Article 168Calculation of the Acquisition Price, etc. of Acquired Assets by Exchange
第百六十八条（交換による取得資産の取得価額等の計算）
Changes on a date not yet set (Cabinet Order No. 93 of 2026)
For the calculation of the amount of the depreciation allowance prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) (Calculating Depreciation Allowances for Depreciable Assets; Depreciation Methods) of the Act that a Resident to whom the provisions of Article 58, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Capital Gains if the Resident Exchanges Fixed Assets) of the Act have applied is to make with regard to the acquired asset prescribed in that paragraph (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "acquired asset"), and for the calculation of the amount of capital gains in the case where that person transfers the acquired asset, that person is deemed to have acquired the acquired asset for the amount listed in each of the following items according to the category of cases set out in those items. In this case, for the determination of which of the income listed in the items of Article 33, paragraph (3) (Amount of Capital Gains) of the Act the income from that transfer falls under, that person is deemed to have owned the acquired asset continuously since the time of acquiring the transferred asset prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "transferred asset").
法第五十八条第一項（固定資産の交換の場合の譲渡所得の特例）の規定の適用を受けた居住者が同項に規定する取得資産（以下この条において「取得資産」という。）について行なうべき法第四十九条第一項（減価償却資産の償却費の計算及びその償却の方法）に規定する償却費の額の計算及びその者が取得資産を譲渡した場合における譲渡所得の金額の計算については、その者がその取得資産を次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ当該各号に掲げる金額をもつて取得したものとみなす。この場合において、その譲渡による所得が法第三十三条第三項各号（譲渡所得の金額）に掲げる所得のいずれに該当するかの判定については、その者がその取得資産を法第五十八条第一項に規定する譲渡資産（以下この条において「譲渡資産」という。）を取得した時から引き続き所有していたものとみなす。
in the case of acquiring an exchange balancing payment, etc. (meaning money or other assets delivered to make up the difference where the value of the acquired asset and the value of the transferred asset at the time of the exchange prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1) of the Act are not equal; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) together with the acquired asset: the amount calculated by multiplying the acquisition cost of the transferred asset under Article 38, paragraph (1) or (2) (Acquisition Costs Deducted to Calculate Capital Gains) of the Act (where the transferred asset falls under Article 61, paragraph (2) or (3) (Acquisition Costs of Assets Acquired Prior to December 31, 1952) of the Act, the acquisition cost under those provisions, and where there are expenses required for the transfer of the transferred asset, the amount obtained by adding the amount of those expenses to that acquisition cost; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "acquisition cost") by the proportion that the value of the acquired asset accounts for in the sum of the value of the acquired asset and the amount of the exchange balancing payment, etc.;
取得資産とともに交換差金等（法第五十八条第一項に規定する交換の時における取得資産の価額と譲渡資産の価額とが等しくない場合にその差額を補うために交付される金銭その他の資産をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を取得した場合 譲渡資産の法第三十八条第一項又は第二項（譲渡所得の金額の計算上控除する取得費）の規定による取得費（その譲渡資産が法第六十一条第二項又は第三項（昭和二十七年十二月三十一日以前に取得した資産の取得費等）の規定に該当するものである場合には、これらの規定による取得費とし、その譲渡資産の譲渡に要した費用がある場合には、これらの取得費にその費用の額を加算した金額とする。以下この条において「取得費」という。）に、その取得資産の価額とその交換差金等の額との合計額のうちにその取得資産の価額の占める割合を乗じて計算した金額
in the case of acquiring the acquired asset by delivering an exchange balancing payment, etc. together with the transferred asset: the amount obtained by adding the amount of the exchange balancing payment, etc. to the acquisition cost of the transferred asset;
in the case where there are expenses required for acquiring the acquired asset: the amount obtained by adding the amount of those expenses to the acquisition cost of the transferred asset (where the provisions of the preceding two items apply, the amount listed in those items).
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acquired assetmachine translation
「取得資産」
A fixed asset received in exchange for a similar fixed asset, each having been held for at least a year; if it is put to the same use as the asset given up, the exchange is treated as no transfer for capital gains purposes.
Short name set inArticle 168, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
transferred assetmachine translation
「譲渡資産」
A fixed asset given up in an exchange for a similar fixed asset, whose transfer is treated as not having happened if the asset received is put to the same use.
Short name set inArticle 168, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
exchange balancing payment, etc.machine translation
「交換差金等」
Money or other assets handed over in an exchange under Article 58, paragraph (1) of the Income Tax Act to make up the difference where the asset received and the asset given up are not of equal value at the time of the exchange.
Defined inArticle 168, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article
acquisition costmachine translation
「取得費」
The acquisition cost of the asset given up in an exchange, under Article 38, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Income Tax Act (or under Article 61, paragraph (2) or (3) of that Act for an asset acquired on or before 31 December 1952), plus any expenses of transferring it.
Short name set inArticle 168, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article