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No.５３５ ２０２２
２０１９

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月刊おんど編集部（総務部）〒341-0037
埼玉県三郷市高州２－１７６－１
TEL： 048-955-4181
FAX： 048-956-1310
E-mail： info@uchiya.co.jp

Welcome message for freshmen
March, the fourth year of Reiwa era
UCHIYA THERMOSTAT CO.,LTD.
President, Sumito Shimizu

Congratulations to all new employees on joining UCHIYA THERMOSTAT
CO., LTD. I am really happy to welcome you as new companions and towork with you. For everyone who will start working as a member of society
this spring, the relationship with people has been weaker. due to the corona
pandemic. Taking remote lessons into consideration, it may be more laborlessat first, but it gradually has made them have a feeling of loneliness andisolation. Recently, it seems that the number of consultations from thosecomplaining of loneliness has been increasing. They have been worried that they are scaredbecause they couldn't understand what I was doing or thinking while I wasn't deeply involved withother people. I think they haven’t spent the student life as they had dreamed in a meaningful way
in relation with other people.
You might worry about your first job, but there are a lot of opportunities to interact with people not
only in the same department, but also in different departments in Uchiya because we often workwith members in different departments and help each other. Uhiya has many warm-hearted people
since whenever you have questions and ask people,
many seniors are always willing to help you with understandable explanation.
You can interpret the meaning of “ Ondo” in this paper as “ Warm”. From now on, worries about
works and relationships might come up, you don’t worry alone, talk to us. The friendly industrial
physician will also be willing to listen to your problems.

-1-Congratulations to all new employees on joining UCHIYA THERMOSTAT CO., LTD. I am really
happy to welcome you as new companions and to work with you. For everyone who will startworking as a member of society this spring, the relationship with people has been weaker. due tothe corona pandemic. Taking remote lessons into consideration, it may be more laborless at first,
but it gradually has made them have a feeling of loneliness and isolation. Recently, it seems thatthe number of consultations from those complaining of loneliness has been increasing. They havebeen worried that they are scared because they couldn't understand what I was doing or thinking
while I wasn't deeply involved with other people. I think they haven’t spent the student life as they
had dreamed in a meaningful way in relation with other people.
You might worry about your first job, but there are a lot of opportunities to interact with people not
only in the same department, but also in different departments in Uchiya because we often workwith members in different departments and help each other. Uhiya has many warm-hearted people
since whenever you have questions and ask people,
many seniors are always willing to help you with understandable explanation.
You can interpret the meaning of “ Ondo” in this paper as “ Warm”. From now on, worries about
works and relationships might come up, you don’t worry alone, talk to us. The friendly industrial
physician will also be willing to listen to your problems.

Boys, be ambitious not for moneyor for selfish aggrandizement, notfor that evanescent things which
men call fame. Be ambitious forthe attainment of all that a man
ought to be.

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Introduction of the invoice system(qualified invoices)
10th February, 2022
President, Sumito Shimizu
1. Purpose
At first, registration of invoice issuer has been proceeded, and after that the invoice system will be
enforced on 1st October, 5th year of Reiwa era.
Due to the introduction of the reduced tax rate in October 2019, items with 8% tax and items with
10% tax have been mixed in purchase tax amount. As the result we should keep documents where
price and tax rate for each item are written to calculate correct amount of tax. The rule started toprevent fraud and mistakes by preserving these documents. However, if 8% tax rate is recorded as10%, the difference of 2% is judged as unjust profit. Some mistakes concerning taxation werecaused when a payer doesn’t knowwhether a payee is a tax-payer or not. In short, this system enables the tax office to secure
appropriate tax revenues through registration of invoices issuer (identification of taxation or tax
exemption), and issuance, operation and preservation of invoices (Qualified invoices).

2. Contents
The qualified invoice storage system (so-called invoice system) will be introduced as a method forthe purchase tax credit of consumption tax corresponding to multiple tax rates on 1st October,2023.
Under the method for qualified invoice storage system, the condition for the purchase tax credit is
the storage of “qualified invoice” (so-called invoice) issued by a “business issuer of qualified invoice”
who is a tax-payer that has applied for and obtained registration with the district director.
Qualified invoice is a document which conveys the exact applicable tax rate and consumption tax
amount from the seller to the buyer.
Specifically, they are documents or data and "registration number", "applicable tax rate", and"consumption tax amount", etc." are added to the current "invoice with classification" are treated as
qualified invoice.
Under the invoice system, a registered business entity that is sellers have to comply with theinvoice issuance when requested from the counterparty that are buyers(a tax-payer).
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(A seller also has to preserve a copy of the issued invoice.)
In principle, a buyer is required to preserve the invoice issued by a registered business entity thatis the counterparty (seller) in order to receive the purchase tax credit.
A buyer can receive the purchase tax credit by preserving a purchase statement issued bythemselves that includes certain items (which are required to be included in the invoice) andconfirmed by the counterparty.

3. BackgroundThe consumption tax and local consumption tax rates were raised from 8% (including 1.7% local
consumption tax rate) to 10% (including 2.2% local consumption tax rate) on 1st October, 2019.
At the same time, reduced consumption tax rate 8% has been implemented for subscribednewspaper published more than twice a week and the price of food and beverage except alcoholic
beverages and eating out.
With the implementation of the reduced tax rate system, the current consumption tax has multiple
tax rate system with the standard tax rate 10% and reduced tax rate 8%.
Therefore, businesses have to carry out sectional accounting such as recording transactions
separately for each tax rate for consumption tax entry.
Additionally before the implementation of the reduced tax rate system, preservation of books andinvoices was required in order to receive the purchase tax credit of consumption tax.
However, preservation of books and invoices corresponding to such sectional accounting (rateclassified invoice, etc.) has been required since 1st October, 2019. (The rate-classified invoicesystem)With the implementation of the reduced tax rate system, the consumption tax has been multiple
tax rate with the standard tax rate 10% and reduced tax rate 8% as shown in the below table since
1st October, 2019.

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Effective dateclassification

From 1st October, 2019

Standard tax rate

Reference

Reduced tax rate

By 30th September,2019

consumption tax
rate

7.8%

6.24%

6.3%

local consumption
tax rate

2.2%（22/78 of amount ofconsumption tax）

1.76%
（22/78 of amount ofconsumption tax）

1.7%
（17/63 of amount ofconsumption tax）

10.0%

8.0%

8.0%

AmountNote: The reduced consumption tax rate is 8% same as the rate before tax hike. However, theratio of consumption tax rate (6.3% to 6.24%) and the local consumption tax rate (1.7% to 1.76%)
are changed.

Reference: National Tax Agency data
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4. Purchase tax credit
The biggest problem with the introduction of the invoice system is "purchase tax credit". The
principled calculation method of the amount of consumption tax can be simply expressed in the
below drawing.

The amount of consumption tax which should be paid the nation is the amount after subtracting
the consumption tax paid from the consumption tax deposited. In this calculation, the deduction of
consumption tax paid from consumption tax deposited is called "purchase tax credit “ If purchasetax credit is not allowed, a serious problem will occur.

In order to receive the purchase tax credit, certain conditions called invoice system such as
contents of the invoices and receipts received at the time of payment and the method of
documents storage are required. Businesses whose amount of taxable sales is less than 10
million yen for one year is regarded as businesses that cannot issue qualified invoice andexempt from tax payments. They are tax-exempt service providers (cannot issue qualified
invoice) which is excluded from the invoice system.
Reference: National Tax Agency data
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5. Items that are exempted from the obligation of qualified invoice issuer
A buyer is required to preserve qualified invoice in principle due to the introduction of the invoicesystem. However, there are some cases that a buyer cannot receive invoices.
・Tickets for public transportation under 30,000 yen
・Purchase of juice from the vending machine・Use of postal service by the mailbox
・Admission tickets collected at entrances and exits
・Daily allowance and lodging expenses paid to employees
・Purchases of recycled resources from businesses who are not qualified invoice issuer(limited to cases that it is difficult to send invoices and books of account including certain
contents are preserved)
・Inventory assets purchased by antique dealers, etc. from businesses who are not invoice issuers
In these cases, people are exempted from the obligations of qualified invoice issuers and thepurchase tax credit is applied by only preservation of books of account that meet certain
requirements.
6. Application procedure for registration of qualified invoice issuer
Due to launch of the invoice system. in order for businesses to issue a qualified invoice, they have tobe registered as a “qualified invoice issuer” by submitting an application for registration to theDistrict Director of the tax office, who manages tax payment places. When the businesses areregistered as a qualified invoice issuer after examination by the tax office, a” Notice of registration”(which includes registration number, published information, etc.) will be sent to businesses.
Application for registration can be proceeded with “e-Tax”, “e-Tax (WEB version)” by PC and “e-Tax(SP version)” by smartphone or tablet.
“e-Tax”, “e-Tax (WEB version)” and “e-Tax (SP version)” take the form of questions and answers.
This form enables smooth preparation of application data without omissions by answering thequestions displayed on the screen.
Then please use e-Tax! (the jurisdiction tax office )End-8-Report of corona emergency handling experience
Initials, S.

On Sarurday morning, January b22nd, my wife received a phone call from her father’s day careservice. It said that “Your father has a fever. It’S 38.5℃. The antigen test is positive”. The time
has finally come ! When she piked him up by a taxi and get in with him again, the driver said
“Please refrain from getting in with the person with fever.” Then her brother picked hime up by a
car and took him home instead. I live with my wife, my son who works for a company lives in anapartment by himself independently and my daughter who is a university student lives in adormitory. The father-in-law, the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law live at their home. Since heis 88 years old and his wife is 86 years old, the brother-in-law has taken care of them at their home.
Because my wife’s father cntracted coronavirus, her mother, her brother and she, who has takencare of them, also became close contacts. On Janurary 23rd, I went to a pharmacy and looked for
antigen test kits. At that time, because pen-sharped antigen test kits were still on sale, I could
purchase 16 test kits for four family members. His hospitalization was decided and he washospitalized at 12:15 on January 24th. The members of a family weren’t informed of the place of his
hospitalization. On the night of Janurary 26th, the mother-in-law had a fever of 38.0℃. On
Janurary 27th, all the three people. the mother-in-law, the brother-in-law and my wife underwent
PCR tests. The result is that the mother-in-law was positive and the others were negative. The
fever of the mother-in-law had dropped and her symptom was mild. However she was hospitalizedon Januray 31st because an abnormality was found in her lungs by a CT scan. At that time, thebrother-in-law and my wife were negative at PCR test.
I had lived while confirming a negative result by an antigen test kit. Since I hadn’t contactedwith the father-in-law and the mother-in-law, I didn’t correspond with a close contact.
On the night of January 28th, a tremendous amount of relief supplies had arrived at my homefrom the company(Thanks for delivery, Mr. Takehiko, assistant manager).

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Relief supplies for Initials, S's family

2022/2/8
General Affairs Dept.

【The inside of the freezer for an emergency】
StocksPurchased products(all frozen)

Mineral water(２ℓ)

38 Grilled rice balls

８packsRamen

４packsSalt 200ｇ

1 packSugar３ｇ

50

Chanpon(noodle)

４packsSoy sauce(stick)４㎖

10

Shrimp pilaf200ｇ

４packsFried rice

4packsBurdock rice

4packsChicken rice

4packsOmurice4packsEdamame4packsIce pack(Large and small)each 1【The others】
StocksRice cake

Purchased products(not frozen)
16

Udon

4packsPrridge２packsTree cake2packsMiso soup(instant)

12packs

Karinto2packsSoy sauce(stick)４㎖

10

Dishes
Disposable masks, soap, diisinfectant
Oxigen(Ｏ2)can 500㎖

Pulse oximeter

1

3

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Relief supplies from 〇〇〇 to self-quarantine person

From then, the isolation life at home had started. My wife, who was a close contact, had lived on
the 2nd floor and I had lived at the living room on the 1st floor. While I had stayed at home, I was
wearing masks provided by the company all the day except eating and drinking. In addition, a fan
in the living room and ventilation fan of the kitchen hood were always working except when I slept.
We had communicated with each other only by email
and phone of the free calling app “LINE”. I usually use LINE only once or twice a day, but on
January 29th, I had 89 exchanges with her a day to check meals, necessary items, and her physicalcondition, etc. Finally my wife developed on January 28th and the result of PCR test on Janurary
30th was positive. After home recuperation, she was hospitalized on February 1st(discharged on
the 8th).
What I was careful about in my self-quarantine life
・When my wife used the restroom or the washroom, she never failed to contat me inadvane by e-mail.
・Wear a mask in the house(I had worn a mask even when I slept).
・The fan in the living room and range hod ventilation fan were always in operation.(Except
when I slept)・Before using common space such as the washroom, we never failed to disinfect the parts which
she touched, such as doorknobs, a toilet seat, a paper holder, with alcohol.
・It was I that took a bath at the very first.
・After the dishes that my wife used were washed by dishwasher detergent, they should besterilized by boiling.
Convenient items in my self-quarantine life exept relief supplies from the company
・Vegetables(frozen ones)
・Tea bag of Japanese tea
・Umeboshi(pickled plum)
・Bread(long-lasting type)・More rice(could be used as rice gruel) ・Tetort curry
・An antigen test kit
・Portable body warmer
・Cooling gel sheet
・Pocari sweat(sports drink)
・Portable power supply(power supply for freezer in an emergency)
・Spray-type degerming liquid and tissues(much ones had been used)
I suddenly started a quarantine life this time. However the emergeny relief supplies
from the company under the leadership of Chairman, Mr. Uhiya and President, Mr. Shimizu,
had made me happy and encouraged. And also I would like to thank the staffs of xxxxx department
and other ones, who had worked instead of me during my absene.
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February, the fourth year of Reiwa era
UCHIYA THERMOSTAT CO.,LTD.
President, Sumito Shimizu

Donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society
In the third year of corona pandemic, Uchiya has developed, produced and seldimportant safety devices called a thermostat. To achieve the noble management
philosophy of "Providing Safety to Society through Products and Services", executive
officers and employees have worked hard together as one with the cooperation of affiliatedcompanies and suppliers. Thanks to you, the year-end financial results forecast for the endof February is higher than the year before the corona pandemic, and I have expected sales
and profits to increase. I had good luck. I would like to thank my own good luck before
talking about my hardships. And, I would like to reward the good luck and express mygratitude. We have decided to donate to the Japanese Red Cross Society and use it forhumanitarian assistance activities to save people suffering all over the world as a practiceof virtue to give back to society. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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