Finding and completing tax return forms

[JimmyK]

I need to complete a tax return before the March 15th deadline. I can’t use the e-tax online system, as I don’t have a My Number card. In that case, I’ll be doing it old school. I understand you can do this at local tax office, but there must be a website where I can download and print out the necessary tax return forms at home first? I have the Japan national tax website with English info, but I can’t find any such forms anywhere. I have my gensen and a bunch of Furusato Nozei receipts. I don’t have any other deductibles, so I think I’m ready to go. Just need to know where/how to start and soon! Any advice greatly appreciated.

[adamu]

You can use eTax without a My Number card. Select that you want to use it to generate the forms to be printed out for manual submission (書面 / 印刷して提出).

[Nancy]

But otherwise, you can take the forms that you have to the designated center for your city and fill it in there on a computer with someone helping you if you need it. Some areas are still requiring reservations at the centers in Tokyo and you need to reserve a time slot through LINE. These are the very concise English instructions so you'll have an idea about how the taxes are calculated.
https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/ind ... 022/01.pdf

[Tkydon]

All the necessary forms can also be downloaded from this page:

https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... ku/r04.htm

Kakutei Shinkoku Form Pages 1 & 2 (Consolidated form replaces Forms A and B from previous years)
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... r04/01.pdf

Page 3 for Separate Method Tax
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... r04/02.pdf

Medical Expenses
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... f/ref1.pdf
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... f/ref3.pdf

Self Medication
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... ki/016.pdf

Primary Residence Mortgage Tax Relief
https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/s ... r04/14.pdf

etc..

[sutebayashi]

If the OP just wants to report furusato nozei certificates, I personally would recommend trying to use the online site, too:
https://www.keisan.nta.go.jp/kyoutu/ky/smsp/top

The key parts will be entering info from the gensenchosyuhyou, and then subsequently finding the place to enter furusato nozei certificate info.

It’s a good idea to save the data along the way.

[Tkydon]

If the OP just wants to report furusato nozei certificates, I personally would recommend trying to use the online site, too:
https://www.keisan.nta.go.jp/kyoutu/ky/smsp/top

The key parts will be entering info from the gensenchosyuhyou, and then subsequently finding the place to enter furusato nozei certificate info.

It’s a good idea to save the data along the way.

If you go to the Tax Office to file the Kakutei Shinkoku, you use the same Online system under the supervision/help of the staff at the tax office...

[sutebayashi]

Sure. If one can figure it out on one’s home computer, great, but falling back to getting help at the tax office if stuck is a fine option too, and could probably be faster for a first timer. (I have stuck with doing it at home
to avoid queuing / spending time at my tax office in recent years... )

[adamu]

Also re-read this thread before you do any Furusato Nozei again this year, so you don't need to do a tax return next year.

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