Child Allowance

October 2022
City of Sendai

Child Allowance is a subsidy that is provided for the purpose of ensuring the stability of family life and healthy
growth of children.

Please submit the application for Child Allowance within 15 days starting from the day
following the date of birth of your child or the date when you moved into Sendai City
Application procedure
Please submit a Child Allowance Authorization Application Form to the service counter in charge at each Ward
Office or General Branch, when your child is born, or if you are an eligible applicant for receiving the Child
Allowance who had moved into Sendai City from another municipality.
◆The pay out of the Child Allowance generally begins from the month following the month in which you
submitted your application.
◆If your child’s date of birth or the day on which you are planning to move out of your former residence isclose to the end of the month, you can begin to receive the Child Allowance, etc. starting from the following
month, as long as you submit your application within 15 days starting from the day following the dateon which the event occurred.
◆If you send in your application by post, the date of submission is the day when the application wasreceived.
◆If you are a public servant, please submit the application to your place of employment. You mightneed to submit the application to the City of Sendai depending on your type of employment. Pleasebe sure to confirm with your place of employment.
◆If your work place is an Incorporated Administrative Agency, please submit your application to theCity of Sendai.
【Note】
・In the event that the 15th day is a day on which government offices are closed (weekends, national
holidays, etc.), the following day, when the offices are open, is the deadline of application.
・Due to changes in the post office handling procedure, regular mail might take longer to be delivered incomparison to before.
・During long holiday season, year-end and New Year’s holidays, the period during which applications
can be processed at the service counter will be shorter than usual.
・If you failed to submit your application by the deadline, you will not be able to receive the allowancefor the months that you were late in submitting your application.

Documents required for the procedure
Please submit following documents when applying. You may submit documents ② to ⑤ on a later date.
【Documents required for all applicants】①Child Allowance Authorization Application Form※1
The application form is available at each service counter, and can also be downloaded from the official
website of the City of Sendai.
1※1 The Individual Numbers of the applicant and their spouse must be filled in on the form. Please bring your My
Number Card, or Notification Card※2 and a photo ID, such as your driver’s license. If you do not have any ofthese documents, please direct your inquiries to the counter in charge.
2※ Notification Card is NOT same as the Notification of Individual Number. Notification Card can only be used if
the name and address on the card match your current resident record.

②Documents which can verify a bank account under the name of the applicant
Please submit a copy of your bankbook or cash card. As a general rule, the allowance cannot be transferred
to bank account under the name of one’s spouse or child.
【Documents required only for applicable applicants】③Copy of health insurance card of the applicant
A copy of health insurance card must be submit, if one is raising a child that is younger than 3 years old, andthe City of Sendai cannot confirm information related to the applicant’s pension enrollment. In addition, you
may be required to submit a certificate of enrollment in pension.
④Written claim
Please submit a written claim, if applicant and the eligible child are living apart from each other.
⑤Other required documents
Other than the aforementioned documents, you might be asked to submit other additional required
documents depending on your situation.

Eligibility requirements【Eligible child for the allowance】
In general, children who are living in Japan, and have yet to graduate from junior high school (from 0 year old
until the end of March after the child turned 15 years old).
【Recipient】
Those to whom any of following conditions (① to ⑤) apply and have a resident record in Sendai City are
eligible to receive the subsidy.
① Father or mother of an eligible child whose income high enough to support the livelihood of thechild.※3.4 (Including foreign residents who have a resident registration in Sendai City.)② A guardian of minor of an eligible child.
③ A designated person appointed by the parents of an eligible child, if parents of said child is living outsideof Japan (appointed guardian).
④ A foster parent who is raising an eligible child.
⑤ Other than the above ① to ④, those who are supporting the livelihood of an eligible child.
※3 The person with the highest-income amongst the father, mother, or caregiver of an eligible child.
※4 If the parents are shown as living separately on their resident records, as a result of a divorce or being in the
middle of divorce proceedings, the person who is living together with the eligible child on the resident record(same household) is the recipient.

◆If an eligible child is living in a Child Welfare Facility, a person who is the representatives of the facility is
the recipient. If the eligible child is being raised by a foster parent, the foster parent is the recipient.
◆Those who are evacuating to Sendai City without changing their resident records from other municipalities,
due to reasoning of domestic violence (spousal violence, etc.), please conduct individual consultations at the2

service counter.
◆In order to receive the allowance, there are income conditions for the person with income high enough to
support the livelihood of the child. Please check the details of “Amount of allowance”.

Pay days, amount of allowance【Pay Days】
The City of Sendai generally pay the Child Allowance on 15 of June, October and February.
Month of
Payment
Eligible monthsof allowance

June

October

February

February through May

June through September

October through January◆If the 15th is a bank holiday, the business day before the bank holiday is the day of payment.
◆If those who are receiving the Child Allowance from Sendai City are no longer eligible for the subsidy due
to moving, etc., the amount of allowance for up until the month in which the first day of ineligibility
belongs in will generally be paid out in the month following the month in which the first day of
ineligibility belongs in.
【Amount of allowance】
The monthly amount of allowance per child is as listed below, depending on the income of the recipient.

Income under the income limit【Child Allowance】

Younger than 3 years old (Until thebirth month of when the child turns 3)
3 years oldGeneralrecipientthroughelementary
schoolFor first and secondborn child ※5

Recipient

Younger than 3 years old (Until the(Representative

birth month of when the child turns 3)

of facility,etc.)

3 years old through junior high school
students

limit but does not exceed themax income cap

max income cap【Special【Ineligible forInterim Allowance】

allowance payment】

For all

For all

10,000 yen
children

5,000 yenchildrenNone

15,000 yen

child ※5

Junior high school students

foster parent,

Income exceeds the

15,000 yen

For third andsubsequently born

Income exceeds the income

10,000 yen
15,000 yen

For certain recipients (representative of facility, foster
parent, etc.), the income limit (max income cap) system

10,000 yen

does not apply.

※5 The order of birth among children whose date of birth is before the end of the fiscal year in which they reach18 years of age, who are being raised by the recipient.

◆In the case that the income of a person who is supporting a child’s livelihood exceeds the income limit but
does not exceed the max income cap, the amount of allowance will be 5,000 yen per month per child as they
qualify for the Special Interim Allowance of the Child Allowance Act. In the case that one’s income exceeds
the max income cap, the individual is ineligible for neither the Child Allowance nor the Special Interim
Allowance.

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Income Limit, Max Income Cap②Max income Cap①Income limit

Institutional reforms〔Figure〕
Up until May 2022
(Determined by 2020 income)Starting from June 2022

Child Allowance(10,000 yen or 15,000 yen)

Special Interim Allowance
Special Interim Allowance（5,000 yen）

(Determined by 2021 income)

0

1

2

3

① Income limit (yen)6,220,000

6,600,000

6,980,000

7,360,000② Max income cap (yen)8,580,000

8,960,000

9,340,000

9,720,000

Number of dependents※6（5,000 yen）
None

4 or more+ 380,000 yen per
additional person.※7◆In the event that you became ineligible for the subsidy, you would need to reapply in the following
cases.
・In the case that your income of the fiscal year and years onward following the year in which you became
ineligible to receive the Child Allowance is lower than the max income cap.
・In the case that your income of the fiscal year in which you became ineligible to receive the Child
Allowance ended up being lower than the max income cap, due to reassessment of income tax, etc.
In both cases, you are required to apply within 15 days following the day on which you received thetaxation notice of inhabitant tax.
(In the case of those who are exempt from paying inhabitant taxes, please immediately notify the service
counters in charge, as soon as you become aware of your tax exemption.)
If you missed the application deadline, you will NOT receive subsidy for the applicable months.
◆The max income cap is a newly introduced system that came into use for Child Allowance starting from
June of 2022, as the result of national institutional reforms.
※6 Dependents, etc. is defined as a qualified spouse as well as dependents whose living expense is sustained by thesame source according to the Income Tax Act, dependents, and child(ren) whose livelihood is supported by therecipient as of December 31 of the previous year (excluding dependents).
7※ In the case that a dependent, etc. is a spouse living within the same household who is 70 years old or older, or anelderly dependent, 440,000 yen per additional person is added on.

Income Amount Subjected to Screening【Income Amount Subjected to Screening】
The income amount subjected to screening refers to one’s remaining income after necessary expenses havebeen deducted from the initial amount. The classification of payment is decided by comparing the income
amount subjected to screening, which is calculated using the formula below, to the income limit (max income
cap).
◆The Child Allowance for January through May is determined by one’s income amount of the year before
the previous year.
The Child Allowance for June through December is determined by one’s income amount of the previous
year.
【Formula for calculating one’s Income Amount Subjected to Screening】
Income Amount － Deduction Amount － 80,000 yen (uniform deduction) = Income Amount Subjected to Screening4

【List of Income Amount and Deduction Amount】
Income Amount

Deduction AmountThe sum of the following incomes:
・Gross income ※8・Retirement income
・Timber income
・Business income, etc. related to lands, etc.
・Long term capital gains (lands and buildings, etc.)
・Short term capital gains (lands and buildings, etc.)
・Miscellaneous income , etc. related to futurecontracts
・Interests, etc. which are applied special provisions
・Dividends, etc. which are applied special provisions
・Interests which are applied conventions
・Dividends, etc. which are applied conventions

The sum of the following deductions:・Casualty loss deduction
・Medical expense deduction
・Deduction for small enterprise-based mutual aid
premiums and other similar payments
・Disability deduction 270,000 yen (Special 400,000
yen)・Single-parent deduction 350,000 yen
・Widow deduction 270,000 yen
・Working student deduction 270,000 yen※8 The sum of salary income, business income, interest income, dividend income, real property income, occasional
income, miscellaneous income and capital gains (excluding income related to lands and buildings, etc.). In theevent that one has salary income or miscellaneous income (limited to incomes that are subjected to public
pension, etc.), the left over amount after 100,000 yen has been deducted from the total sum.

In the Case that a Notification Form is required
In case of the following situation, please submit a notification form to the service counters at the Ward Offices orGeneral Branches. You can obtain a copy of the form at the service counters or download it from the official
website of the City of Sendai.
◆When the address or name of the recipient, their spouse or the eligible child has been changed.
◆When the number of children that the recipient is raising increased or decreased, due to childbirth, adoption
or no longer raising a child, etc.
◆When the recipient moved out of Sendai City, including moving abroad, or is no longer the guardian of theeligible child.
◆When the recipient has married, divorced or died.
◆When there is a change in the person with income high enough to support the livelihood of the child due toreasons such as marriage, etc., and a change in the name associated with the bank account to which the Child
Allowance is being deposited into is needed.
◆When the recipient becomes or cease to be a public servant.
◆When a recipient who is raising a child younger than 3 years old switches to another pension plan (E.g.
National Pension ⇔ Employee’s Pension).
◆When a child enters a Child Welfare Facility/when a child leaves a Child Welfare Facility.
◆When a child is being raised by foster parents/when a child is no longer being raised by foster parents.
◆When the caregiver of a child is appointed as the appointed guardian by the child’s parents/when the parents
who designated the caregiver returns to Japan.
◆When the caregiver of a child becomes the guardian of minor/when the recipient is no longer the guardianof minor.
◆When one who is recognized as a parent living with an eligible child and had been going through divorce
counseling finalizes their divorce.
◆When one who is recognized as a parent living with an eligible child and had been going through divorce
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counseling is no longer getting a divorce.
※Other than the situations stated above, one might be required to submit the notification form depending on
their situation.
※If one was late in submitting the notification, they might be unable to receive the Child Allowance or be asked
to repay the funds that they received.
※In the event that the recipient is to move from Sendai City to another municipality, they must submit a copyof the notification at the municipality that they are moving to within 15 days starting from the day
following the scheduled date of moving. If one was late in completing the procedures, they will not be able
to receive the Child Allowance for the month that they were late in submitting the notification for.

Notification of Present Conditions
Generally speaking, submission of the Notification of Present Conditions, which is a written notification
regarding one’s living conditions as of June 1 of the year, every year, is no longer necessary starting from Juneof 2022. However, in case that the City of Sendai cannot confirm your living conditions as of June 1, you arerequired to submit the Notification of Present Conditions. The City will send a copy of the notification to those
who are required to submit the Notification of Present Conditions around mid-June.
【Examples of those who are required to submit the Notification of Present Conditions】◆Those whose address on a resident record differs from that of Sendai City due to domestic violence such as
spousal violence, etc.
◆Those who are raising a child who has no family register nor resident record.
◆Those who are undergoing divorce counseling and are living separately from their spouse.
◆Recipients who are legal entities while being guardians of minor or representatives of facilities.
◆Those who received the notification from the City of Sendai.

Service Counters (Please direct your inquiries to the following)
Address

Service Counter in Charge
Aoba Ward OfficeMiyagino Ward
OfficeWakabayashi Ward
OfficeChild-rearing and Benefit Subsection,

1-5-1 Kamisugi, Aoba-ku 980-8701

022-225-7211

2-12-35 Gorin, Miyagino-ku 983-8601

022-291-2111

3-1 Hoshuninmaecho, Wakabayashi-ku

Childcare and Benefit Section

984-8601

Taihaku Ward

3-1-15 Nagamachi-minami, Taihaku-ku

Office982-8601

Izumi Ward Office2-1-1 Izumi-chuo, Izumi-ku 981-3189

Miyagi GeneralChildcare and Benefit Subsection,

5 Kannondo, Shimoayashi, Aoba-ku 989-

BranchPublic Health and Welfare Section

3125

Akiu General
Branch45-1 Ohara, Nagafukuro, Akiumachi,

Welfare Subsection,

Taihaku-ku 982-0243

Public Health and Welfare Section

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TEL

022-282-1111
022-247-1111
022-372-3111
022-392-2111
022-399-2111