Tax Notifications

Please file income tax, and declare Inhabitant tax by Monday March 16, 2020. Tax offices will be very crowded in the final days before the filing/declaration due date. Forms and instructions can be found onthe National Tax Agency Website via the Income Tax section. Please fill in all of the forms in advance, and submit them as soon as possible.

Individual Number and Documents Proving Identification

• Income tax returns, and municipal and prefectural taxes you must have at the least, you should have your own Individual Number listed, and that of your qualified spouse (sharing living expenses) and dependents for deduction.
• At the time of filing your documents, you are required to show proof of the applicants number and proof of identification (in the case of income tax return, copies are accepted). For the Individual Number of spouses (sharing living expenses) and dependents you are not required to show their verification documents.

Inquiries: Sendai-kita Tax Office 222-8121　Sendai-naka Tax Office 783-7831　Sendai-minami Tax Office 306-8001

Declaration of Municipal and Prefectural Tax

Those who are required to declare municipal and prefectural tax

• Those who lived in Sendai as of January 1, 2020 and to whom the below does not apply.

*Please be aware that you are required to declare municipal and prefectural tax even if you did not earn any income during FY2019. If you do not file a tax return, The City of Sendai may not be able to issue you a certificate of tax exemption or other documents.

Those who are not required to declare Inhabitant tax

• Those who file an income tax return and their dependent family members.

• Those who earn a salary and whose place of employment submitted a “Salary Payment Report” to the City of Sendai, and their dependent family members.
• Those who only live on public pension and do not have any additional deductions other than those already listed on the withholding tax statement.
• Those whose income resources are from pension and who are under 65 years old with their income is less than 1,050,000yen or who are 65 years old and over with their income is less than 1,550,000yen.

Inquiries: Inhabitant Tax Section Tel: 214-8637 (Aoba Ward, Izumi Ward) Tel: 214-8638 (Miyagino Ward, Wakabayashi Ward, Taihaku Ward)

Loan System to Help Fund School Entry

• Eligibility: Families who have been residing in Sendai for 6 months or longer at the time of application and cannot afford the expenses of their child entering schools.
• Limited amount of loan:

1.  50,000 yen or less Elementary and Junior high schools (excluding households on welfare)
2.  100,000 yen or less Public high schools
3.  150,000 yen or less Private high schools

 *No interest is incurred for these loans

• Return payment: Within exactly 20 months after two months of grace period (If you take out a 150,000 yen loan, payment period is within exactly 30 months)
• There is an application screening process.
• You must have a guarantor living in Sendai.
• Application Period: by March 31, 2020

• For information on the application process or for further details, please call or inquire at your local Sendai City Social Welfare Council or its branch office:

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Aoba Ward Tel. 265-5260

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Aoba Ward Miyagi Branch Tel. 392-7868

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Miyagino Ward Tel. 256-3650

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Wakabayashi Ward Tel. 282-7971

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Taihaku Ward Tel. 248-8188

Sendai City Social Welfare Council, Izumi Ward Tel. 372-1581

Subsidy for Citizens’ International Exchange Projects

 

• Eligibility: Groups and organizations of which more than half of the members are living, commuting or studying within Sendai City.

• The upper limit of the subsidy is 100,000 yen.
• Please inquire for information on how to apply, or for further details.

Inquiries:Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association (SenTIA) Tel.022-268-6260

Beware of Fee-based Unlicensed Waste Haulers

To dispose of bulky waste, please apply for collection with the bulky waste reception center, or make a request with the Collection Office of the ward you reside in, or a Sendai City Licensed waste haulers. Unlicensed waste hauling(money is paid by the person disposing of waste) is prohibited by the law.

Licensed waste haulers will never cruise the streets with speakers running, or circulate flyers. If you are billed by a cruising truck waste hauler, please inform us.

Inquiries:Business Waste Reduction Section Tel:022-214-8679

Have you Completed Application for Free Early Childhood Education and Care

“Childcare Certification” is required to be eligiblefor free childcare/education for the parents or caregivers with children using a nursery school under the current system, kindergarten or center for early childhood education and care, or unlicensed childcare facility. Please inquire for conditions and applications etc. about the system.

Inquiries:Sendai City Free Early Childhood Education and Care Call Center Tel:022-214-8978

Aids, Syphilis and Chlamydia Testing

Anonymous testing and consultation is ok.

Please take the test after 12 weeks from the day you think you may have contracted the virus.

Only test result certificates for aids can be issued (fee based.) If a certificate is required, please call the day before testing (*in the case that testing is scheduled on a Monday, please call on the preceding Friday), and bring a document which proves your identity.

1. Night time Aids, Syphilis and Chlamydia Testing

Place:Aoba Ward Office

Date:March 5th (Thur.) 5:30p.m.-7:00p.m. Results will be given directly to the test taker at a later date

2. (Aoba Ward)

Aids and Syphilis Night-time Testing

Place:6th Floor of AER

Date:March 13th, 27th (Fri.)

Time: 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.

Aids and Syphilis Weekend Testing

Place:Aoba Ward Office

Date:March 21st (Sat.)

Time: 1:30p.m. - 3:00p.m.

Results will be notified approximately one hour after blood samples have been taken (in the case of indeterminate results,test takers will be notified of results at a late date.)

*Applications: For both 1 and 2 You can apply for the test by calling the dedicated reservation line 090-4478-4641 between 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. on weekdays, approximately one month before the test date up until the day before the test. You can also apply via the Sendai City website.

Inquiries: Health and Safety Section TEL: 022-214-8029

(Other Wards)

Application: Making appointments are not required. Please directly go to the testing place

Your test result will benotified to you in person, so please come to the test site at least one week after the test day. If an aids results certificate is required, please call theday before the test. Please bring a document which proves your identity.

Aids and SyphilisTesting (Miyagino Ward)

Place: 3F of Miyagino Ward Office

Date: February 20th (Thur.), March 5th (Thur.)

Time: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.

Inquiries: Management Section, Miyagino Ward Public Health and Welfare Center

Tel: 022-291-2111 (ext. 6716)

Aids and SyphilisTesting (Wakabayashi Ward)

Place: 3F of Wakabayashi Ward Office

Date: February 26th (Wed.)

Time: 9:00a.m.–10:30a.m.

Inquiries: Management Section, Wakabayashi Ward Public Health and Welfare Center

Tel: 022-282-1111 (ext. 6716)

Aids and SyphilisTesting (Izumi Ward)

Place: 2F of East Building, Izumi Ward Office

Date: February 17th (Mon.), March 2nd (Mon.)

Time: 9:00a.m. – 10:30a.m.

Inquiries: Management Section, Izumi Ward Public Health and Welfare Center

Tel: 022-372-3111 (ext. 6716)

Aids and Syphilis Testing (Taihaku Ward)

3F of Taihaku Ward Office

Date: February 25th (Tue.)

Time: 1:30p.m. – 3:00p.m.

Inquiries: Management Section, Taihaku Ward Public Health and Welfare Center

Tel: 022-247-1111 (ext. 6717)