Guidance of emergency support benefits for taxable households [100,000 yen] + child addition [50,000 yen] + child addition [50,000 yen]

“Yokohama Electric Power, Gas, Food Products, etc. Emergency Support Benefit”

Last Updated February 21, 2024

In order to support the lives of low-income households that are largely affected by soaring prices of electricity, gas, food, etc., only the resident tax per capita rate will be paid to taxable households (100,000 yen per household) and child addition (child 1 50,000 yen per person).

Click here for residents who are exempt from residence tax.

Notice

・Only per capita rate of residence tax benefits to taxable households
・Child addition benefits
・Frequently Asked Questions
・Call center
・Application Support Desk
・Households with welfare
・Those who have been evacuated due to violence (DV)
・Refund of benefits
・Pay attention to special fraud and fraud of personal information
・The flyer in English

Only per capita rate of residence tax benefits to taxable households

Amount paid

100,000 yen per household (payment is only once, no duplicate receipt from other local governments is allowed)

Households eligible for payment

The following two conditions must be met.

There must be resident registration in Yokohama City as of December 1, 2023
All households must be "taxpayers only on the per capita rate" or "taxpayers and tax-exempt persons only on the per capita rate" of the residence tax in 2023

(Caution) Even if the above conditions are met, households consisting only of dependent relatives who are subject to residence tax (eg, students who live away from their parents, families living away from those who are living alone) are not eligible for payment. The term "dependency" here refers to tax deduction for dependents. In addition, even if you are not dependent on the taxpayer, if you are a full-time blue tax return business, you will be treated as a dependent of the tax taxpayer. If the situation is different from resident certificate due to circumstances such as divorce talks, please contact us individually.

Per capita rate

Person who can apply for and receive benefits

I am the head of household registered in resident certificate.
(Caution) If a person other than the head of the household performs the application procedure or receives, delegation from the head of household is required.

Application period

From Tuesday, February 27, 2024 to Friday, May 31, 2024
(Caution) The postmark is not valid. It must arrive within the period.

Application method

Please confirm "Application procedure of emergency support benefit [100,000 yen], child addition [50,000 yen], child addition [50,000 yen]" to taxable households only for the 2023 inhabitant tax per capita rate".

Payment method and payment timing

As a general rule, payment will be made by bank transfer to an account of a financial institution.
■Name of transfer
Yellow quinceenkin
If you are eligible for the benefit and there are no incomplete documents or entries, you will be transferred in about one month after receiving the application.

Child addition benefits

Amount paid

50,000 yen per child eligible for the following addition

Households eligible for payment

Households with children under the age of 18 (after birth on April 2, 2005) among households eligible for benefits to taxable households (100,000 yen) only.
(Caution) Exceptions are children born on or after the base date (December 1, 2023) are eligible.

Person who can apply for and receive benefits

Application period

From Tuesday, February 27, 2024 to Friday, May 31, 2024

(Caution) The postmark is not valid. It must arrive within the period.
　　　　As an exception, children born after the day following the base date (December 1, 2023) can be applied until the postmark is valid on Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Application method

Payment method and payment timing

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here for frequently asked questions.

Prices of electricity, gas, food products, etc. Emergency Support Benefit Call Center

We have set up a call center to answer your questions.
On Monday and mornings, inquiries tend to be concentrated and telephones may be difficult to connect.

Phone number: 0120-045-320 (toll-free)

Reception hours: From 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)
　※March 2nd and 3rd are also available on Saturdays and Sundays.
Foreign languages are available in English, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Fax number: 0120-303-464 (toll-free, fax for inquiries for hearing-impaired persons)
Email address for inquiries: support@yokohama-kyufu.jp
(Caution) Please note that it may take some time to respond to inquiries by email.

Application Support Desk

An application support window will be set up at each ward office.
We will answer questions such as not knowing how to write an application or want to know about the system.
Installation period: Until Friday, May 31, 2024 (After operation will be updated as soon as it is decided)
　Excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
Reception hours: From 9 to 17 o'clock
(Caution) From 12:00 to 13:00, the window will be closed for lunch break.
　However, the closing time may be changed depending on the situation.

Place of application support window
	Address	Installation location
Tsurumi Ward Office	3-20-1, Tsurumichuuo	1st floor inhabitant hall
Kanagawa Ward Office	3-8, Hirodaiootamachi	In front of the 4th meeting room on the 4th floor of the main building
Nishi Ward Office	Central 1-5-10	B1F C Meeting Room
Naka Ward Office	35, Odori Japan	In front of the lobby reception on the first floor
Minami Ward Office	2-33, Urafunecho	Former site of the back stand on the first floor
Konan Ward Office	Konan 4-2-10	Waiting space on the 3rd floor
Hodogaya Ward Office	2-9, Kawabecho	The site of the first basement floor
Asahi Ward Office	1-4-12, Tsurugamine	Exhibition space left on the 1st floor of the Main Building
Isogo Ward Office	Isogo 3-5-1	Under the escalator on the first floor
Kanazawa Ward Office	Mud turtle 2-9-1	3rd floor Tax Division waiting space
Kohoku Ward Office	26-1, Mamedocho	Meeting space on the 4th floor
Midori Ward Office	118, Terayamacho	B1F Green Lounge
Aoba Ward Office	31-4, Ichigaocho	1st floor east entrance side
Tsuzuki Ward Office	32-1, Chigasakichuo	3rd floor aisle
Totsuka Ward Office	16-17, Totsukamachi	3rd floor inhabitant of a ward open space
Sakae Ward Office	303-19, Katsuracho	4th floor of the new building
Izumi Ward Office	5-1-1, Izumichuokita	1st floor inhabitant of a ward hall
Seya Ward Office	190, Futatsubashicho	4th floor collaboration space

social security households subject to taxation

[About households eligible for payment]
Households receiving welfare as of December 1, 2023 will be eligible for payment if they have not received the emergency support benefit payment (30,000 yen) for 2023. (The Emergency Support Benefit (70,000 yen) for FY2023 will not be paid.)
However, the following persons are not eligible for payment.

When there is a household who is subject to the 2023 residence tax that does not receive welfare
When all households are dependent on the 2023 residence tax taxable

[About social security's handling of income certification]
This benefit is not recognized as income. When you receive, please list in income report, and please submit to case worker in charge of each ward life support section.
(Caution) Please mark the presence in the “4 Other income” column of the income report and enter it in the “Temporary income” column at the bottom. The “Specific content” column may be abbreviation as “Price soaring benefits”.

Those who have been evacuated due to violence (DV) from spouses or relatives

Even if they are dependent on DV perpetrators (the resident certificate cannot be transferred), they are evacuating to Yokohama City as of December 1, 2023, and the households of the evacuees (and accompanying persons) will be subject to payment as an independent household.
Along with the application procedure, you can receive benefits by certifying that you are evacuating.

(Caution) Those who have been evacuated outside Yokohama cannot receive this benefit from Yokohama City. You may be able to receive benefits from the municipalities of the evacuation destination, so please contact the evacuation destination municipalities for details.

Refund of benefits

After receiving the benefits, if it is found that the household does not meet the payment requirements or that the household has already received this benefit from Yokohama City or other local governments, we will ask for a return of the benefit. .
In addition, malicious false applications may be charged with criminal liability.

Pay attention to special fraud and fraud of personal information

If you have any suspicious visits, calls, e-mail, or mail, please contact the nearest police department or Police Consultation Phone (# 9110).
Oh　There is absolutely no request from Yokohama City to operate ATMs.
Oh　Yokohama City will never ask for a transfer of fees for benefits.