to help pull strings.

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

Hot-Carl · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 63

If your employer was breaking the law, then report them! By not doing so, you are just enabling them to do it to others and AIDING them! People like Sabina are no better than those employers who take advantage of others.

OP, were you working for BCA in Kawaguchi, Saitama? They are a terrible place. Unpaid wages, where it takes them months to finally pay them, they do not report all their taxes (good luck getting a gensen choshu-hyo when they just paid you in cash and didn't take any tax from you). They often force you to finish late, which can be a major problem if you have another job to get to after you are done teaching with them. Basically, the were plagued by very poor management. This was a few years ago. If things have improved, I'd be pleasantly surprised.