In the case where an interim return (limited to one containing the matters listed in the items of Article 144-4, paragraph (1) or the items of paragraph (2) of that Article (Matters to be Entered in Interim Return in the Case of Provisional Settlement of Accounts)) has been filed or a Final Return has been filed, when the return states any amount listed in paragraph (5), item (i) or item (ii) or paragraph (6), item (i) of that Article, or any amount listed in Article 144-6, paragraph (1), item (v) (Final Returns) (in the case falling under the provisions of item (viii) of that paragraph, the amount listed in that item), any amount listed in item (vi) of that paragraph (in the case falling under the provisions of item (ix) of that paragraph, the amount listed in that item) or any amount listed in paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Article, the district director refunds the amount of tax equivalent to these amounts to the foreign corporation that has filed the return.
中間申告書（第百四十四条の四第一項各号又は第二項各号（仮決算をした場合の中間申告書の記載事項等）に掲げる事項を記載したものに限る。）の提出があつた場合又は確定申告書の提出があつた場合において、これらの申告書に同条第五項第一号若しくは第二号若しくは第六項第一号に掲げる金額又は第百四十四条の六第一項第五号（確定申告）に掲げる金額（同項第八号の規定に該当する場合には、同号に掲げる金額）、同項第六号に掲げる金額（同項第九号の規定に該当する場合には、同号に掲げる金額）若しくは同条第二項第三号に掲げる金額の記載があるときは、税務署長は、これらの申告書を提出した外国法人に対し、これらの金額に相当する税額を還付する。
The provisions of Article 78, paragraph (2) (Refund of Income Tax) apply mutatis mutandis in the case of calculating interest on a refund with regard to a refund under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis in the case of the appropriation of a refund under the provisions of the preceding paragraph for the unpaid portion of corporation tax on income pertaining to domestic source income specified in Article 141, item (i) or item (ii) (Tax Base) for the business year pertaining to the interim return set forth in that paragraph or the business year pertaining to the Final Return set forth in that paragraph, which was filed by the foreign corporation set forth in that paragraph.
Procedures for a refund set forth in paragraph (1), methods for the appropriation of a refund (including interest on a refund related thereto) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, and other necessary matters concerning the application of the provisions of that paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.