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Commissioner of the National Tax Agency

国税庁長官(こくぜいちょうちょうかん)

The head of the National Tax Agency (国税庁), the agency within the Ministry of Finance that assesses and collects national taxes (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Articles 18 and 19). The Commissioner issues circulars (通達) setting out how the tax laws are read, and the National Tax Tribunal must tell the Commissioner beforehand when it will decide a case on a different reading (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Article 99, paragraph (1)). An objection to a decision the Commissioner made is a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (ii)).

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