Tax payment certificate

Yokohama City has issued the following tax payment certificates. Please confirm with the submission address in advance what kind of proof is required.

• Individual Municipal Tax, Prefectural Tax, Forest Environmental Tax
• Property tax (land and houses, depreciable assets)
• light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) (by type)
• Corporate municipal tax
• Office tax
• City tobacco tax※
• Bath tax※
  ※When tax payment certificate of city tobacco tax, bath tax is necessary,Finance Bureau Tax Administration DivisionPlease contact us.

For taxes other than the above, please refer to "Tax Payment Certificate Issued at Tax Office or Prefectural Tax Office".

• Certificate of tax payment
  Prove the amount to be paid, the amount paid, etc. for which the tax obligation has been determined.
• light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) (by type) Tax payment certificate (for continuous inspection)
  Issued for vehicle inspection or name change.
  ※light motor vehicles has three and four wheels.Light JNKSIn principle, it is not necessary to present a tax payment certificate at the continuous inspection window.
• Proof that has never been delinquent / has not been delinquent
  Issued for the purpose of liquor sales license application, application for certification of public interest corporations, etc., application for bid participation qualification, etc.

We have not issued proof that there is no payment. Please check the required tax items and year, and apply for a normal tax payment certificate.
Please contact the ward office Tax Division Tax Receipt Section for proof of other tax matters.

300 yen per tax per fiscal year

• There is no charge for light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) (by type) tax payment certificate (for continuous inspection).

You can apply online using your My Number Card or digital certificate (only the taxpayer).
The certificate will be sent to Address, where resident certificate is located, within 2 days to 1 week after payment of the fee.

Please mail required documents to the ward office Tax Division Tax Receipt Section, where you are taxed.
The certificate will be sent to Address, where the taxpayer's resident certificate is located.

• If you are in a hurry or have a reliable receipt, please use express mail or registered mail for mailing to ward offices or return envelopes.

1. Application Form
2. Fixed amount postal money order or ordinary money order for the fee
   Please do not fill in the fields of "Designated Recipient" and "Name".
   Please send one with an expiration date remaining one month or more.
   ※Fixed amount currency exchange and ordinary exchange are handled at postal savings counters at Japan Post Bank and post offices. A fee will be charged for purchase. For more information, please contact the office.
3. Reply envelope
   Please put a stamp and fill in the address (the taxpayer's Address). (If a power of attorney is enclosed, it cannot be sent to proxy/agent.)
   ※If you move out of Yokohama and move further, please enclose a certificate issued by a public office that shows the transition of Address. (Example: copy of both sides of driver's license, etc.)

If you send the following documents only to the light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) tax payment certificate (for continuous inspection), you can send them to Address in proxy/agent.

1. Application Form
   If proxy/agent is a corporation, please stamp the application form with the representative seal.
2. Power of Attorney (original) or copy of vehicle inspection certificate
   Please indicate the applicable vehicle number.
   ※In the case of the digitized vehicle inspection certificate, the vehicle inspection certificate record items (paper medium and copyable) are also required.
3. Copy of proxy/agent's identity verification documents (not required for corporations)
4. Reply envelope
   Please put a stamp and fill in the address (Address described in the document 3 and Address in the case of a corporation).

From 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays

• The agency is not open on Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, holidays, and New Year's holidays (from December 29 to January 3).

Weekdays: From 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
※Excluding holidays and New Year holidays

• In the Administrative Service Corner, depending on the Reception hours, etc., it cannot be issued immediately.
  In addition, taxes immediately after payment cannot be issued by confirmation of receipt. Please wait until payment is confirmed, or apply at the ward office.

[Individual]

• Application Form
• Identity Confirmation Documents

[Corporate]

• Application Form(The seal of the representative registered as a corporation)
• Identity Confirmation Documents
• Documents certifying that you are an employee (employee card, health insurance card, etc. with the name of the corporation and the first and last names of the employees)
  ※Business cards cannot be used as proof of employee status.

• Application Form
• Identity Confirmation Documents

※If you are a separate household in resident certificate or currently live outside Yokohama, you need a power of attorney.
　In cases where it is difficult to estimate the delegation, a relative of living together who earns a living cannot issue a certificate.

• Application Form
• Identity Confirmation Documents
• A copy of the family register, etc. that can confirm the inheritance relationship

• Application Form
• Identity Confirmation Documents
• Power of Attorney(original)

• Application forms are also available at the ward office Tax Division and at the administrative service corner.
• In the case of competitive bidding participation qualification application, you can also use a nationwide unified “tax payment certificate grant application (for competitive bidding participation qualification application)”.
  For details, please refer to the following URL.
  [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications website]https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_zeisei/czaisei/000148148.html (external site)
  [Local Tax Joint Organization Website]https://www.lta.go.jp/news/03410 (external site)

To verify the identity of the applicant, please present a personal identification document with a face photo issued by one of the following public offices.

• My Number Card (Personal Number Card)
• Driver's license
• Passport (passport) or Basic Resident Register card with photo
• Resident Card or Special Permanent Resident Certificate (alien registration certificate)

If you do not have these documents, we will check multiple identification documents such as "Health Insurance Card and pension Notebook".
We will make copies if necessary.
※Those with a validity period are limited to those within the validity period.
※If you move out of Yokohama and move further, you will need a certificate (My Number Card, Driver's License, etc.) issued by a public office that shows the transition of Address.

If a request is made by proxy/agent on behalf of the principal, please submit a letter of attorney or other documents that confirm that you have been authorized.
Power of Attorney (PDF: 59KB)

• The power of attorney must be prepared by the power of attorney. In the case of a corporation, please stamp the representative seal of the corporation.
• When applying for a light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) tax payment certificate (for continuous inspection), the vehicle inspection certificate (original or copy) of the relevant vehicle will be issued instead of a power of attorney.
  ※In the case of the digitized vehicle inspection certificate, the vehicle inspection certificate record items (paper medium and copyable) are also required.
• The following applicant can omit the power of attorney.
  • Taxpayer, inheritance corporation caretaker
    (If you cannot confirm the fact of the appointment in Yokohama City, you may need to submit or present documents that can confirm the fact.)
  • legal representative of bankruptcy trustee, rehabilitation caretaker, liquidator, etc.
    (If the fact cannot be confirmed by the public register, etc., you will need a certificate of qualification and a copy of the commercial register to prove that you are in legal representative.)

1. The tax payment certificate can be issued after payment is confirmed in Yokohama City.
   • If you pay at a financial institution or convenience store and need a tax certificate immediately, please present your receipt.
   • If payment is made using the page, credit payment, smartphone payment, or local tax common tax payment system, it will take up to 3 open agency days to confirm payment. (It cannot be issued even if you present a usage statement or a financial institution's own settlement confirmation screen, etc.)
   • If payment is made by fund transfer, it will take up to 9 open agency days to confirm payment. (Even if you show the result of the passbook withdrawal, you will not be able to issue it.)
2. If the Address or name entered in the application form cannot be confirmed in the Yokohama City Ledger, necessary confirmation may be made.
   • If the taxpayer moves out of Yokohama and moves further, a certificate issued by a public office that shows the transition of Address is required. (Example: copy of both sides of driver's license, etc.)
   • If you apply for a person who shares fixed assets, you may need a certified copy of the registry that shows that you are a co-owner.
3. The light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) Tax Payment Certificate (for continuous inspection) cannot be issued if there is any unpaid tax in the light motor vehicles. (Except in cases where it is unavoidable to be in arrears due to disasters, etc.)
4. Depending on your request, you may not be able to issue a tax payment certificate other than yourself.

※For inquiries about tax payment certificates to Minami Ward, please call "045-341-1166".

If you need a tax certificate for city tobacco tax and bath tax, please contact the Yokohama City Finance Bureau Tax Payment Management Section.
Finance Bureau Tax Administration Division, Yokohama City
Telephone: 045-671-3719
Address: 5F, Sangyo Boeki Cebter Bldg. Building, 2-Yamashitacho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8313, Japan