[30,000 yen benefit] Application procedure for price high support benefits

Applications will be accepted from Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

• Households eligible for payment
• How to apply
• ①Households that receive "Notice of Payment"
• ②Households that receive the “Confirmation Form”
• ③Households that need to submit an “Application Form”
• Application by proxy/agent
• About required documents
• Destination
• Application acceptance period
• From application to payment
• Requests to those who have moved
• Those who have been evacuated due to violence (DV) from spouses or relatives
• Person who became tax-exempt from taxation in 2024 due to revision of tax return
• If it is not eligible for payment
• Beware of special fraud and fraud of personal information

The following two conditions must be met.

• There must be a resident registration in Yokohama City as of December 13, 2024

• Resident tax per capita rate for all households in 2024 is exempt.

(Note) Households consisting of only dependent relatives of those who are subject to residence tax even if the above conditions are met (eg, students living away from their parents, families living away from those who are working alone) Etc.) are not eligible for payment.

[Children's additional benefits]
Children under the age of 18 (born after April 2, 2006) who are household members of the target household are eligible for addition.
Children born between the day after the base date and May 30, 2025 are also eligible for addition. (Application may be required.)

(* 1) Benefits to taxable households only for households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2023 and per capita inhabitant tax, and benefits for new households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2024.
(Note) The status of taxation of the inhabitant tax per capita rate will be determined as of December 13, 2024, and documents corresponding to the resident registration of Address as of December 13, 2024 will be sent. If you have filed a tax return amendment, you must submit an application.

• Households that received a benefit of 70,000 yen or 100,000 yen (* 1) from Motoichi in the account of the head of household

(* 1) Benefits to taxable households only for households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2023 and per capita inhabitant tax, and benefits for new households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2024.

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A "Notice of Payment" will be mailed to Address (as of December 13), which is registered as a resident of the head of the relevant household, from Monday, February 10, so please check the details.

• When changing the transfer account (It is expected that it will take about one month from the start of the change procedure to the transfer.)
• If you decline this benefit
• Households consisting only of dependent relatives of those who are subject to residence tax (eg, students living away from their parents, families living away from those who are working alone, etc.)

Application deadline If you do not contact us by Wednesday, February 19, we will assume that you have agreed to the payment and will proceed with the payment to the account listed in the "Notice of Payment".

• Households that received a benefit of 70,000 yen or 100,000 yen (* 1) from Motoichi other than the householder's account
• Households that have received a benefit of 70,000 yen or 100,000 yen (* 1) from Motoichi in the account of the head of household, and whose account name received and the resident registration name of the head of household as of the base date are different
• Households that did not receive a benefit of 70,000 yen or 100,000 yen (* 1) from Motoichi and have resident registration in Yokohama before January 1, 2024

(* 1) Benefits to taxable households only for households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2023 and per capita inhabitant tax, and benefits for new households exempt from inhabitant tax in FY2024.

• Copy of identity verification documents (head of household, proxy/agent)
• Copy of documents that can confirm the transfer account

• Households whose inhabitant tax per capita rate has been exempt from taxation in 2024 due to the tax return amendment procedure(Confirmation required)
• Households that have moved in from outside the city from January 2 to December 13, 2024 among households
• Households that have not filed resident tax even if they are tax-exempt in fiscal 2024 (eg, those who have zero income or those whose income is only 1.55 million yen or less for public pension, etc.)
• Households in which only dependents remain due to divorce from dependents who are taxpayers or death of spouse, etc. by December 13, 2024
• Households that were subject to the residence tax in 2024, but were exempted from the per capita rate by ordinance in the middle of the fiscal year.
• In addition, households that meet the conditions of payment but are not eligible for "news of payment" or "confirmation letter" from Yokohama City

For households that fall under the above, please obtain the “Application Form” yourself, fill out the required items, and submit it by mail together with required documents.
Please download the application form here.

• Application for Price High Support Benefit (PDF: 1,166KB)
• Application (PDF: 1,027KB) for price high support benefits (for child addition, newborns, etc.)

The application form can also be obtained from the application support window at the ward office and the [Price High Support Benefit Call Center].

• Copy of identity verification documents (head of household, proxy/agent)
• Copy of documents that can confirm the transfer account
• Copy of 2024 residence tax exemption certificate (for all persons transferred to Yokohama City after January 2, 2024)
• Copy of death certificate (households in which only dependents remain due to the death of dependents)
• Documents certifying the fact of birth (for children born between December 14, 2024 and May 30, 2025) ※Only applications for child addition

proxy/agent may carry out the procedure on his behalf.
If proxy/agent is an adult guardian of the applicant, please attach a copy of the adult guardian registration certificate (within three months of issuance).
If the applicant delegates this procedure to proxy/agent, please fill in the confirmation form and proxy application fields.

After the application, we will send you a notification if there is any defect in the contents.
If you need to change the address of the notification to Address in proxy/agent, please call the Price High Support Benefit Call Center and obtain the Request for Change of Destination.
(Depending on the time of application, mail may be sent to the original Address. Please understand in advance.

• Driver's license
• My number card (Please do not submit a copy of the back side, My number notification card is not allowed)
• Health insurance card
• Residence Card
• Certificate of receipt of social security
• Handbook for the Physically Disabled

Please submit a copy of the side with your name, current address, and date of birth among other documents.

If an adult guardian applies as legal representative, please attach a copy of the certificate of registration under the adult guardianship registration system. (within 3 months from issuance)

• When an assistant or assistant applies

Please attach a copy (copy) of the certificate of entry based on the adult guardianship registration system and a copy (copy) of the catalog of proxy rights that confirms that the right of representation has been granted for receiving public benefits.

• Any application by proxy/agent

A copy of identification documents for both the head of the household and proxy/agent is required.

Attach a copy of your passbook or a copy of your cash card that can be confirmed by the following three.

• Name of financial institution and branch name
• Account number
• Account holder (Kana)

If you do not have a passbook or cash card for Internet banking, etc., please attach a printed copy of the account information screen after logging in.
(Note) Please take measures such as filling out other personal information in black.

Please attach certificate of person who was transferred to Yokohama-shi after January 2, 2024.
If you are under 15 years old without income, you do not need to attach it.
Please obtain the certificate at the municipality where the resident was registered as of January 1, 2024.
※There may be a fee to obtain a certificate.

(Note) There will be a postage charge. Free shipping envelopes are available at the application support window set up at the ward office.

From Wednesday, February 12, 2025 to Friday, May 30, 2025 [must arrive]
※For applications for children born between the day after the base date and May 30, 2025, it will be [postmark valid] on Friday, May 30, 2025.

• Upon arrival of the application form, the submitted documents will be reviewed.
• If there are any deficiencies, we will send you a confirmation phone call or a notice of deficiency from the "Yokohama City Price High Support Benefit Reception Center", so please take measures such as corrections.
• If there is any defect in the application form, it will take about one month to pay the benefit after the correction is confirmed.
• As a result of the examination, if you are not eligible for benefits, we will send you a "Information not eligible for payment".

If you would like to check the progress of the examination, please contact the [Private High Support Benefit Call Center]. However, we can only answer inquiries from the applicant and proxy/agent listed on the application form.
Phone number: 0120-045-320 (toll-free)
Reception hours: From 9:00 am to 7:00 pm (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)
※At present, we have received a very large number of inquiries, making it difficult to connect to the phone. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

From "Yokohama-shi price high support benefit reception center", we send notice of deficiency or call for contents confirmation. Please make corrections, etc. according to the content of the notification.

• If the contents of the application form are incomplete: Write the correction directly to the notification of deficiencies and return it.
• If there are missing documents: Please attach the missing documents and return them with the notification of the deficiency.

Until Monday, June 30, 2025 [must arrive]

• Postmark is not valid and must arrive by the deadline. Documents received after the deadline will not be accepted.
• If the application is not submitted by the deadline and the application is not resolved, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn.

A return envelope is enclosed with the notification of deficiencies.

If the resident registration place as of December 13, 2024 is different from the current place of residence, please transfer mail at the post office. You may not be able to receive payment without receiving various notices from Motoichi.
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Those who have evacuated while leaving resident certificate due to violence or other reasons (and accompanying persons) are subject to non-taxation as of December 13, 2024, if they are dependent on DV perpetrators or are in the same household, they will be deemed to be independent households and will be eligible for payment.
In this case, in addition to the “Application Form for Evacuees such as DV”, please fill out the “Application Form for Evacuation”, attach the required documents, and send it to the following address. [For evacuees such as DV] Information flyer (PDF: 613KB)
Please download the application form here.

• [For evacuees such as DV] Application Form (PDF: 1,150KB)
• [For evacuees such as DV] Application for child addition, newborn baby (PDF: 988KB)
• "Application Form for Evacuation" (PDF: 536KB)

At the time of application, please attach the revised tax exemption certificate.

If the tax exemption certificate cannot be attached at the time of application, the tax exemption certificate cannot be attached.
In the margin at the top right of the application form
①Tax exemption was made due to the amendment procedure.
②Date on which the amendment was made
③Place where the correction procedure was performed (e.g. tax office, ward office)
Please describe it.

We will send you a notice requesting attachment if there is a reason that it is not attached or cannot be attached.
If the tax return amendment procedure confirms that the household is eligible for payment, we will pay it.

As a result of examining the application form, we will send "Information not eligible for the Yokohama City Price High Support Benefit" to those who are not eligible for payment. .

Phone number: 0120-045-320 (toll-free)
Reception hours: From 9:00 to 19:00 (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)

※Acceptance date and time are subject to change.
※At present, we have received a very large number of inquiries, making it difficult to connect to the phone. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Foreign languages (English, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Spanish, Tagalog) are supported.

Fax number: 0120-303-464 (toll-free number, for hearing-impaired inquiries)

Email address for inquiries: support@yokohama-kyufu.jp

(Note) Inquiries by e-mail may take some time to respond.

If you have any suspicious visits, telephone calls, e-mails or mails, please contact the nearest police department or police consultation phone (# 9110).
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Oh　Yokohama City will never ask for a transfer of fees for benefits.