Kashiwa City Community Newspaper 2025.01.01

Have you applied for the Child Benefits Allowance in new scheme? Must be done by 31^st March (Monday)

Inquiry: Child Benefits Allowance and Child Medical Expense Subsidy Desk

Tel: 7128−9923　      　　　Fax: 7165−0081

Since October 2024, eligible households for the child benefits allowance are extended. Application is required to receive the child benefits allowance.

Eligibility

▶Those who are not receiving the Cild Allowance Benefit and are raising children up to 18 years old(eligibility expires at their first fiscal year-end  after turning 18).

▶Those who are receiving the Child Allowance Benefit and are raising three or more children including youngsters between the ages of 19 and 22(eligibility expires at their first fiscal year-end after turning 22).

Procedure

Please return the filled request form for the qualification or the qualification acknowledgement notice downloaded from the website of Kashiwa City by 31^st March (Monday) by post (must arrive) to 〒277－8505　Kashiwa shiyakusho, Kodomo Fukushika/Child Welfare Division, (Child Welfare Division, Kashiwa City Hall, 277-8505), or bring it in person to the division (3^rd floor, City Hall Annex building), or on the website of Kashiwa City.

※Public employee should submit the application to the designated division at the workplace.

◎Further details on the amount of the benefit payment can be found on the website of Kashiwa City

▼Website of Kashiwa City

4^th and 5^th floor of TeToTe (children and childcare support complex) are now open

Inquiry：

Book Plaza（4^th floor）

　　＝Library Main Building　

      Tel: 7164−5346　Fax: 7164−5905

Junior and Senior High School Students Plaza（5^th floor）

　　＝Lifelong Learning Division

      Tel: 7191−7393　Fax: 7190−0892

Book Plaza on the 4^th floor and Junior and Senior High School Student Plaza on the 5^th floor in the children and childcare support complex in Kashiwa station area are newly opened. They are safe and comfortable plazas for pre-school children to senior high school students to enjoy freely. Please feel free to enjoy this facility.   　

Book Plaza, 4^th floor　

This is for pre-school children to junior high school students to read books and play. There are 5,000 books, and children can enjoy the facility in their ways.

Opening hours

9:00am to 5:00pm on Tuesday to Sunday

Eligibility

Pre-school children to junior high school students

※Pre-school children must be accompanied by their guardians.

Junior and Senior High School Students Plaza, 5^th floor

This is for children in junior and senior high school, and in equivalent age group on after-school, weekends, national holidays, and during school seasonal breaks. There are various areas for each individual to enjoy the facility.

Opening hours

▶Tuesday to Friday:　3:30pm to 8:30pm

▶Saturday, Sunday, national holidays and during school seasonal breaks: 9:00am to 8:30pm  　※Closed on Monday.

Eligibility

Children in junior and senior high school, and in equivalent age group　

Registration is required to use the facility

Membership card will be issued on request.

What to bring

Self-identification document

Procedure

Register at the facility.

Have you done the rubella (phase 5) antibody test?

Inquiry: Health Promotion Division

Tel: 7128－8166

Tickets for free antibody test and vaccination were sent out in June 2024 to the male who had not had a chance to get vaccinated against rubella in the past. The program will be finishing in this fiscal year. If you wish to be vaccinated, plan the antibody test at your earliest convenience before it finishes. Those who moved into Kashiwa city and have not received the tickets are advised to contact the division.

Eligibility

Males with no history of having an antibody test for rubella, and were born between 2^nd April 1962 and 1^st April 1979.

Last day of Test and inoculation

▶Antibody test＝28^th February (Friday)

▶Vaccination＝31^st March (Monday)

◎For further details on the procedure can be found on the website of Kashiwa City

▼Website of Kashiwa city

Maintenance closure of Kashiwa Station City Hall Service Center, etc.

Inquiry: Citizens' Division        Tel: 7167−1128

Kashiwa Station City Hall Service Center

                                   Tel:　7168−5500

Kashiwanoha Service Corner         Tel：7134−6700

Passport Center                    Tel: 7167−9001

Due to the maintenance of electrical equipment, following facilities will be closed and some service will not be available temporarily.

Schedule

25^th January (Saturday)

Facilities for closure

City hall Service Center, Kashiwa station area and Kashiwanoha Service Corner

Services not available

Issuance of family register certificate at the Passport Center and application of user registration for the service of issuance of family register certificate at convenience-stores.

◎Further details can be found on the website of  Kashiwa City   

▼Website of Kashiwa City

Be ready for the income tax declaration procedure ahead of time

Inquiry：　

Final income tax declaration

   ＝Kashiwa Tax Office    

       Tel: 7146-2321

Municipal/prefectural taxes

    = Municipal Tax Division 

       Tel: 7167−1124  Fax: 7167−3203

Period of filing and payment of the tax declaration for fiscal year of 2024 income tax and special income tax for reconstruction is from 17^th February (Monday) to 17^th March (Monday). Please note that additional taxes may be charged for tax declaration document filed after the closing date.

Designated area for completing tax declaration forms is available at the Kashiwa Tax Office

Schedule

17^th February (Monday) to 17^th March (Monday) *Not on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. It is open on 2^nd March (Sunday).

Others

 ▶ For completing the tax declaration forms at the designated area for tax declaration, you need to either make an appointment in advance using the LINE app or obtain a numbered ticket on the day.

▶ On 2^nd March (Sunday), collection of national taxes, consultation on telephone, and issuance of tax payment certificates will not be available.

▶The Kashiwa Tax Office parking lot will be unavailable until mid-April.

◎Further information regarding making an appointment can be found on the website of the National Tax Agency, or contact the Kashiwa Tax Agency.

▼Website of National Tax Office.

Documents required for your tax declaration

Type of document	Documents for the year of 2024
Documents to state your income	①Original copy of Tax Withholding Certificate for salary and public pension income, etc. ②Original copy of Record of Payment, etc. (for income sources other than those listed in ①)
Documents to state the amount of the deductions	③Original copy of the insurance amount deduction certificate (National Pension Insurance premium, life insurance premium, earthquake insurance premium, long-term general insurance premium) ④Medical fees deduction, self-medication tax system statement ⑤Any document to state the amount of payment, such as the payment receipts of National Health Insurance premium, Nursing Care Insurance premium, Latter-Stage Elderly Medical Insurance premium, etc. ⑥Disabled Person’s certificate, etc. ⑦Original copy of Receipts from donations
Others	⑧Documents to identify your Individual Number (My Number Card, or Notification Card) ⑨Personal identification documents ⑩Ball-point pen, calculator ⑪Documents to state your bank account number (under the name of the person declaring the income tax) ※Only in case of final income tax declaration.

※④ = Details of payments  such as medical fee receipts must be stored for 5 years after the closing date of the tax declaration in order to allow confirmation of the payment details). Each type of forms for payment details can be downloaded from the website of Kashiwa City and National Tax Agency.

Points to note for the final income tax declaration

Address to send the forms filled at home

Mail by post to 277-8522 Kashiwa Zeimusho (Kashiwa Tax Office). Must arrive by the closing date. Or bring in the forms in person.

Consult directly with the tax office on the following cases

▶Tax declaration for miscellaneous loss deduction and tax deduction for donations ▶Tax declaration for income of other than fiscal year of 2024 ▶blue form tax return, so called 'Aoiro-Shinkoku' ▶Tax declaration for income resulting from revenue generated by business operations, agriculture and real estate, etc. ▶Tax declaration for income and losses from the transfer of land, homes, stocks, etc. ▶If you are receiving a mortgage deduction (special deduction for loans to purchase a home) ▶Consultation for completing income tax declaration for foreigners or deceased persons.

Procedures to send the forms for municipal and prefectural tax declaration

Procedure

Please fill the required details in the form which will be sent out on 24^th January (Friday) and return the form by post.

　To: 277-8505　Kashiwa Shiyakusho Shiminzeika (Citizens’ Tax Division, Kashiwa City Hall)　

※ If you need a stamped receipt, please include a self-addressed envelope　for returning with 110 yen postage stamps of with your address and name(in Japanese phonetic characters)

Others

▶You can fill in the forms of Municipal/Prefectural taxes on the website of Kashiwa city from 24^th January (Friday).

▶Even though you went through the tax declaration procedure in previous year, if you are identified for no-need for the tax declaration procedure for fiscal year of 2025, the form will not be sent.  In case you need the form, please contact the Municipal Tax Division.

▶Those who file the final income tax declaration do not need to declare municipal/ prefectural tax.

Viewing Japanese speech contest by the foreign residents

Inquiry：KCC (Kashiwa City Cross-cultural Center)   

Tel:　7157－0281

Date

Noon - 4:00pm, 16^th February (Sunday)

Venue

Palette Kashiwa

Audience

▶On site= 70 audience, “First come, first served”basis

▶Online= 100 audience, “First come, first served”basis

Audience to view the Japanese speech contest

We invite audience to view the Japanese speech contest by the foreign residents.

How to get a seat

　We start to accept the application by E-mail to (boshu-1@kira-kira.jp) or direct contact to KCC (Kashiwa City Cross-cultural Center) at Palette Kashiwa from 9:00 am 4^th January (Saturday). Following details and your preference of viewing style must be filled.

①Speech contest view, ②Postal code and address, ③Name (in Japanese phonetic characters), ④Age,　⑤Telephone number, and your preference of viewing style　

◎Further details can be found on the website of KCC (Kashiwa City Cross-cultural Center)

▼Website of Kashiwa City Cross-cultural Center

Free legal advice and administrative procedure support for residents of foreign language

Inquiry: Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center (KCC)

Tel: 7157-0281

Schedule

The 4th Wednesday of every month (1:00pm-5:00pm)

Venue

Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center (KCC) (Palette Kashiwa)

Reminder

Booking in advance is required for the consultation.