２．Continuing Child Allowance
If your child raising circumstances have not changed you do nothave to submit a Present Condition Report unless the following
apply to you.
Those who must submit a Present Condition Report:※ Be aware that if you do not submit the report you will notreceive any allowance for June and onwards.
・Persons who, due to being a victim of violence or other abuse froma spouse, are receiving their allowance from the local governmentof an area different to the area in which they reside in.
・Persons with eligible children who are not listed in the Japanesefamily register.
・Persons separated from their spouse due to divorce negotiations
・Persons instructed to submit a Present Condition Report by theirlocal government for other reasons.
※ The Present Condition Report confirms your household
conditions as of the 1st of June every year, in order to verify
whether or not the requirements (such as the child’s supervision,custody, and livelihood sharing) for you to continue receiving anallowance from June are satisfied.

3．You must notify your local government in thefollowing cases:（From June 2022）

Regarding the limit on income amount and upper limit on
income amount①Limit on income amount②Upper limit on income
amount

Net income
amountApprox.
gross income

NetincomeamountApprox.
gross income（Example case: no child born before
the end of the previous year）

622

833.3

858

1071

１dependent

660

875.6

896

1124

698

917.8

934

1162

736

960

972

1200

774

1002

1010

1238

812

1040

1048

1276

Number of dependent family
members or similar（Examples in brackets）

0 dependents（Example case: one child）

1．When a child you have been receiving the allowance forstops living with you, because you have stopped raisingthem or for another reason.
2．When the allowance recipient’s, their spouse’s, or thechild’s address changes (including if they move to adifferent municipality or overseas).
3．When the allowance recipient’s, their spouse’s, or thechild’s name changes.
4．When you gain a spouse who will support the child withyou, or when your spouse who was supporting the childstops being with you.
5．When the allowance recipient’s pension plan changes(including when the recipient becomes a civil servant).
6．When you are raising a child within Japan while theirparents are overseas, and their parents nominate you asan ‘appointed caregiver’.

Donations

There is a simple process for those who wish to donate all or
party of their allowance to their local government in order tosupport the healthy development of local children. Please contact
us if you are interested.

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Due to partly change from June 2022

Those raising children whose income is under that shown in column 1(limit on income amount) will receive the amount of money specified on
the front side of this pamphlet, and for those whose income is equal to or
over the amount shown in column 1 but under the amount shown incolumn 2 (upper limit on income amount) will receive a Special
Allowance based on supplementary legal provisions (5000 yen per childper month).
Note that those raising children whose income exceeds that in column
2 will not receive a Child Allowance for October 2022 and onward.
※ Please be aware that if, after you stop receiving a Child Allowance,
your income dips below the upper income limit, you must submit a new
Authorisation Application Form and any other required documents.

２dependents（Example case: one child and aspouse with a yearly income under
1.03 million yen）３dependents（Example case: two children and a
spouse with a yearly income under
1.03 million yen）

４dependents（Example case: three children and a
spouse with a yearly income under
1.03 million yen）

５dependents（Example case: four children and a
spouse with a yearly income under
1.03 million yen）

(ten thousandyen)（ten thousandyen）（tenthousandyen）（ten thousandyen）

The child allowancesystem(Jidou Teate)
Apply to your local
government for Child
Allowance!

You no longer need to submit a Present
Condition Report in most cases!

※ The number of dependent family members or similar refers to the total
number of the following: a spouse legally considered for income tax purposes tobe sharing the same livelihood, dependent family members (not including children
in the care of a foster parent or living in a childcare institution. Referred to below
as ‘dependent family members or similar’), and children who are not dependent
family members or similar whom you had been financially supporting as ofDecember 31st of the previous year.
An additional 380,000 yen per dependent family member or similar (440,000 yen
if the dependent family member or similar is a spouse contributing to living
expenses (only if they are over 70) or an elderly dependent family member) isadded to the income limit (based on net income amount).
※ Approximate gross income is calculated based only on your income fromemployment. It is only an estimation and after your income tax, medical
deductions, and miscellaneous loss deductions have been deducted your income
limit will be confirmed based on your net income amount.

Minoh City Board of Education
Children’s Future Creation Office Childcare
Support Division562-0003 Minoh City Nishishoji 4-6-1
TEL 072 - 724 - 6791
FAX 072 - 721 - 9907
Cabinet Office・Osaka Prefecture・Minoh City５

～About Child Allowance～

The following rules apply:

1．Those eligible

Those raising children who are junior high school age or
younger (from birth until the 31st of March following their
15th birthday).
（※Please note that those whose income is equal to or
over the upper income limit cannot receive any allowance.
For more details, please refer to the reverse side.)2．Allowance amountChild’s age

Allowance (per child per month)

Under 3 years

15,000 yen

From 3 years until
elementary school
graduation

10,000 yen(15,000 yen for the 3rd child onward)

Junior high school student

10,000 yen※ If your income is equal to or over the income limit, but is below
the upper income limit, you can still receive 5000 yen per child permonth as a Special Allowance.
（Hereafter, both the Child Allowance and the Special Allowance will
be referred to as Child Allowance. For information on the allowance
limit and upper allowance limit, please refer to the reverse side.）※ 3rd child onward refers to your third child and any born afterthem, but only out of your children who are high school age or
younger (from birth to the 31st of March following their eighteenthbirthday).

3． Payment schedule

The payments are made every year in June, October,and February. Each payment includes the allowance formonths since the last payment.
For example the payment in June includes the allowances
for the months of February to May.

1. In general the allowance will be paid if the childis living in Japan. (Children living abroad foroverseas studies may be eligible for the allowance ifthey meet certain requirements.)
2. If the parents are living apart due to divorce
negotiations, the parent the child is living with willbe the priority recipient of the allowance.
3. If the parents are living overseas, they can nominate
someone to be an ‘appointed caregiver’ in Japan
who will then receive the allowance.
4. If the child is in the care of a guardian, the guardian
will receive the allowance.
5. If the child lives in a childcare institution or is in thecare of a foster parent, in general the allowance ispaid to the head of the institution or the fosterparent.
How to apply....
１．What to do first●Authorisation Application
When your child is born or you move into the city, youmust submit an ‘Authorisation Application Form’ to yourlocal government. (Civil servants should submit this totheir workplace.)
Once you have been approved by your local government,
in general you will receive payments for the months
following the month you applied in. Please apply as soon
as possible.
※ If necessary, you may have to attach documents toyour submission that include both your name and bankaccount number.
※ You must enter your personal number into yourAuthorisation Application Form.

About the One Stop Service for child raising

4． If you apply, you may be able to have your local

government pay your children’s daycare centre fees andschool lunch fees etc. directly from your Child Allowance.
※ Whether or not this is possible depends on your local
government.

Apply within 15 days from birth or moving!

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If you utilise the One Stop Service for child raising,you do not have to go to the counter of your local
government office, but can instead apply online using
your My Number card.

The 15 day window

In general, Child Allowance is paid forthe months following the month in which you applied.
However, if your child’s date of birth or the date you
moved (moving day) is close to the end of the month,even if you submit your application in the next month, if
you submit within 15 days of birth or your moving day
you can also receive payment for the month in which youapplied. Be aware that if you apply late, as a general rule
you will not receive payment for the month you applied in.
1．When your child is born

You must apply to your local government within fifteendays of the day after your child is born!
2.When you move in from another area or from overseas※ Even in cases where the mother is not at her residence, forexample if she returns to her parents’ home to give birth, do notforget to apply to the local government of the area you reside in!

You must apply to your local government within fifteendays of the day after you move in (your planned day formoving out of your previous address)!

If you are a civil servant:Civil servants receive their Child Allowance from theirworkplace. Please apply or report to your workplace
within fifteen days of the day after any of the following
occurrences:○You become a civil servant.
○You stop being a civil servant because you resign
or for another reason.
○You are a civil servant and your place of workchanges.
※ Please be aware that if your application is late, in general
you cannot receive an allowance for the months before you
applied.

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