Kyoto National Museum
Cultural Property Conservation Fund

Donations start at 1,000 yen and please fill in the amount in multiples of 1,000 yen.
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Outline

Kyoto National Museum carries out preservation activities (collection, conservation and restoration, etc.) to ensure our precious cultural properties can be passed down safely to the future.
We have established the ‘Save Kyoto For Future Generations’ fund to solicit contributions to help cover the necessary costs of these activities.

Inquiries

Financial Affairs, Administrative Division

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Information Based on the Specified Commercial Transactions

Operational Organization Kyoto National Museum
Operational Director Kurihara Yuji, Deputy Executive Director
Address 527 Chayamachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 605-0931, Japan
Telephone Number +81-(0)75-531-7505
Fax Number +81-(0)75-330-4367
Website https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index.html
Application and Payment Method,Other Fees Please access this page.
Time of Payment When confirming the donation.
Time of Shipping, Return and Exchange Policy None
Privacy Policy Please access full policy from this page.

Details on Preferential Tax Treatments

Taxation on Contributions

The Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (Kyoto National Museum’s governing body) is a designated public-service promotion corporation. As such, individuals and companies making contributions to Kyoto National Museum can receive preferential income and resident tax treatment separate from other general donations.
Contributions to Cultural Property Conservation Fund are eligible for this preferential tax treatment.
*If you pay income tax in Japan and wish to receive a Certificate for a tax deduction, please refer to the Inquiries tab to contact us after confirming your donation.

How to Apply for Preferential Tax Treatment

Please submit the Donation Acceptance Certificate or the Receipt issued by Kyoto National Museum when filing your taxes.
These documents are needed to receive preferential tax treatment, so please store them securely.

About Preferential Tax Treatments (Deductions)

Contributions to designated public-service promotion corporations are eligible for the following preferential tax treatment.

Individuals

When an individual makes donations to a public-service promotion corporation, the amount paid is treated as a "designated donation" and a certain amount is subject to tax deduction following appropriate procedures. This system allows either [the sum of total donation made during the year] or [Amount equal to 40% of total income] (Applied to the lower amount of the two) minus 2000 yen to be deducted from taxes.

Ex)

  • If total annual income is 8,000,000 yen:
    40% of total annual income = 3,200,000 yen
  • Tax deducted in this case is calculated as follows:
    If total amount of donation is 50,000 yen; (50,000 yen - 2,000 yen = 48,000 yen)
    If total amount of donation is 4,000,000 yen; 3,200,000 - 2,000 yen = 3,198,000 yen

Corporates

When a corporate makes donations to a public-service promotion corporation, the amount paid can be listed separate from standard donations to receive preferential tax deduction. In addition, the revisions to the tax system in 2012 raised the deductible amount limit to allow for a further preferential treatment.
⇒Deductible tax amount = (Capital fund x 0.375% + 6.25% of Gross Income) x 1/2

How to Donate

Payment by credit card

  1. Enter the donation amount, fill in required items(*)and select ‘Add to Cart’ on the page of the project you wish to support (donors can make multiple donations).
  2. After checking the ‘Cart Contents’ on the cart page, please proceed to checkout.
  3. Please fill in the necessary information(*).
  4. After checking all the details on the ‘Checkout’ page, please confirm your donation.

*We accept the following cards.

*Notes regarding credit card payments

  • Credit cards can only be used by the person who owns the card.
  • Payments in multiple installments are not possible.
  • As a general rule, changes cannot be made and funds cannot by returned after a payment is made.
  • The payment will be taken from the designated account on the date determined by your credit card company. Please consult the statement issued by your credit card company for details.
  • Please contact your credit card company if an error occurs after payment is made.

Payment by bank transfer (Limited to addresses within Japan)

Please print out a Donation Application Form from here, and send it to the address below.
After receiving the form, we will contact you with the bank transfer details.

*Contact:
Financial Affairs, Administrative Division, Kyoto National Museum
Address:527 Chayamachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0931, Japan

* Please consult the following website for other donation methods besides the ones listed above.