Update : 2022-1-11
From February 17 (Monday) filing income tax return will be accepted at Kawagichi Site and
filing of municipal /prefectural tax (inhabitant tax) and income tax return for the people who have employment income and/or miscellaneous income (public pension etc.) will be accepted at Chuo Kominkan (Chuo Public Hall) in Soka City.
* Tax credit for housing loan is accepted only at Kawaguchi Site.
Please note that a place varies depending upon contents of tax returns and reception period.
As many taxpayers are expecting at the beginning of the reception period and reception may be closed earlier. (Tax return by mail is convenient)
Submit Tax return by mail with your PC & Printer!
The sites for filing are very crowded every year; maximum 3 hours at SKIP site and 6 hours at Soka-shi Chuo Komin-kan. We ask the person who visit the site to make a declaration with PC by him/herself.
You can make a declaration at your home with the same softwear of the site using "Tax return preparation corner" of National Taxation Administration HP at any time 24 hours a day.
HP (https://www.keisan.nta.go.jp/h29/ta_top.htm#bsctrl)(External link.)
Support by the Help Desk (Tel.0570-01-590) in Japanese is available on weekdays.
Final tax retruns by e-Tax by ID and password system without "My Number (Individual Number)"
If you have a copy of the previous year's declaration and "Completion notice of reporting ID/password system', declaration from your PC at "Tax return making corner" on NTA website is available.
ID and password are issued at the Kawaguchi Tax Office in about five minutes.
Filing income tax return at SKIP City in Kawaguchi City:
For income tax, consumption tax, gift tax: February 17 (Monday) to March 16 (Monday) except Saturdays, Sundays and holiday (Feb. 11), from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
* Open on Feb. 24 (national holiday) and March 1 (Sun.)
* 300 parking lots are available
How to go to the SKIP City (address: Kami Aoki 3-12-18, Kawaguchi City)
There are two ways to go. Both routes need to use two buses.
- Take a bus from No. 1 platform of Soka Station (west exit) to the terminal "Kawaguchi-eki Higashi-guchi (east exit)" From there take any bus leaving from No. 7 ~ No. 9 bus platforms and get off at "Kawaguchi Shiritsu Koukou" bus stop. 5-minute walk from the bus stop.
- Take a bus from No. 2 platform of Soka Station (west exit) to the terminal "Hatogaya-eki Higashi-guchi (east exit)" From the west exit of Saitama Kosoku Tetsudo (Saitama Railway) "Hatogaya-eki Higashi-guchi" take a bus for "Kawaguchi-eki Higashi-guchi (east exit)" and get off at "Kawaguchi Shiritsu Koukou" bus stop. 5-minute walk from the bus stop.
Filing income tax return at Chuo Komin-kan (Public Hall) in Soka City:
For those who have employment income and/or miscellaneous income (public pension, etc.) and claim simple tax returns such as support, life insurance, medical expense deduction etc.:
February 17 (Monday) to March 2 (Monday) except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Limited to 200 people per day.
* Accepting time may be changed according to that day's congesting situation.
* The first half of the term is crowded every year.
* No parking lots. Public transportation or using bicycles is recommended.
Inquiry
Kawaguchi Zeimu-sho (Tax Office)
Tel.(048) 252-5141
Filing income tax return by mail: 〒332-8666 Aoki 2-2-17, Kawaguchi-shi
* Income tax return at Kawaguchi Tax Office will not available from February 17 (Monday) to March 16 (Monday).
Filing Municipal/prefectural tax at Chuo Komin-kan (Chuo Public Hall) in Soka City:
February 17 (Monday) to March 16 (Monday) except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
All the citizens except following people need to file
- Those who submit income tax (national tax) return
- The person whose income is only from employment and his/her salary payment report from office has submitted to Soka City (comfirm your employers)
- The person whose income is only from public pension of 4,000,000 yen or less, and the payment report has submitted to Soka City.
* The person who will apply for additional deduction except the deduction on "Gensen Choshu-hyo (withholding tax form)" or received pension based on foreign country's law or private pension needs to file.
(Note)Those who are non-taxable for income or municipal/prefectural tax are not eligible.
But even if you are non-taxable you have to report your 0 income to receive public service (national health insurance, child allowance/daycare etc.)
Convenient filing by Postal-mail
You can submit the return tax form by postal mail which make you free from a burden of waiting for a long time at the site for tax retrun.
If you don't have a tax form, ask the shiminzei-ka (Taxation Section) in the City Hall/
- Reporting form of municipal/prefectural tax
- A copy of personal identification document
- A copy of the document to certify your `My Number (Individual Number)'
- Document to certify your income like a `Gensen Choshu-hyo (withholding tax form) from your company
- Certificate paper for reduction etc.
To a person who applies medical expense deduction
- When you will report tax-return relating Iryou-hi-koujo (medical expense deduction) for 2018 fiscal year and after, you have to complete Iryou-hi-koujo Meisai-sho (detailed statement for medical expense deduction) or `Detailed statement for Self Medication Tax System'.
- Receipts are not required if you have `Iryou-hi-koujo Meisai-sho (detailed statement for medical expense deduction)' or `Detailed statement for Self Medication Tax System'. Keep the receipts at your home.
- You cannot apply both of 'Medical expense deduction' and 'Special provision in medical expense reduction' at the same time.
* Those who are non-taxable for income or municipal tax and prefectural tax are not eligible.
Inquiry
Shimin-Zei-ka (Taxation Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1042
Tax report by mail: 〒340-8550 Shimin-zei-ka
* Filing municipal /prefectural tax at City Hall will not available from February 16 (Thursday) to March 15 (Wednesday).
* Chuo Komin-kan (Chuo Public Hall) cannot accept inquiries about filing tax.
To Foreign Residents:
Support at Chuo Komin-kan for tax return is available for the foreign residents who have a difficulty in hearing, reading and writing in Japanese. Please consult the date and time in advance.
* English, Chinese and Spanish
* It is not always available of date and time due to interpreters' schedule.
Apply and enquiries
Intercultural Information Corner
Tel.(048) 922-2970 (Mon., Wed. and Fri.)
* If you need further information about filing taxes, a leaflet in English is available at "Intercultural Information Corner", Taxation Section in City Hall, service centers.
You can see it in the following file.
Useful information (Tax Return)