Article 23Exclusion of Dividends Received from Gross Profits

①In the case where a domestic corporation receives any of the following amounts (for the amount listed in item (i), excluding those received from a foreign corporation, a public interest corporation, etc. or an association or foundation without juridical personality and those pertaining to a qualified in-kind distribution; hereinafter referred to as the "amount of dividends, etc." in this Article), the amount of dividends, etc. (for the amount of dividends, etc. pertaining to shares, etc. of a related corporation, the amount that remains after deducting from the amount of dividends, etc. the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order as the amount equivalent to the amount of interest pertaining to the amount of dividends, etc.; for the amount of dividends, etc. pertaining to shares, etc. (meaning shares or capital contributions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) that fall under none of wholly owned subsidiary shares, etc., shares, etc. of a related corporation and shares, etc. held for non-controlling purposes, the amount equivalent to 50 percent of the amount of dividends, etc.; and for the amount of dividends, etc. pertaining to shares, etc. held for non-controlling purposes, the amount equivalent to 20 percent of the amount of dividends, etc.) is excluded from the amount of gross profit, when calculating the amount of income of the domestic corporation for each business year:

②In the case where a domestic corporation acquired shares, etc., which are the principal for the amount of dividends, etc. receivable (excluding the amount deemed to be the amount of dividends, etc. that the domestic corporation is to receive pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), within one month on or before the base date, etc. pertaining to the amount of dividends, etc. (meaning the day specified in each of the following items for the category of the amount of dividends, etc. listed in the relevant item; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and then transferred the shares, etc. or other shares, etc. of the same issue within two months after the base date, etc., the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the amount of dividends, etc. of the portion of the transferred shares, etc. that is specified by Cabinet Order.

④The shares, etc. of a related corporation prescribed in paragraph (1) means the shares, etc. of another domestic corporation (excluding the wholly owned subsidiary shares, etc. prescribed in the following paragraph) in the case specified by Cabinet Order as the case where a domestic corporation (including another corporation that has a full controlling interest with the domestic corporation) holds shares, etc. whose number or amount exceeds one-third of the total number or total amount of the issued shares of or capital contributions to the other domestic corporation (excluding a public interest corporation, etc. and an association or foundation without juridical personality) (excluding the shares, etc. that the other domestic corporation holds in itself).

⑤The wholly owned subsidiary shares, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) means the shares, etc. of another domestic corporation (excluding a public interest corporation, etc. and an association or foundation without juridical personality) that has a full controlling interest with a domestic corporation throughout the calculation period of the amount of dividends, etc., which are specified by Cabinet Order.

⑥The non-controlling-purpose shares, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) mean the shares, etc. of another domestic corporation (excluding the wholly owned subsidiary shares, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph) in the case specified by Cabinet Order as a case where a domestic corporation (including another corporation with which the domestic corporation has a full controlling interest) holds shares, etc. equivalent to 5 percent or less of the total number or total amount of issued shares or capital contributions of another domestic corporation (excluding a public interest corporation, etc. and an association or foundation without juridical personality) (such issued shares or capital contributions exclude shares, etc. that the second domestic corporation holds in itself).

⑦The provisions of paragraph (1) apply only in the case where a Final Return, amended return, or written request for reassessment comes with the attachment of documents stating the amount of dividends, etc. that is to be excluded from gross profits and a detailed statement concerning the calculation thereof. In this case, the amount to be excluded from gross profits pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph does not exceed such recorded amount.

⑧Necessary matters concerning the application of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (6) in the case where the shares, etc. have been transferred as a result of a qualified merger, qualified company split, qualified capital contribution in kind, or qualified in-kind distribution are specified by Cabinet Order.