Article 48Calculation of Costs of Transferred Securities and Valuation Methods

①In the calculation of the amount that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1) (Necessary Expenses), is included, in association with a Security that a Resident holds, in the necessary expenses that are used to calculate the Resident's business income, the value of a Security held by the Resident on December 31 of the relevant year which is used as the basis for that calculation is the amount of money assessed based on the valuation method that the Resident has selected for Securities (or based on the valuation method prescribed by Cabinet Order, if the Resident does not select a valuation method or if the value of the Security is not assessed based on the selected valuation method).

②Cabinet Order provides for the types of the selectable valuation methods referred to in the preceding paragraph, the way of selecting a valuation method, and other necessary particulars concerning the valuation of Securities.

③The amount that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1), is included, in association with a Security of the same class that the Resident acquires on two or more occasions, in the necessary expenses that are used to calculate the amount of a Resident's miscellaneous income, or that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) (Acquisition Costs Deducted to Calculate Capital Gains) is included, in association with such a Security, in the acquisition costs that are used to calculate the Resident's capital gains, is the value assessed pursuant to Cabinet Order and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1), based on the amount needed to acquire the Security on each occasion.