Income Tax Act

If the circumstances, when a Resident dies partway through the year, constitute a case in which a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) must be filed in connection with the Resident's income taxes for the year, unless the Resident's heir files a return under paragraph (3), the heir must file a return with the district tax office director, giving information that includes what is set forth in the items of Article 120, paragraph (1) with regard to those income taxes, by the day before that which marks four months' time since the day after the heir learns of the commencement of the succession (or by the start of the heir's Absence From Japan, if the heir becomes Absent From Japan prior to that date; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

If the circumstances, when a Resident dies partway through the year, constitute a case in which it is permissible to file a return under Article 122, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (Filing a Return to Receive a Refund) in connection with the Resident's income taxes for the year, unless the Resident's heir is permitted to file a return under the following paragraph, the heir may file a return with the district director, giving information that includes what is set forth in the items of Article 120, paragraph (1) and the items of Article 122, paragraph (1) with regard to those income taxes, as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

If the circumstances, when a Resident dies partway through the year, constitute a case in which it is permissible to file a return under Article 123, paragraph (1) (Filing Tax Returns Showing Losses) in connection with the Resident's income taxes for the year, the Resident's heir may file a return with the district tax office director, giving information that includes what is set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article with regard to those income taxes, by the day before that which marks four months' time since the day after the heir learns of the commencement of the succession, as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of the second sentence of Article 120, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the information to be given in a return under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), and the provisions of paragraphs (3) through (9) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the filing of a return under the preceding three paragraphs. In such a case, the term "Filing Deadline" in paragraphs (5) and (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Filing Deadline (or the day on which the return is filed, if the return is a return of refund claim as prescribed in Article 61, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Special Provisions for Base Period for Calculation of Amount of Delinquent Tax) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes)", and the term "Act on General Rules for National Taxes" is deemed to be replaced with "that Act".

Paragraph (1) applies mutatis mutandis if the person who is required to file a return under paragraph (1) dies prior to the deadline for filing the return without having filed it, and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis if the person who is permitted to file a return under paragraph (3) dies prior to the deadline for filing the return without having filed it.

If a Resident who is required to file a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) will be Absent From Japan between January 1 of the year following the relevant year and the deadline for filing the year's return, unless the Resident files a return under the provisions of Article 123, paragraph (1) (Filing Tax Returns Showing Losses), the Resident must file the return with the district tax office director by the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan.

If a Resident who may file a return under Article 123, paragraph (1) will be Absent From Japan between January 1 of the year following the relevant year and February 15, the Resident may file the return with the district tax office director, even during that period.

If a Resident will become Absent From Japan partway through the year under circumstances constituting a case in which a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) must be filed for the Resident's gross income, retirement income, and timber income from between January 1 of the relevant year and the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan, unless the Resident files a return under paragraph (3), the Resident must file a return with the district tax office director, giving the information set forth in the items of Article 120, paragraph (1) based on the circumstances as of that time, by the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan.

If a Resident will become absent from Japan partway through the year under circumstances constituting a case in which it is permissible to file a return under Article 122, paragraph (1) (Filing a Return to Receive a Refund) for the Resident's gross income, retirement income, and timber income from between January 1 of the relevant year and the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan, unless the Resident is permitted to file a return under the following paragraph, the Resident may file a return with the district director, giving the information set forth in the items of Article 120, paragraph (1) and the items of Article 122, paragraph (1) based on the circumstances as of that time.

If a Resident will become absent from Japan partway through the year under circumstances constituting a case in which it is permissible to file a return under Article 123, paragraph (1) (Filing Tax Returns Showing Losses) in connection with a Net Loss or Casualty Loss incurred between January 1 of the relevant year and the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan or in connection with a Net Loss or Casualty Loss incurred in any of the three years prior to the relevant year (or in any of the five years prior to the relevant year, if the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) (Special Provisions on Deduction for Carryover of Net Loss Related to Specified Extraordinary Disasters) or Article 71-2, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Deduction for Carryover of Casualty Loss Related to Specified Extraordinary Disasters) apply), the Resident may file a return with the district director, giving the information set forth in the items of Article 123, paragraph (2) based on the circumstances as of that time, by the start of the Resident's Absence From Japan.

The provisions of the second sentence of Article 120, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the information to be given in a return under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), and the provisions of paragraphs (3) through (9) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the filing of a return under the preceding three paragraphs. In such a case, the term "Filing Deadline" in paragraphs (5) and (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Filing Deadline (or the day on which the return is filed, if the return is a return of refund claim as prescribed in Article 61, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Special Provisions for Base Period for Calculation of Amount of Delinquent Tax) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes)", and the term "Act on General Rules for National Taxes" is deemed to be replaced with "that Act".

If a return as under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) (other than a return required to be filed in circumstances falling under the provisions of Article 124, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Person Required to File Has Died) or Article 126, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Person Required to File Will Be Absent From Japan)) indicates an amount as set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) (or indicates an amount as set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iv), if there is any amount of tax withheld as prescribed in that item but no prepaid taxes as prescribed in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (v); or indicates an amount as set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (v), if there are any prepaid taxes as prescribed in that item; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection), the Resident filing the return must pay income taxes to the national government in an amount equivalent thereto in the third period.

If a return as under Article 124, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Person Required to File Has Died) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 125, paragraph (5) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Has Died Partway Through the Year)) or Article 125, paragraph (1) indicates an amount set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Amount of Income Taxes Indicated in Income Tax Returns), the person filing the return due to circumstances falling under any of those provisions must pay income taxes to the national government in an amount equivalent thereto by the deadline for filing the return, as prescribed in Article 5 (Succession to the Obligation to Pay National Taxes Based on Hereditary Succession) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes.

If a return as under Article 126, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Person Required to File Will Be Absent From Japan) or Article 127, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Will Become Absent From Japan Partway Through the Year) indicates an amount as set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Amount of Income Taxes Indicated in Income Tax Returns), the Resident filing the return prescribed in those provisions due to the circumstances falling under those provisions must pay income taxes to the national government in an amount equivalent thereto, by the deadline for filing the return.

If a Resident filing a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) pays income taxes to the national government which are equivalent to at least 50% of the income taxes payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 128 (Payment upon Filing) by the payment due date under Article 128 (or if the Resident submits a paper-based application as referred to in Article 133, paragraph (1) (Process for Deferring Tax Payments connected with Assets Transferred on a Deferred-Payment Basis) and the amount the Resident pays by the due date is at least 50% of the income taxes payable less the amount that the paper-based application states as the part of the income taxes payable whose payment the Resident seeks to defer as referred to in Article 133, paragraph (1)), the Resident may defer the payment of the remaining amount until May 31 of the year in which the Resident has made that first payment by the due date.

The preceding paragraph applies only if the Resident filing a return as prescribed in that paragraph submits a tax payment deferment notice by the payment due date prescribed in that paragraph to the competent district tax office director for the locality in which the Resident pays taxes, indicating the amount of tax payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 128 and the part of the tax payable that the Resident will pay by the due date, and giving the information prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order.

A Resident applying the provisions of paragraph (1) must pay the income taxes whose payment is subject to a deferment under the provisions of that paragraph, along with a tax levied as interest in an amount equivalent to that arrived at when the income taxes whose payment is deferred are multiplied by an annual rate of 7.3%, based on the number of days in the deferment period.

If a Resident transfers assets generating timber income or capital gains on a deferred-payment basis and the following requirements are all met, the district tax office director may permit a deferment of payment for all or a part of the income taxes payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 128 (Payment upon Filing) or Article 129 (Payment upon Filing in the Event of the Taxpayer's Death), as indicated in a return as prescribed in item (i) (or for all or a part of the taxes on assets transferred on a deferred-payment basis, if the taxes on assets transferred on a deferred-payment basis are less than the income taxes payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 128) for up to five years, at the application of the Resident (or the Resident's heir):

the Resident or heir files a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing Income Tax Returns) (other than a return required to be filed in circumstances falling under Article 126, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Person Required to File Will Be Absent From Japan )) or a return under Article 125, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Has Died Partway Through the Year) in connection with income taxes for the year in which the date of the deferred-payment-basis transfer falls, by the deadline for filing that return;

the taxes on assets transferred on a deferred-payment basis exceed the equivalent of 50% of the amount of income taxes set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) which is indicated in a return as prescribed in the preceding item;

the taxes on assets transferred on a deferred-payment basis exceed 300,000 yen.

Before permitting a tax payment deferment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the district director must collect collateral equivalent to the amount of income taxes whose payment is being deferred; provided, however, that this does not apply if the amount of income taxes whose payment is being deferred is one million yen or less and the deferment period is three years or less, or if that period is three months or less.

A transfer on a deferred-payment basis as prescribed in paragraph (1) means a transfer undertaken under conditions meeting the following requirements based on a contract that defines those conditions:

the Resident is paid the consideration in three or more installments, as monthly installments, annual installments, or any other form of installment;

there are at least two years in the period from the day after the due date for the Resident to deliver the object of the transfer until the deadline for the last installment payment;

other requirements as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

The taxes on assets transferred on a deferred-payment basis as prescribed in paragraph (1) means the part of the income taxes set forth in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) that is indicated in a return as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) and which is calculated pursuant to Cabinet Order as the part of the taxes on timber income or capital gains from the sum total of the installment payments connected with the deferred-payment transfer whose payment deadline as defined in the contract for the deferred-payment transfer falls in or after the year following the relevant year (this excludes any installment payment already made during the relevant year).