A.Taxes related to technical intern trainees include national tax (income tax) and local tax (resident tax) on wages. This is a tax that must be paid by a person who lives in Japan and has income.
When paying taxes, the employer deducts it from the monthly salary while staying in Japan and pays it to the national and local governments.
If you return to your home country in the middle of the year, you will have to pay the balance for the year because the annual tax amount has already been fixed.
If you have stayed in Japan for less than one year, these will be treated differently.
A.Income tax is deducted from wages according to the amount of wages paid each month, and in December, the amount of tax deducted from the total amount of wages during the year is adjusted, and the difference is collected or refunded.
A.Resident tax is a tax on income of the previous year, the confirmed tax amount will be deducted and paid from the monthly wages after June in 12 installments to the local public entity where you live as of January 1st of the second year.
In the case of trainees, it is basically a special collection method (the company deducts it from the salary and pays it to each municipality).
Therefore, the residence tax will not be incurred in the year of entry, and the deduction will start from the following year. In addition, depending on the time of entry, the annual income itself may decrease, and as a result, residence tax may not be incurred.
A.Social insurance is a national institution that guarantees the lives of members and bereaved families through medical expenses for illness and injury, and payment of pensions in case of death or certain disability due to illness or injury.
(1) Types and benefits of social insurance
· Medical insurance (Health Insurance, National Health Insurance)
Insurance will cover part of the medical expenses caused by illness or injury (70% up to the age of 70) (own expense will be 30% of the medical expenses). Workers’ Accident Compensation Insurance provides benefits for illnesses and injuries caused by work or commuting. In this case, the workers’ accident compensation insurance will cover the entire medical expenses.
· Pension (Welfare Pension, National Pension)
Necessary benefits (Pension Benefits) for old age, disability, and death will be provided.
(2) Employees covered by social insurance
· Health insurance, welfare pension: Corporate business establishments and privately-owned business establishments that employ 5 or more workers at all times (excluding business establishments such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries, inns, and cleaning) are covered.
· National Health Insurance, National Pension: For the national pension, only employees over 20 years old are eligible.
* You (technical intern trainee) must enroll in either “both health insurance and welfare pension” or “both national health insurance and national pension”.
If you have been enrolled in welfare pension insurance or national pension for 6 months or more and return to your home country without meeting the qualification period required to receive the pension, you can request a lump-sum withdrawal payment before returning to your home country. Please check the requirements for receiving benefits.
As a requirement to receive the lump-sum withdrawal payment, it is necessary that you do not have an address in Japan on the day the invoice is received by the Japan Pension Service, so please submit a move-out notification to your city, ward, town or village before returning to your home country.
If you submit an invoice before returning to your home country, submit a move-out notification to the municipality, such as a copy of the resident’s card stating that you are planning to move out of Japan and the removal of the resident’s card. Please attach a document that confirms that you have done so and submit it to the Japan Pension Organization after the move-out (scheduled) date of your residence certificate.
Those who are planning to become TITP 3 trainees, can request each time they return to their home country after completing TITP 2 and after completing TITP 3. However, please note that if you re-enter Japan before the invoice is accepted by the Japan Pension Service and you have an address, you will not be eligible unless you meet the requirements.
A.Even if the amount of income is exactly the same, the amount of tax will fluctuate depending on the amount of income deduction. Income deduction is to ask for a tax burden according to the actual situation of the taxpayer, taking into consideration on personal circumstances such as whether the taxpayer has dependent relatives to be deducted and whether he / she is spending due to illness or disaster. Therefore, it is deducted from the amount of income, such as social insurance deduction, life insurance deduction, spouse deduction and dependent deduction. Therefore, in this case, it is considered that Mr. B had a dependent relative who was eligible for the deduction, which made a difference in the income deduction amount of the two people, and the final tax amount was different.
“Tax withholding” is the collection of income tax from an employee’s salary when the company pays the salary. “Year-end adjustment” is to adjust the “excess or deficiency amount” by recalculating the total amount of income tax that should be collected for one year and comparing it with the total amount collected at the source.
Documents required for year-end adjustment
· A copy of the attached slip of the family register and other documents issued by the national or local government to prove that the dependent relatives residing abroad are the relatives of the filer.
· A copy of the passport of a dependent relative living abroad
· Overseas remittance certificate
· Declaration of dependent deductions for salaried employees
· Tax withholding tax table for salary income
Resident tax, like income tax, can be reduced by applying for dependents. As a method, year-end adjustment or final tax return is required, and in the case of trainees, parents, siblings, etc. overseas can be dependents.
If you are unable to apply for dependents due to lack of materials at the time of year-end adjustment, you can make adjustments again by filing a final tax return.
If the apprentice did not prepare the materials and did not declare the dependents in the year-end adjustment and final tax return, in June of the following year, the apprentice and the deduction amount of the same period were compared and “Why, only myself?” You may have a consultation saying, “I’m deducted from my salary.”
Even in such a case, you can apply for a final tax return five years back.
What you need to file a tax return
· Residence card (copy)
· passport
· Final tax return
· Bank account number
· Tax withholding
· Deduction certificate for dependents
· Overseas remittance certificate
· Resident’s card with my number
· My number notification card (if any)
Workers who have been working for more than 6 months after starting employment and who have worked more than 80% of all working days are entitled to 10 days of annual paid leave. After that, the number of vacation days that can be taken increases every year. As a general rule, paid leave can be taken at the time when the worker can request it, regardless of the purpose of use, whether for rest or leisure. However, if giving paid leave during the requested season interferes with the normal operation of the business, it may be changed to another season. When requesting paid leave, work with your company to apply.
It is prohibited for users to purchase this annual paid leave.
* If you decide to use it, be sure to tell the person in the company one month in advance. Please note that there are times when we cannot take a rest due to company reasons.
A.The leave allowance is an allowance paid to an employee when the employee is taken off by the responsibility of the employer company. In the case of a leave of absence due to the convenience of the employer, the employer must pay the worker 60% or more of the average wage during the leave period.
This is the type of certification exam that you aim for at each technical intern training stage.
· 1st year of technical intern training “Technical intern training No. 1”: Basic level of skill test (or beginner level of technical intern training evaluation test)
If you plan to move to Technical Intern Training No. 2, you must take the technical intern training (or technical intern training evaluation test) practical test and the department test, and you must aim to pass the basic level (or beginner level). Hmm.
· Technical intern training 2nd and 3rd year “Technical intern training No. 2”: Technical intern training 3rd grade (or technical intern training evaluation test specialized grade)
At the end of Technical Intern Training No. 2, it is mandatory to take the technical intern training test (or technical intern training evaluation test), and the goal is to pass the technical intern training level 3 (or specialized level).
· 4th and 5th years of technical intern training “Technical intern training No. 3”: Technical intern training level 2 (or advanced technical intern training evaluation test)
At the end of Technical Intern Training No. 3, it is mandatory to take the practical test of the technical intern training (or technical intern training evaluation test), and the goal must be to pass the second grade (or advanced).
A.From July to August from the date of entry, we will carry out a test called the basic skill test.
There are two types of exams: a departmental exam and a practical exam.
The pass rate is 60% or more for the department (passing standard) and 60 points or more for the practical skill (passing standard).
If you fail, the training will be interrupted and you will return to Japan. (* Retake of examination is allowed only once.)
A.Approximately 6 months before the expiration of TITP 2, a test called the proficiency test level 3 test will be conducted.
There are two types of exams: a Written exam and a Practical exam.
The pass rate is 65% or more for the department (passing standard) and 60 points or more for the practical skill (passing standard).
At any time, you can return to Japan regardless of whether you pass or fail Level 3, but trainees who wish to have TITP 3 must pass the practical test.
* Even if you do not move to TITP 3, you will be required to take the Level 3 exam at any time.
A.Approximately 6 months before the expiration of TITP 3, a test called the proficiency test level 2 test will be conducted.
There are two types of exams: a departmental exam and a practical exam.
The pass rate is 65% or more for the department (passing standard) and 60 points or more for the practical skill (passing standard).
There are no pass / fail restrictions, but you must take the test before returning to Japan.
Technical intern trainees are classified as TITP 1, TITP 2, and TITP 3 according to their “status of residence”.
TITP 1 in the first year of technical intern training
TITP 2 for the second to third years of technical intern training
The 4th to 5th years of technical intern training is called TITP 3.
* It is possible to change jobs when transitioning from TITP 2 to TITP 3, but there are conditions.
· TITP 2 completed
· Pass the skill test level 3 at any time (required to pass the practical skill)
· Regarding employment conditions, salary equivalent to that of Japanese employees with similar work experience
Those who have difficulty returning to their home country after completing the training can change their status of residence to “Specified activities (6 months, work not possible)” or “Specified activities (6 months, work not possible)”.
* “Specified activities (6 months, work is possible)” is limited to those who wish to work in the same work (Note) as before.
(Note) If you cannot find a place of employment in the same work as before, “Jobs related to the same work as before (the type of job / work engaged in technical intern training belongs to)
It is also possible to work in the job types / work in each table of the “List of job types / work to be transferred”.
* If you are a resident with a status of residence that does not allow you to work, such as “specified activities (6 months, no employment)” or “short-term stay”, and you find it difficult to maintain your livelihood in Japan. ， It is possible to work with permission for activities outside the status of qualification (within 28 hours a week).
* If you are still unable to return to your home country, you can receive an update.
A.First, tell the people at your company when and what kind of symptoms you have, where you were injured, and whether you wanted to go to the hospital.
If it is a work day, please contact the company at least 30 minutes before work time.
If you have a fever, please let us know your current body temperature.
If you are on vacation, talk with a company employee about whether you are paid or absent.
A.Organize when and what kind of symptoms you have, and if you are injured, where you were injured, and tell the people at your company that you want to go to the hospital.
When you go to the hospital, please bring your health insurance card, residence card, medical examination ticket (if any), and medical examination fee.
A.Technical intern trainees take out social insurance when they are assigned to the host company,You will not be insured during the training period after entering Japan, which is about one month from your home country to your assignment.
For Japanese people, “without insurance” may not come to mind, but if you do not have health insurance, even if you are examined at a hospital or hospitalized due to an accident, the cost will be 100%. It means that someone has to bear it.
To avoid such risks, we take out “Foreign Technical Intern Trainee Comprehensive Insurance”.
It covers the entire period of the training period and provides 100% compensation for a certain period from the time you leave your home country.
A.After the diagnosis, you will receive a receipt from the hospital. Please submit the receipt (original) to your company.
A.Dentistry, chronic illnesses (diseases that occur locally), and injuries and illnesses that occur during work are not covered.
A.Contact your handling agency / company immediately.
A.First, look for your bag or room.
If you can’t find it, report it to the company immediately. After that, report it to the nearby police station or police box and get a loss report.
Please reissue your residence card to the Immigration Bureau between 9:00 and 16:00 on weekdays after receiving the loss report.
* If you live near the immigration bureau, if you want to do it yourself, you can go directly to the immigration bureau after getting his passport, face photo (3×4 1 sheet), application OK at any time, and loss report from the police station.
* Because it is far from the Immigration Bureau, if you would like to have it done by HRS, please prepare your passport, face photo (3×4 1 sheet), power of attorney, loss report (photo is fine) and mail it to HRS.
A.First, look for your bag or room.
If you can’t find it, report it to the company immediately. After that, report it to the nearby police station or police box and get a loss report.
Please reissue your residence card to the Immigration Bureau between 9:00 and 16:00 on weekdays after receiving the loss report.
* If you live near the immigration bureau, if you want to do it yourself, you can go directly to the immigration bureau after getting his passport, face photo (3×4 1 sheet), application OK at any time, and loss report from the police station.
* Because it is far from the Immigration Bureau, if you would like to have it done by HRS, please prepare your passport, face photo (3×4 1 sheet), power of attorney, loss report (photo is fine) and mail it to HRS.
A.First, look for your bag or room. If you can’t find it, report it to the company immediately.
A.You can apply for the exam on the Internet.
First, register your information in MyJLPT. Once you register, it will be easier for you to apply for the exam. You can register MyJLPT anytime, anywhere.
* You can also apply on your smartphone or tablet device. Applications cannot be made using mobile phones such as feature phones.
Please check here for details.
https://info.jees-jlpt.jp/
A.It is about 3 months before this exam.
Please bring a pencil, eraser, admission ticket, drink (remove the label), wristwatch (set to manner mode), and residence card on the day of the event.
The cause of the cash card lock is fraudulent activity, period of stay, wrong password 3 times or more, etc.
To unlock your cash card, please bring the following documents to the bank on weekdays (9: 00-16: 00).
· signature stamp
· Residence card
· Cash card
· passbook
