In the case referred to in the preceding Article, if, after an Appropriation of the excess amount prescribed in that Article to the income taxes to be withheld when the last payment of salary or other wage for the year is made, there remains an excess amount that could not be fully covered by that Appropriation (or, if any part of that excess amount has not yet been withheld, the amount remaining after deducting an amount equivalent to the part not yet withheld; referred to as the "overpaid amount" in this Article), the person paying the salary or other wage referred to in the preceding Article is to refund that overpaid amount.
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salary or other wage
「給与等」
Salaries, wages, allowances paid to Diet members, bonuses and other payments of the same nature, as described in Article 28, paragraph (1) on salary income; some provisions leave out salary from which no tax need be withheld.
Short name set inArticle 183, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
overpaid amountmachine translation
「過納額」
The excess tax found at the year-end adjustment (年末調整) that is left after setting it against the tax to be withheld from the year's last salary payment (less any part not yet withheld), which the payer of salary refunds.
Short name set inArticle 191, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article