あしたのために／For Tomorrow

本当は、カワウソは華やかな雛ひな祭りの話を書きたかったんだ。でも、長らく闘ってきた格闘確定申告が、さっきようやく終わった。終わったんだ。

今回の確定申告は、四角いジャングルでの闘いとなった。国民年金保険料、健康保険料。つづいて、生命保険や医療保険、地震保険、ふるさと納税、さらには公的年金（企業年金）。あらゆる方向からのパンチが飛んできた。それらすべて漏らさず、あしたのために、申告うつべし、申告うつべし。

昨年退職のため、生命保険や医療保険系は在職期間中の天引きと退職後の自己支払い分の合計１年間分で申告だが、保険契約月で記載が区切られていてわかりづらいものになっていた。（R6年〇月～1年、R7年〇～1年など）まぁ、結局R７年１月～12月末の期間で合算すればいい話だが、保険会社によって書き方が異なるので混乱する。そして金額を確認する手間大変。

健康保険料も退職後に任意継続したので、その納付証明書が送付された。それは良いが、そこに記載の金額と退職後に自分が支払った額（振込額や口座引き落とし額を確認）と照らし合わせると差があり混乱した。どうやら給与天引き時の調整？還付？がなされているようであったが、よくわからず疲れ果て、そこは少々有耶無耶うやむやー

まぁ、そんなこんなで大変だったが、終わった。「燃えたよ…まっ白に燃えつきた。まっ白な灰に…」

例によって太字部が今日のレッスンポイントである。使えるかどうか怪しいものもあるが、”うやむや”は勉強になりそうだ。

雛祭りはHinamatsuriのまま？
只今、154歩目。

以下、英訳。

Title: For Tomorrow

I actually wanted to write about the bright, festive Hinamatsuri today.
But the long battle I’d been fighting—tax filing—finally ended just a moment ago.It’s over. Really over.

This year’s tax return felt like a fight inside a square jungle.National pension premiums. Health insurance.Then life insurance, medical insurance, earthquake insurance, furusato tax donations, and even public pensions (corporate pensions). Punches came flying from every direction. Miss nothing. Leave nothing out. For tomorrow—declare, declare.

Since I left my job last year, life and medical insurance had to be declared as a full year total: the portion deducted while employed plus the portion I paid myself after leaving. But the statements were split by contract months, making everything unnecessarily hard to read. (“R6 month ○ to one year,” “R7 month ○ to one year,” and so on.) In the end, it’s simple—just total January to December of R7— but every insurance company formats things differently, which leads to confusion. And checking all the amounts takes real effort.

Health insurance was another headache. After leaving my job, I continued coverage voluntarily, so a payment certificate was sent to me. That part was fine—but when I compared the amount written there with what I had actually paid (by checking transfers and withdrawals), the numbers didn’t match. Apparently, there had been some adjustment or refund from when premiums were deducted from my salary. But I couldn’t fully figure it out, got completely exhausted, and left that part a bit… vague.
Anyway, it was tough—but it’s done.

“I burned it all…
burned to pure white.
Nothing left but white ash…”

As usual, the bolded parts are today’s lesson points.
Some of them might be questionable in terms of usefulness,
but expressions like
“left vague”

Now at Step 154.