Taxes（市の税金）

For more information on taxes, please come to the Tax Division (zeimuka 税務課) at Oshu City Hall.

Main Taxes

• Prefectural/municipal tax (kenshimin zei 県市民税)
• Corporation municipal tax (hojinshimin zei 法人市民税)
• Property tax (koteishisan zei 固定資産税)
• Light motor vehicle tax (keijidoshazei 軽自動車税)
• National Health Insurance (kokumin kenkohoken zei 国民健康保険税)

Where to Pay

Be sure to bring your tax payment slip.

Financial Institutions

• JA Iwate Furusato Bank (main bank and branches)
• Bank of Iwate (main bank and branches)
• Tohoku Bank (main bank and branches)
• Kita-Nippon Bank (main bank and branches)
• Mizusawa Shinkin Bank (main bank and branches)
• Tohoku Rokin Bank (main bank and branches)
• JA Esashi Nokyo Bank (main bank and branches)
• Japan Post Bank/post offices (within the 6 prefectures of Tohoku)

Payment anywhere in Japan is possible with a payment handling slip.

Convenience Stores

• 7-Eleven
• Daily Yamazaki
• New Yamazaki Daily Store
• Yamazaki Special Partner Shops
• Familymart
• Poplar Group
• Ministop
• Lawson
• Stores with an Mmk machine (a public utility payment collection machine)

You can only use convenience stores to pay taxes if the payment slip has a barcode and it's before the tax payment deadline.

Smartphone Apps

You can pay city taxes via scanning the barcode on the pay slip with your smartphone. This way, it's possible to pay at any time without going to a convenience store or the bank; please consider taking advantage of this service.

Compatible Apps

Presently, the following apps may be used for tax payment. For details, please check the relevant app's website.

What Taxes are Payable by App?

• Individual municipal tax (ordinary collection)
• Property tax
• Light motor vehicle tax (various types)
• National Health Insurance (ordinary collection)

When Can't You Pay by App?

• If payments are past due
  (Caution) Excluding reissued pay slips, demand notes, and payment failure notices.
• If the pay slip lacks a barcode
• If the payment exceeds 300,000 yen
• If the amount on the pay slip has been changed
• If the pay slip's barcode is unreadable due to soiling/damage

Important Notes: Please Read!

• Receipts are not issued for smartphone app payments. If you need a receipt, please pay at a financial institution/bank, a convenience store, or Oshu City Hall's Tax Payment Window.
• If you pay your light motor vehicle tax by app, the receipt for the tax payment certificate (for recurring inspections) will not have an official stamp, and so cannot be used for vehicle inspections.
  • (Caution) You will have to go to Oshu City Hall and apply for the tax payment certificate as a separate document.
  • (Caution) Oshu may need 2-3 weeks to verify the payment.
• You cannot use an app to pay taxes at a bank/financial institution, convenience store, or the tax payment window at Oshu City Hall.
• If you pay by automatic bank transfer and wish to pay with an app, you must cancel your transfer payments at least a month before the deadline of the tax payment in question.
• There's no service fee, but phone data/connection fees are the payer's responsibility.

City Halls

You can pay at Main City Hall's Tax Payment Division or at your local branch office.

Tax Payment Schedule

The deadline for paying tax installments depends on the tax. Here's a handy chart. You can pay taxes in installments, or pay them all at one time.

• (Caution) The payment deadline is the last day of the month in which taxes are due. If that day is a holiday, or in the case of taxes due in December, the deadline is the next business day.
• (Caution) If prefectural/municipal taxes are deducted from your salary, payments are divided into 12 installments from June to May of the next year.

Issuing Tax-Related Certificates

You can get tax-related certificates issued at Main City Hall or your local branch office, as well as at convenience stores.

1. Issuance at the window

• Hours: 8:30AM – 5:15PM (except for weekends and holidays)
• Locations: Main City Hall, Tax Payment Division or the citizens' services counter at your local branch office

2. Issuance at a convenience store

• Income certificate (most recent fiscal year only)
• Prefectural/municipal tax exemption certificate (most recent fiscal year only)
• Prefectural/municipal tax certificate & income certificate (most recent fiscal year only)
• Tax payment certificate (most recent fiscal year and the year before)

(Caution) The applicant in question is the only person who may receive tax certificates obtained at a convenience store. Certificates for renewal inspections, pertaining to light motor vehicle tax payments or property, are not issued.

3. Issuance by mail & applying by phone to receive on a weekend/holiday

4. See the chart below for certificate fees. If you use your My Number card or basic residence register card to get a certificate at a convenience store, it will cost 200 yen.

Please ask the tax payment division (nozeika, 納税課) for details on certificates not listed above.

When Paying By Bank Account Transfer

If you set up a bank account transfer to pay your taxes, your taxes will be automatically paid from your account without a fee. You won't have to physically go to pay your taxes, or worry about forgetting. Please consider using this convenient service!

Taxes You Can Pay by Transfer

Prefectural/municipal tax, property tax, light vehicle tax, and National Health Insurance

Participating Banks/Financial Institutions

• JA Iwate Furusato Bank (main bank and branches)
• Bank of Iwate (main bank and branches)
• Kita-Nippon Bank (main bank and branches)
• Tohoku Bank (main bank and branches)
• Mizusawa Shinkin Bank (main bank and branches)
• Tohoku Rokin Bank (main bank and branches)
• JA Esashi Nokyo Bank (main bank and branches)
• Japan Post Bank

How to Set Up

Please bring your bankbook, personal seal (inkan), and tax notice (noszeitsuchisho 納税通知書) to your bank.

For Those Living Outside of Iwate

If you don't live in Iwate, you can pay by smartphone app, at a convenience store, or at your local Japan Post Bank (within the 6 prefectures of Tohoku) as long as you haven't missed the payment deadline. If you have a payment handling slip, payment is possible from a Japan Post Bank anywhere in the country.