City tax

Taxes are the money required for the administration of administrative services of the national and local governments. Foreigners living in Japan are also obliged to pay taxes. Taxes include national and local taxes. Among them, income tax (national tax) and resident tax (local tax) are paid according to your income. Don't forget to pay it.
For national taxes, please contact the tax office in the city.

Local taxes paid by individuals include municipal tax, prefectural tax, property tax, city planning tax, and light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) (by type).

Municipal tax and prefectural tax are levied on those who live in Yokohama City as of January 1 and have a certain amount of income during the previous year.
Even if you move out of Yokohama in the middle of the year, you will pay the municipal tax and prefectural tax for that year to Yokohama City. For those who are subject to municipal tax and prefectural tax, a tax payment letter of advice will be sent in early June every year.
In addition, please confirm with tax office in the city whether you need to report if you have income from overseas companies or have a securities transaction account established overseas.

As of January 1, those who live in Yokohama City should report their income status, both those who had income from the previous year (January to December) and those who did not.
However, there is no need to file a tax return for those who have filed a final income tax return or who have only earned income and have submitted a salary payment report from their employer.
If you live outside Yokohama City as of January 1, please report to the municipality where you live.
You can file municipal tax and prefectural tax until March 15 every year. Please submit the declaration form to the ward office Tax Division City Tax Section, where you live as of January 1.
In addition, as we use calculation result of municipal tax, prefectural tax for calculation such as insurance premiums, we may not be able to calculate correctly when we do not report.

Property tax is a tax paid on January 1 of each year by people who have land, buildings, and depreciable assets (such as machines used for business) in Yokohama City.
The city planning tax is a tax paid by people who have land and buildings in urbanized areas (where houses and shops gather). I will pay it together with the property tax.
For more information, please contact the following address.

• For land and buildings, the ward where your land and buildings are located.Tax Division Land Section House Office
• Depreciable assets (such as machinery used for business purposes)Yokohama-shi depreciable assets center (PDF: 183KB)

light motor vehicles tax (keijidosha-zei) (by type) is a tax on persons (including corporations) who have light motor vehicles, motorcycles, motorbikes, etc. as of April 1 of each year.
We will send you a tax notice in early May every year.

As payment notice arrives by mail, we pay by the following method.

• Bring payment slips to financial institutions (banks, shinkin banks, etc.) and convenience stores
• Fund transfer (application in advance, automatic debit from bank or shinkin bank account)
• Payment using the Internet (Payage storage, credit, smartphone payment, common tax payment)

In addition, salary may be paid by special collection (deduction).
If you do not pay late, you will be charged a late payment fee.

If you have not paid the city tax by the specified deadline, a reminder will be sent.
If you do not pay the city tax after that, you will seize the property such as salary, deposit, real estate, etc. of the person and allocate it to the city tax that has not been paid in exchange for money.

If you are unable to pay the city tax by the deadline, please consult with each ward office Tax Division Tax Receipt Section.

Those who move out of the country or return home must pay all the tax currently imposed. If you are unable to pay the tax, please file a tax return at the ward office Tax Division that specifies the taxpayer who will perform the tax payment procedure on your behalf.
For procedures, please contact the ward office Tax Division City Tax Section before leaving Japan.