This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2020; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.

①Unless otherwise provided for, the provisions of the Corporation Tax Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v), (b) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "the New Corporation Tax Act"), the Local Corporation Tax Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in (c) of that item; the same applies in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "the New Local Corporation Tax Law"), the Act on General Rules for National Taxes as amended by the provisions of Article 13 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in (f) of that item; the same applies in the following paragraph), the National Tax Collection Act as amended by the provisions of Article 14 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in (g) of that item; the same applies in the following paragraph), the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation as amended by the provisions of Article 16 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation as Amended for 2022"), the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers as amended by the provisions of Article 21, the Act on Temporary Special Provisions of the Acts on National Taxes for Victims, etc. of the Great East Japan Earthquake as amended by the provisions of Article 23 (hereinafter referred to as the "Earthquake Tax Special Provisions Law as Amended for 2022") and the Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. as amended by the provisions of Article 30 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in (t) of that item; the same applies in the following paragraph) apply to corporation tax on income for business years of corporations (including associations or foundations without juridical personality; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 22 of the Supplementary Provisions) that begin on or after April 1, 2022 (excluding business years of a consolidated subsidiary corporation prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-7 of the Corporation Tax Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as "the Former Corporation Tax Act") (hereinafter referred to as a "consolidated subsidiary corporation" through Article 32 of the Supplementary Provisions) whose consolidated parent corporation business year (meaning a consolidated parent corporation business year prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter through Article 32 of the Supplementary Provisions) began before that date (hereinafter referred to as a "former business year" in this Article)) and to local corporation tax on the base corporation tax amount for taxable business years that begin on or after that date (excluding former business years).

②Unless otherwise provided for, with regard to corporation tax on income for business years of corporations that began before April 1, 2022 (including former business years), corporation tax on consolidated income (meaning consolidated income prescribed in Article 2, item (xviii)-4 of the Former Corporation Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter through Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions) for consolidated business years (meaning consolidated business years prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter through Article 37 of the Supplementary Provisions) of consolidated corporations (meaning consolidated corporations prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-7-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter through Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions) whose consolidated parent corporation business year began before that date, and local corporation tax on the base corporation tax amount for taxable business years of corporations that began before that date (including former business years), the provisions of the Former Corporation Tax Act, the Local Corporation Tax Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as "the Former Local Corporation Tax Law"), the Act on General Rules for National Taxes prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 13, the National Tax Collection Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 14, the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 16 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Before the 2022 Changes"), the Act on Exemption, etc. of Income Tax, etc. on Income of Foreign Residents, etc. Based on the Principle of Reciprocity prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 17 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v), (j) of the Supplementary Provisions), the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc. prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 18 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in (k) of that item), the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 21, the Act on Temporary Special Provisions of the Acts on National Taxes for Victims, etc. of the Great East Japan Earthquake prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 23 (hereinafter referred to as the "Earthquake Tax Special Provisions Law Before the 2022 Changes") and the Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 30 remain in force.

①An application referred to in Article 4-3, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act that was made before April 1, 2022, for which neither the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act nor the disposition denying the application referred to in Article 4-3, paragraph (2) of the Former Corporation Tax Act has been made at the time this Act (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect, is deemed to be an application referred to in Article 64-9, paragraph (2) of the New Corporation Tax Act, except in the case where the provisions of the following paragraph apply.

②With regard to the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act for a domestic corporation referred to in Article 4-3, paragraph (6) of the Former Corporation Tax Act and another domestic corporation referred to in paragraph (8) of that Article (limited to a corporation set forth in paragraph (9), item (ii) of that Article) in the case where the special consolidated application year prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article of that domestic corporation is a business year that began before April 1, 2022, for another domestic corporation referred to in paragraph (10) of that Article in the case where the day on which that other domestic corporation came to have the full controlling interest prescribed in that paragraph is a day within the period of a consolidated parent corporation business year that began before April 1, 2022, and for another domestic corporation referred to in paragraph (11) of that Article (limited to a corporation set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph) in the case where the day specified in that item for that other domestic corporation is a day within the period of a special consolidated application year prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article that began before April 1, 2022, the provisions then in force continue to govern. In this case, the business year of those other domestic corporations containing the day preceding the day on which that approval takes effect (limited to a business year that begins on or after April 1, 2022) is deemed to be a former business year prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the provisions of Article 61-12 of the Former Corporation Tax Act and other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply.

①With regard to the rescission of the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act for a consolidated corporation whose consolidated parent corporation business year that began before April 1, 2022 has not ended, in the case where any of the facts set forth in the items of Article 4-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act exists with regard to that consolidated corporation, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②With regard to the rescission of the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act in the case where any of the following facts has occurred, the provisions then in force continue to govern:

③With regard to the approval referred to in Article 4-5, paragraph (3) of the Former Corporation Tax Act for a consolidated corporation whose consolidated parent corporation business year that began before April 1, 2022 has not ended, the provisions then in force continue to govern.