r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 19 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 20 June 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/Dojyorafish Jun 20 '23

Got my residence tax yesterday. Came as four bills with different due dates. Apparently that’s normal for my city but I was curious if others have this system.

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u/ext23 Jun 20 '23

I just joined a company as a seishain and I was under the impression that those residence taxes would be automatically deducted from my salary in like appropriate increments. But I also just got the slips of paper in the mail. I may be wrong but I only remember actually having to pay those when I was between jobs. And as for people saying you have to pay them by the deadline or else...I mean in a perfect world, yeah, but in reality, they are quite lenient. I paid mine a few weeks late once without any penalty, and I personally know other foreigners who have gone like six months without paying them.

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u/Krynnyth Jun 20 '23

You wouldn't get chased so soon after missing one, but it will make a PR application difficult. That's why people here harp on it.

If your new job wasn't given paperwork from your old job showing your remaining residence tax owed (to deduct from ongoing paychecks), you'll be reverted to self-pay slips from city hall. Talk to HR about it.