Benefit Payments to Help with Rising prices

We will be issuing 100,000 yen benefit payments for households that were not eligible for receiving benefit payments in the previous fiscal year and that will newly become exempt from resident tax or are newly being taxed only the fixed portion of resident tax for the fiscal year of 2024.

 

[Requirements]

Households for which all of the following apply:

(1) Households for those who are registered as residents of Sanda City as of June 3, 2024

(2) Households that were not eligible for the benefit payment for households that were tax exempt in the fiscal year of 2023 (70,000 yen) or the benefit payment for households that were only taxed the fixed portion of resident tax for the fiscal year of 2023 (100,000 yen)

(3) All members of the household are tax exempt for the fixed portion of resident tax or are not being taxed the income-based portion of resident tax, and at least one member of the household is being taxed only the fixed portion of resident tax

(4) The household does not consist only of dependent relatives, etc., of other individuals that are subject to the fixed portion of resident tax

(5) The household does not include members that have filed a declaration of exemption from tax under a tax treaty

(6) The household does not include members that have unreported income that is subject to resident tax

 

[How benefit payments will be issued]

For households which may meet the conditions, a confirmation letter was sent on August 1.

There are cases where you may be ineligible even if you have received a confirmation letter. Please check the requirements for receiving the benefit payment to see if it applies to you.

*In cases where you are no longer a dependent due to reasons, such as becoming divorced, etc., before June 3, 2024, or cases where you have submitted a move-in notice to Sanda City prior to June 3, 2024, and have not yet received a confirmation letter after June 4, 2024, you still may be eligible to receive the benefit payment if you notify us. In such cases, please contact us for more details as there will be documents you will need to submit.

*The confirmation letter has been sent out based on information that was available on the reference date (June 3, 2024). Depending on whether your tax information has been revised since then, etc., there may be cases where you will be ineligible to receive the benefit payment.

 

[Procedure]

Please fill in the required information and send back the letter in the return envelope provided. The application must reach us no later than October 31.

 

[Benefit payment amount]

100,000 yen per household

 

[Benefit payment timing]

The benefit payment will be deposited into your registered account about 1 month after the procedure is complete. Please check your bank book to confirm payment.

Of the households eligible to receive the benefit payment, those households with children 18 years old or younger that live in the same household will receive an additional 50,000 yen per child.

 

[Requirements]

Households for which all of the following apply:

(1) The household is eligible for the benefit payment for households that are exempt from resident tax or households that are only being taxed the fixed portion of resident tax for the fiscal year of 2024

(2) The child eligible to receive the benefit payment is 18 years old or younger (born on or after April 2, 2006) and shares their means of support with the head of the household

*Also includes children born between June 4 and October 31, 2024.

 

[Procedure]

Please submit the same confirmation letter for the benefit payment for households that are exempt from resident tax or households that are only being taxed the fixed portion of resident tax. The application must reach us no later than October 31.

 

[Benefit payment amount] 

50,000 yen per child

Adjustment benefit payments will be provided to those who are unable to receive the flat-rate tax reduction for income tax for 2024 (Jan.–Dec.) and individual resident tax for the fiscal year of 2024. The payment amount will be calculated based on your income and deductions, etc., for 2023. If it is determined that there is a left over amount of the benefit payment after subtracting your finalized amount of income tax for 2024, an additional payment will be made in the fiscal year of 2025.

 

[Eligible individuals]

Those individuals for which their possible amount of flat-rate tax reduction (*1) exceeds the estimated amount of their income tax for 2024 (Jan.–Dec.) or the amount of their individual resident tax income portion for the fiscal year of 2024 are eligible. However, individuals with a total taxable income of more than 18,050,000 yen are not eligible for this benefit payment.

 

(*1) Possible amount of flat-rate tax reduction

Income tax portion = 30,000 yen x number of individuals eligible for tax reduction

Resident tax portion = 10,000 yen x number of individuals eligible for tax reduction

 

[Number of individuals eligible for tax reduction]

Taxpayers + spouse eligible for deduction (*2) + dependents (includes individuals less than 16 years old) (*2)

(*2) Does not include any individuals living overseas.

 

[Amount of adjustment benefit payment]

The amount is calculated by adding the "possible amount of flat-rate tax reduction that is left over after subtracting income tax" and the "possible amount of flat-rate tax reduction that is left over after subtracting individual resident tax," and rounding up the total to the nearest 10,000 yen.

 

[How to verify the amount of flat-rate tax reduction that is left over after subtracting individual resident tax]

The amount of the flat-rate tax reduction that is left over after subtracting individual resident tax is listed in your Special Tax Collection Tax Assessment Notice (for Taxpayers) for the Fiscal Year of 2024 and your Tax Payment Notice for the Fiscal Year of 2024.

For individuals working at companies, these notices are distributed by your company. For self-employed individuals and others, these notices were sent from the Sanda City Tax Division on June 10.

 

[How benefit payments will be issued]

A confirmation letter was sent to eligible persons on August 1.

*The confirmation letter has been sent out based on information that was available on the reference date (January 1, 2024). Depending on whether your tax information has been revised since then, etc., there may be cases where you will be ineligible to receive the benefit payment.

 

[Benefit payment timing]

 (1) Individuals for which a bank account for deposit of payment is listed in their confirmation letter: August 20, 2024

(2) Individuals for which a bank account for deposit of payment is not listed in their confirmation letter: About 1 month after they have registered a bank account

*Please check your bank book to confirm payment.

 

[Procedure]

If a bank account for deposit of payment is not listed in your confirmation letter, please fill out the necessary items in the confirmation letter and send back the letter in the return envelope. The application must reach us no later than October 31. If a bank account for deposit of payment is listed in your confirmation letter, you may skip this procedure.

In charge of Provisional Special Benefit, Community Welfare Division

Sanda City Hall Building 3, 2nd floor, 2-1-1 Miwa, Sanda City, 669-1595

Phone number : 0120-331-002 (Weekdays 9:00–17:15)   F A X : 079-562-1294