I donated 400,000 yen to Furusato Nozei, but my resident tax hasn't gone down at all!? I looked into it seriously.

*This article is based on my own personal experience.

To put it briefly...

It was my misunderstanding.

However, I was genuinely panicked until I reached that conclusion.

My resident tax determination notice for this year has arrived.

The moment I saw it,

"So expensive!!"

About 96,000 yen every month.

Moreover, apart from this, I also paid 23,200 yen recently via ordinary collection.

Since I sold real estate last year, I was prepared for my resident tax to be high.

But there was something that really bothered me.

I should have donated 400,000 yen to Furusato Nozei...

Last year, I made

405,100 yen

in Furusato Nozei donations.

Of course, I also had a tax accountant handle my tax return.

However, looking at the resident tax determination notice...

I couldn't find the donation deduction anywhere.

Even though the donation deduction was written in the summary section of last year's notice,

It is not written this year.

Furthermore, looking at the tax credit

Municipal tax 1,500 yen

Prefectural tax 1,000 yen

That is all there is.

Wait...

Isn't this not reflected?

It's 400,000 yen, you know?

I certainly can't overlook this.

I tried consulting ChatGPT

First, to ChatGPT.

I had it look at my resident tax notice.

Then

It said, "I can't tell without seeing your tax return."

So...

The donation deduction section of the tax return

Donation deduction

Donation deduction

403,100 yen

It is included properly.

Look at the second sheet.

In the resident tax column as well

405,100 yen

It is clearly written.

Furthermore

Check the donation details as well.

Everything matches.

ChatGPT also

"It is not a failure to declare."

was the response.

However...

Looking only at the resident tax notice

it still doesn't look like it's been reflected.

This is strange...

So I

called the city office.

Honestly,

I was thinking,

"Maybe the office made a calculation error."

I told the person in charge,

"I declared 405,100 yen for Furusato Nozei.

Looking at my resident tax notice, it doesn't seem to be reflected..."

and explained the situation.

I checked multiple times.

The person in charge

checked the tax details and

replied like this.

I wasn't convinced,

"Are you really sure there's no mistake?"

I asked repeatedly (lol).

Then, what they explained to me was...

I see... so that's what it is.

According to the person in charge,

the Furusato Nozei deduction is not reflected in the salary portion, but on the side of income other than salary.

I have

not only salary income, but also

・Real estate income

・Short-term capital gains from real estate

・Stock income

and so on,

so the resident tax calculation was much more complex than usual.

Moreover,

this year

for income other than salary,

"pay by myself (ordinary collection)"

I have selected.

Therefore,

the resident tax determination notice alone

does not show the Furusato Nozei deduction amount, they said.

Furthermore,

1,500 yen in municipal tax

Prefectural tax 1,000 yen

Even with that display,

"Everyone gets the same display in those cases."

was the explanation I received.

The reason it was different from last year

There is a reason why I was confused.

On last year's resident tax notice,

in the summary section,

the donation deduction amount was written.

So,

"It should be written this year too"

is what I assumed.

But this year,

because I sold real estate,

the way resident tax was calculated and displayed was different from the previous year.

This was the point I learned the most from this time.

What I learned this time

What I thought this time was,

you cannot judge taxes based solely on the notice.

that is what it means.

At first,

"It's not reflected!"

I thought.

I even consulted ChatGPT.

I checked my entire tax return form as well.

And finally, I called the city office.

The result,

what was wrong was my own assumption.

Of course,

it was a 400,000 yen Furusato Nozei donation.

I think it's only natural to check if you're concerned.

However,

instead of jumping to the conclusion that it's a mistake,

it's most reliable to check with a tax accountant or the city office.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading until the end.

While working as a company employee, I manage five detached rental houses.

I receive about 180,000 yen in monthly net rental income.

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