Is the residence tax in Yokohama high?

Resident tax (municipal tax, prefectural tax) is higher than other municipalities.
Resident tax is levied on income during the previous year in municipalities with Address as of January 1. If you live in Yokohama from June 2023, you will be subject to municipal tax, prefectural tax, and forest environmental tax in Yokohama from 2024.
In Yokohama-shi, we carry out "Yokohama green tax" as part of important financial resources of "Yokohama green up plan" promoting approach to protect, make, and bring up green according to the regulations from 2009. For this reason, the tax amount of the municipal tax per capita rate is 900 yen higher per year than other municipalities.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, as stipulated in the ordinance from fiscal 2007, the “Water Source Environmental Conservation Tax,” an excess tax on prefectural tax, has been implemented in order to regenerate the water source environment in conservation. For this reason, municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture have higher prefectural tax rates than cities in other prefectures that do not impose excess tax (prefectural tax is levied by municipalities in accordance with municipal tax by law. ) 。
In addition, due to the transfer of tax sources from prefectures to designated cities, the standard tax rate for personal municipal tax and prefectural tax income percent has been reduced to 8% for municipal tax and 2% for prefectural tax in designated cities including Yokohama City. The standard tax rate for municipalities other than the designated cities is 6% for municipal tax and 4% for prefectural tax, and the total tax rates for municipal tax and prefectural tax does not change at 10%.

※The calculation method and tax rate of residence tax are all stipulated by the law called the Local Tax Law. However, if a local organization needs special financial needs, it can be taxed at an excess tax rate exceeding the standard tax rate stipulated in the Local Tax Law by ordinance.