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Chapter I-2 Withholding on Retirement Income第一章の二 退職所得に係る源泉徴収
Article 319-3第三百十九条の三
Withholding on Retirement Income Where There Are Two or More Payments of Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation Among General Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation, Short-Term Severance Pay, or Specified Officers' Severance Pay(一般退職手当等、短期退職手当等又は特定役員退職手当等のうち二以上の退職手当等がある場合の退職所得に係る源泉徴収)
Article 319-3, paragraph (1)
The amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 201, paragraph (1), item (ii), (d) (Amount of Taxes Withheld) of the Act is to be the amount specified in each of the following items for the category of cases listed in that item:
in the case where the severance pay or other such compensation to be paid (meaning the severance pay or other such compensation prescribed in Article 199 (Obligation to Withhold Taxes) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and the other severance pay already paid (meaning the other severance pay already paid prescribed in Article 201, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) fall under general severance pay or other such compensation (meaning the general severance pay or other such compensation prescribed in (a) of that item; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and short-term severance pay (meaning the short-term severance pay prescribed in (b) of that item; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (excluding the case listed in item (iv)): the amount calculated for that general severance pay or other such compensation and short-term severance pay in accordance with the provisions of Article 71-2, paragraphs (1), (2), (10) and (11) (Calculation of the Amount of Retirement Income Where There Are Two or More Payments of Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation Among General Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation, Short-Term Severance Pay, or Specified Officers' Severance Pay);
in the case where the severance pay or other such compensation to be paid and the other severance pay already paid fall under general severance pay or other such compensation and specified officers' severance pay (meaning the specified officers' severance pay prescribed in Article 201, paragraph (1), item (i), (c) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (excluding the case listed in item (iv)): the amount calculated for that general severance pay or other such compensation and specified officers' severance pay in accordance with the provisions of Article 71-2, paragraphs (3), (4), (10) and (12) through (14);
in the case where the severance pay or other such compensation to be paid and the other severance pay already paid fall under short-term severance pay and specified officers' severance pay (excluding the case listed in the following item): the amount calculated for that short-term severance pay and specified officers' severance pay in accordance with the provisions of Article 71-2, paragraphs (5), (6), (10) and (12) through (14);
in the case where the severance pay or other such compensation to be paid and the other severance pay already paid fall under general severance pay or other such compensation, short-term severance pay and specified officers' severance pay: the amount calculated for that general severance pay or other such compensation, short-term severance pay and specified officers' severance pay in accordance with the provisions of Article 71-2, paragraphs (7) through (14).
Where the calculation is made in accordance with the provisions of Article 71-2 pursuant to the provisions of each item of the preceding paragraph, the short-term retirement income deduction prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (a), paragraph (5), item (ii), (a) and paragraph (7), item (ii), (a) of that Article, the general retirement income deduction prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii), paragraph (3), item (ii) and paragraph (7), item (iii) of that Article, and the retirement income deduction for specified officers prescribed in paragraph (3), item (i), paragraph (5), item (i) and paragraph (7), item (i) of that Article are to be, respectively, the short-term retirement income deduction prescribed in Article 71-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a), paragraph (5), item (ii), (a) and paragraph (7), item (ii), (a), the general retirement income deduction prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii), paragraph (3), item (ii) and paragraph (7), item (iii) of that Article, and the retirement income deduction for specified officers prescribed in paragraph (3), item (i), paragraph (5), item (i) and paragraph (7), item (i) of that Article, in the circumstances at the time when it became fixed that the severance pay or other such compensation on which income tax is to be collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be paid.
Scope of Lump-Sum Retirement Payments Deemed to Be Retirement Income Subject to Withholding, etc.(源泉徴収の対象となる退職所得とみなされる退職一時金の範囲等)
Article 319-3-2, paragraph (1)
The cases specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 202 (Withholding from Lump-Sum Retirement Payments Deemed to Be Retirement Income) of the Act are to be the cases listed in the following items, and the amounts specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in that Article are to be the amounts specified in each of the following items for the category of cases listed in that item:
in the case of paying a lump sum listed in Article 72, paragraph (3), item (iv) (Lump Sums Deemed to Be Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation), where, out of the installments or insurance premiums paid under the qualified retirement pension contract prescribed in that item, there is an amount borne by the person who rendered the service prescribed in that item: the amount borne by that person who rendered the service;
in the case of paying a lump sum listed in Article 72, paragraph (3), item (v), where, out of the contributions made under the plan rules prescribed in that item, there is an amount borne by the member prescribed in that item: the amount borne by that member.
Provision, by Electronic or Magnetic Means, of Matters to Be Stated in the Declaration on Receipt of Retirement Income(退職所得の受給に関する申告書に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法による提供)
Article 319-4, paragraph (1)
The provisions of Article 319-2, paragraph (1) (Provision, by Electronic or Magnetic Means, of Matters to Be Stated in Declarations by Salary Income Earners Concerning Withholding, etc.) apply mutatis mutandis to the requirements specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 203, paragraph (4) (Declaration on Receipt of Retirement Income) of the Act. In this case, the phrase "Article 198, paragraph (2)" in Article 319-2, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 203, paragraph (4) (Declaration on Receipt of Retirement Income)", the phrase "Resident receiving salary or other wage" with "Resident receiving severance pay or other such compensation", and the phrase "paragraph (2) of that Article" with "paragraph (4) of that Article"; the phrase "Article 198, paragraph (2)" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 203, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "Resident receiving salary or other wage" with "Resident receiving severance pay or other such compensation"; and the phrase "Article 198, paragraph (2)" in item (iii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 203, paragraph (4)".
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