Guide to Using the Accounting Division Counter

Public funds such as city taxes are handled not only by financial institutions but also by the accounting division of city hall.

When paying, please be sure to bring the payment notice (Nounyuu Tsuuchisho/納入通知書) issued by Minamisoma City.

Weekdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm and 13:00pm to 3:00pm

(Excluding weekends, holidays, and New Year’s holidays)

Please be sure to complete subsidies and refunds within the above time frames.

Weekdays from 8:30am to 9:00am, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, and 3:00pm to 5:15pm

(Excluding weekends, holidays, and New Year’s holidays)

Subsidies and refunds cannot be received at the counter.

• City taxes (city prefectural tax, corporate municipal tax, property tax, national health insurance tax, light vehicle tax)
• Long-term care insurance premiums
• Medical insurance premiums for the elderly
• Water and sewage charges
• Municipal housing usage fees
• Childcare fees/kindergarten tuition fees
• Scholarship grant repayments
• Contributions by beneficiaries of sewer development
• Contributions by beneficiaries of agricultural village drainage projects
• Simple water usage fees
• Other payment slips issued by Minamisoma City

• National pension insurance premiums
• National taxes (income tax, etc.)
• Prefectural taxes (automobile tax, etc.)
• Utility fees for electricity, gas, telephone, etc.

Based on payment handling at the designated financial institution window (77 Bank), we ask that you fill out the "Tax / Utility Fee Payment Form" (Zeikin・Koukyou Ryoukin-nado Nyuukinhyou/税金・公共料金等入金票) when paying taxes or bills.

• The name of the person listed on the payment slip
• Contact phone number
• Payment amount

We apologize for the inconvenience, but thank you for your understanding and cooperation in filling out the "Tax / Utility Fee Payment Form".

The Accounting Division Counter and the 77 Bank Haramachi Branch Office window can only handle public funds such as city taxes, and cannot handle other banking operations such as cash exchange, withdrawals, and transfers. If you would like use such services, please use a financial institution in the city.

During the weekdays, the counter at the General Civic Service Division can handle public funds.

(NOTE) The contents of what can be handled are the same as the Accounting Division. Only payments of public funds such as city taxes will be handled.

Weekdays from 8:30am to 5:15pm

(Excluding weekends, holidays, and New Year’s holidays)

Odaka Ward Office, General Civic Service Division  Telephone: 0244-44-6711

Kashima Ward Office, General Civic Service Division  Telephone: 0244-46-2113

If you have no choice but to claim a subsidy or refund at the counter, please do the following.

Minamisoma City Hall, Accounting Division

Weekdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 3:00pm

(Excluding weekends, holidays, and New Year’s holidays)

In addition, from April 1, 2013, we will verify your identity when you come to receive refunds at the counter, so please be sure to bring the following documents etc.

1. Payment notice
2. Hanko/personal seal
3. Identity verification document (driver’s license, insurance card, etc.)

1. Payment notice
2. Power of attorney
3. Third party’s personal seal/hanko
4. Identity verification document for the actual user (driver’s license, insurance card, etc.)