A new sound of business

Hello everyone.
It was very warm today.
I was a little sweaty.

Today is a move day, so I didn't do the walking training.
I thought it might be good to take a rest once in a while.

Prices are rising.
Even at supermarkets, the average price of each item has gone up by 100 or 200 yen.
I basically live a frugal life, so I only buy very cheap things, but sometimes I have to buy something a little better.
So today, I bought 980 yen sushi for the first time in a long time, and since it's a drinking day, I ate it with whiskey and water.
I think it's important to have small happiness like this every once in a while.

Now, it's tax return season.
I finally finished counting yesterday.
As I've written a few times before, last year, due to certain circumstances, sales were rather small, but the number of clients increased.
Filing tax returns becomes a lot more tedious as the number of clients increases.
I understand that business owners with many clients cannot file tax returns without outsourcing.

And as has happened every time in the past few years, while enjoying the aroma of double-entry bookkeeping, I end up tallying up the data without fully understanding it.
After all, there is convenient accounting software available.
Now, that accounting software. It is the type that is used online, and I pay an annual fee.

Yesterday, the software suddenly became inaccessible.
I thought it might be a virus, but it was because I had forgotten to notify them of my credit card change and was unable to pay the annual fee.

Actually, I made my bank passbook online about six months ago.
The service also includes a credit card, so I discontinued the card I had.

So I thought I had reported all the cases where I paid by card, but I had forgotten about the annual fee for the accounting software.
So I immediately contacted them with the details of my new card, and the payment was completed instantly, and I was able to resume using the software.

That's amazing, isn't it?
Even though we live in an age of electronics, I was amazed at how quickly they managed it (is that an outdated term?).

Even so, I feel like my sensitivity to taxes and money has increased about 100 times since I was an salaried worker.

The meeting between Trump and Zelensky was incredible.
Putting aside whether it was good or bad, was Zelensky really that good at English?
I had the impression that he was weaker in it before. He used to make statements in Ukrainian, after all.
Perhaps his English has improved through repeated discussions in various settings.

Hello everyone.
President Trump has been inaugurated and I hope that this will bring good winds to Japan.

The truth is that my car situation is a little complicated right now, and I'm stuck having to change the storage location and insurance for multiple cars.
So I'm busy with inquiries, registrations, applications, etc. over the phone and online to insurance companies, agencies, police stations, and the Land Transport Bureau.

A while ago, I was busy with inquiries and procedures to my PC, provider, and bank, so this is the second part of that.

I'm so busy, and my head is about to get all messed up (is that an obsolete term?), but I'm not bad at this kind of thing and I quite like it, so I'm having fun doing it.

So, here's a quiz for you all.
There are four types of addresses related to cars. So, which of the four types determines the place name of the license plate (Shinagawa, Omiya, etc.)?

1. The owner's address
2. The user's address
3. Address of the base of use
4. Address of storage location (garage)

In most cases, the car will be kept in the garage at home, so all four addresses will be the same.
Or, some people don't have a garage at home, so they rent a parking space in the neighborhood, so only number four is different.

So here's the answer!
The place name of the license plate is determined by number three.
Taxes are also paid to the prefecture (for regular cars) or city (for compact cars) to which number three belongs.

Numbers three and four are restricted to being within 2 km of each other in a straight line.

Below, I will discuss rare cases. Cases where number three becomes a problem.
If it is difficult to obtain a garage certificate at home or in a garage within 2 km of the home (because another car is already registered, or for some other reason), there is a technique to set a base of use other than the home and obtain a garage certificate. This is commonly called "garage skipping."
In other words, the place is not actually the base of use, but the intention is to set it as such in name and obtain only the garage certificate.
Specifically, the home of a car dealer, relative, or acquaintance is used as the base of use.

This used to be quite common, but because of many problems that arose, the police now have very strict standards.
For example, the user must receive utility bills at the address of the base of use, or must live there for a certain period of time, such as a vacation home.

In my case, 1 and 2 are my home in Chiba, and 3 can be my home or my personal business office in Ibaraki.
The Ibaraki office meets the police's requirements as a base of use.

Next is about garage certificates.
If you are switching cars in the same garage, you need a garage certificate for each car.
You submit a self-acknowledgement or consent from the landowner that the land can be used as a garage, along with a map and floor plan to the police station to obtain a garage certificate.

If you are switching cars in the same garage, the old and new cars must not belong to the same garage. In other words, there must not be multiple cars registered as bases of use linked to the same garage.
However, the current police system does not seem to have any electronic mechanisms to prevent this.

Applications seem to be made based on the assumption that people are generally good, and the police do not check each and every one.
It seems that the tactics vary from prefecture to prefecture and police station.

In my case, the bases of operation for multiple cars were swapped at the last moment, so multiple cars did not actually coexist in the same garage, but there were inevitably some overlaps due to procedural issues.
When this happened, I had no choice but to temporarily rent a different garage for a short period of time.

I'm sure a more rational system will be invented in the future.

Happy New Year to everyone.
Thank you for your patronage of this blog last year.
I look forward to your continued support this year.

My personal business continues to be in research and development support.
I am particularly focused on extracting true inventions from developed technologies.
If you have any good ideas in this field, please let me know.
Let's try something new together.

Let's exchange ideas in other fields as well.
You are welcome to do anything.

I wish you and your family all the best this year.
I hope you have a great year.

ST Rocker

Hello everyone.
It is finally December.
The weather has been good for a while now.
Today was sunny, warm, and completely windless.
There are a few days a year when there is almost no wind, but I think there are very few days a year when there is no wind at all.
In that sense, today was probably the best day of the year.

With such beautiful weather today, I was able to finish changing my tires to the winter type as if it was a very pleasant exercise.
I have often written in this blog that I use how smoothly and effortlessly I can change tires as a barometer of my aging.
However, this has changed somewhat for one reason or another.

Probably last year, I think, my eldest daughter's husband, who lives nearby, bought a hydraulic jack and a wrench with torque settings for changing tires, and said, “Father-in-law, please use this.
In exchange, we decided to provide a place for them to change tires at our house, wash the car, and store the tires for them.
I mean, it's not like it's an exchange condition or anything, but we're their parents, so that much is obvious.

I decided to accept his favor.
In my opinion, I really wanted to use the least amount of tools, the least amount of expense, and use the “degree” of handling and tightening of the tires that I had learned in my body as an engineer.
However, with the use of these civilized tools, it is clearly possible to achieve the trifecta of labor savings, short time, and accuracy.

With these tools, perhaps I may be able to change tires until I am 80 years old.
Incidentally, my eldest daughter's family has a one-box car (because it is heavy), so labor-saving tools are even more necessary, and our family will bring back a one-box for our next car, so the need for these tools will be even greater.

On the other hand, as an “engineer's spirit,” I do not want to give up the ability to adjust the pressure sensitivity of the machine with my own body.
Next time, I will try something else.

Hello everyone.

As announced in the top post, I will be doing an event on December 7.
If you are interested, please join us.

I will be presenting my know-how not only at this event but everywhere I go.
I have been blogging (←click here) since 2009, and I have been sending out not only analysis of The Beatles, but also many other things that are helpful for modern people to live their lives.

I have put it all together in different categories, so it is presentable.

If you are having trouble living in life, finding fulfillment in life, having a hard time at work or at your company, worrying about the future, having trouble socializing, having trouble finding hobbies, how to be inspired, etc., please let me know.

I can make an on-site presentation to your workplace, community, group, or associates.

Please feel free to contact me for more details.
I can discuss details.

I look forward to meeting you!
ST Rocker