What this document is
Certificate that municipal tax has been PAID with no arrears (納税証明書). Use the Reiwa 8 nendo · 2025 income version — the SAME fiscal year as the latest income certificate above.
What it must show
- Current version: Reiwa 8 nendo · 2025 income. Obtainable if you had a 住民票 on 1/1/2026.
- This year's municipal tax is still being paid in instalments (salary deduction June → May, or four instalments), so an outstanding balance on the sheet is NORMAL — you can still obtain it and submit it.
- The only thing to avoid is an overdue amount (滞納). Pay each instalment on time and the certificate stays clean.
- Immigration's own document list names the fully-due year (Reiwa 7 nendo · 2024 income); that sheet is the station below — worth adding.
Where to get it
The city hall (shiyakusho) where you were REGISTERED AS A RESIDENT on 1/1/2026. Whichever city that was, that is where you apply — if you have moved, go back to the old city or request it by post.
How to get it
- Take your residence card (or My Number card) to the city hall
- State each fiscal year you need — read out the 令和 year shown above
- With a My Number card you can also use the kiosk in a convenience store, which is cheaper
Cost & time
About 300 yen per copy, issued the same day. Ask for all three at once (two income certificates + one tax-payment certificate) so you only make one trip.
Notes
If you have OVERDUE tax you cannot get a “clean” certificate — pay it off first. Tax arrears weigh heavily in the assessment (素行不良). Switching to salary deduction (特別徴収) is the surest way to keep the certificate clean.
Procedures that use this document
- Engineer renewal
- Change to Engineer
- Engineer renewal
- Nursing care renewal
- Change to Tokutei Ginou 2
- Tokutei Ginou 2 renewal
- Change to Tokutei Ginou 1
- Tokutei Ginou 1 renewal
- Change employer (Tokutei Ginou 1)
- Family sponsorship (COE)
- Change to Dependent status
- Dependent visa renewal
- Child born in Japan
- Relative visit