Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Tax Rates for 2019 Reduced-Rate Transfers, etc. of Assets Relating to Subscription Sales, etc.
第四条（予約販売等に係る元年軽減対象資産の譲渡等に係る税率に関する経過措置）
With regard to taxable transfers, etc. of assets (meaning taxable transfers, etc. of assets prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Consumption Tax Act, excluding those that fall under specified transfers, etc. of assets prescribed in item (viii)-2 of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter) made by a business operator (meaning a business operator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Consumption Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter) on or after the 2019 application date (meaning the 2019 application date prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act; the same applies hereinafter) that fall under 2019 reduced-rate transfers, etc. of assets (meaning 2019 reduced-rate transfers, etc. of assets prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act; the same applies hereinafter), the provisions of the main clause of Article 5, paragraph (1), Article 5, paragraph (2) or the main clause of Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Order for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act (Cabinet Order No. 317 of 2014) do not apply.
事業者（消費税法第二条第一項第四号に規定する事業者をいう。以下同じ。）が、元年適用日（改正法附則第三十四条第一項に規定する元年適用日をいう。以下同じ。）以後に行う課税資産の譲渡等（消費税法第二条第一項第九号に規定する課税資産の譲渡等をいい、同項第八号の二に規定する特定資産の譲渡等に該当するものを除く。以下同じ。）のうち元年軽減対象資産の譲渡等（改正法附則第三十四条第一項に規定する元年軽減対象資産の譲渡等をいう。以下同じ。）に該当するものについては、消費税法施行令の一部を改正する政令（平成二十六年政令第三百十七号）附則第五条第一項本文、第二項又は第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。
Amending Actmachine translation
「改正法」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 148 of 2016, short name for the Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 15 of 2016).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
business operatormachine translation
「事業者」
A business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Consumption Tax Act: an individual business operator (個人事業者) or a corporation.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
2019 reduced-rate transfer, etc. of assetsmachine translation
「元年軽減対象資産の譲渡等」
In Articles 34 to 39 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 15 of 2016, a taxable transfer, etc. of assets (課税資産の譲渡等), other than a specified transfer, etc. of assets (特定資産の譲渡等), made in Japan from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2023 that is either a transfer of food and drink (飲食料品) — food as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Food Labeling Act other than liquor (酒類) under the Liquor Tax Act, with mixed items a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, but not meals served by restaurants and the like where there are tables, chairs or other facilities for eating, nor food served with heating, cooking or waiting at a place the customer chooses (except at paid nursing homes for the elderly (有料老人ホーム) and similar places) — or a transfer of a newspaper published at least twice a week under a subscription contract; the consumption tax rate on these was 6.24%.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
2019 application datemachine translation
「元年適用日」
1 October 2019, the date from which, until 30 September 2023, Article 34 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 15 of 2016 set a consumption tax rate of 6.24% for food and drink (飲食料品) and subscribed newspapers.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
taxable transfer, etc. of assetsmachine translation
「課税資産の譲渡等」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 148 of 2016, a taxable transfer, etc. of assets as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Consumption Tax Act: a transfer, etc. of assets (資産の譲渡等) other than one that is non-taxable under Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act, other than a specified transfer, etc. of assets (特定資産の譲渡等) under item (viii)-2 of that paragraph.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)