Part VI Penal Provisions
第六編 罰則
第二百三十八条
A person who, by deception or other wrongful act, evades income tax on the amount of income tax prescribed in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Filing an Income Tax Return) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166 (Filing of Returns, Payment of Taxes, and Issuance of Refunds)) (or, if there is an amount to be deducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 95 (Foreign Tax Credit) or Article 165-6 (Credit for Foreign Taxes of Nonresidents), the amount of income tax calculated as under that item without applying those provisions) or on the amount of income tax prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1), item (i) or paragraph (2), item (i) (Filing of Returns Where Salary or Other Wages Are Not Subject to Withholding), or who receives a refund of income tax under Article 142, paragraph (2) (Refund Based on Carryback of Net Loss) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166), is punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 10,000,000 yen, or both.
偽りその他不正の行為により、第百二十条第一項第三号(確定所得申告)(第百六十六条(申告、納付及び還付)において準用する場合を含む。)に規定する所得税の額(第九十五条(外国税額控除)又は第百六十五条の六(非居住者に係る外国税額の控除)の規定により控除をされるべき金額がある場合には、同号の規定による計算をこれらの規定を適用しないでした所得税の額)若しくは第百七十二条第一項第一号若しくは第二項第一号(給与等につき源泉徴収を受けない場合の申告)に規定する所得税の額につき所得税を免れ、又は第百四十二条第二項(純損失の繰戻しによる還付)(第百六十六条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による所得税の還付を受けた者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If the amount of income tax evaded or the amount of income tax refunded as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 10,000,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 10,000,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax evaded or the amount of income tax refunded.
Beyond what is provided for in paragraph (1), a person who, by failing to file a return under Article 120, paragraph (1), Article 125, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Has Died Partway Through the Year), Article 127, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return in the Case of Absence From Japan Partway Through the Year), Article 151-4, paragraph (1) or (2) (Special Provisions on Amended Returns Where the Acquisition Cost of Securities or Other Assets Acquired by Inheritance Has Changed and Similar Cases), Article 151-5, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Returns Filed after the Deadline and Similar Returns Where an Estate Has Been Divided or Similar Events Have Occurred), or Article 151-6, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Amended Returns Where an Estate Has Been Divided or Similar Events Have Occurred) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166), or Article 172, paragraph (1) by the Filing Deadline, evades income tax on the amount of income tax prescribed in Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166) (or, if there is an amount to be deducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 95 or Article 165-6, the amount of income tax calculated as under that item without applying those provisions) or on the amount of income tax prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1), item (i) or paragraph (2), item (i), is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than 5,000,000 yen, or both.
第一項に規定するもののほか、第百二十条第一項、第百二十五条第一項(年の中途で死亡した場合の確定申告)、第百二十七条第一項(年の中途で出国をする場合の確定申告)、第百五十一条の四第一項若しくは第二項(相続により取得した有価証券等の取得費の額に変更があつた場合等の修正申告の特例)、第百五十一条の五第一項(遺産分割等があつた場合の期限後申告等の特例)若しくは第百五十一条の六第一項(遺産分割等があつた場合の修正申告の特例)(これらの規定を第百六十六条において準用する場合を含む。)又は第百七十二条第一項の規定による申告書をその提出期限までに提出しないことにより、第百二十条第一項第三号(第百六十六条において準用する場合を含む。)に規定する所得税の額(第九十五条又は第百六十五条の六の規定により控除をされるべき金額がある場合には、同号の規定による計算をこれらの規定を適用しないでした所得税の額)又は第百七十二条第一項第一号若しくは第二項第一号に規定する所得税の額につき所得税を免れた者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If the amount of income tax evaded as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 5,000,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 5,000,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax evaded.
第二百三十九条
A person who, by deception or other wrongful act, evades income tax that is to be withheld pursuant to the provisions of Article 181 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Interest Income and Dividend Income), Article 183 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Salary Income), Article 190 (Obligation to Withhold Tax in Year-End Adjustments), Article 192 (Obligation to Withhold Shortfalls Found in Year-End Adjustments), Article 199 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Retirement Income), Article 203-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Public Pensions and Retirement Packages), Article 204, paragraph (1) (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation, Fees, and Similar Payments), Article 207 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Pensions Based on Life Insurance Contracts and Similar Contracts), Article 209-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation for Periodic Deposits under Installment Savings and Similar Payments), Article 210 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Distributions of Profits under Silent Partnership Agreements and Similar Agreements), or Article 212 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on the Income of Nonresidents or Corporations) is punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen, or both.
偽りその他不正の行為により、第百八十一条(利子所得及び配当所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百八十三条(給与所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十条(年末調整に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十二条(年末調整に係る不足額の源泉徴収義務)、第百九十九条(退職所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百三条の二(公的年金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百四条第一項(報酬、料金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百七条(生命保険契約等に基づく年金に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百九条の二(定期積金の給付補塡金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百十条(匿名組合契約等の利益の分配に係る源泉徴収義務)又は第二百十二条(非居住者又は法人の所得に係る源泉徴収義務)の規定により徴収されるべき所得税を免れた者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If the amount of income tax evaded as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 1,000,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 1,000,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax evaded.
A person who, without submitting a return under Article 203, paragraph (1) (Return Concerning Receipt of Retirement Income), evades income tax that is to be withheld pursuant to the provisions of Article 199 and Article 201, paragraph (1) (Amount of Tax Withheld on Retirement Income) is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen, or both.
If the amount of income tax evaded as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 500,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 500,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax evaded.
第二百四十条
A person who fails to pay income tax that is to be withheld and paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 181 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Interest Income and Dividend Income), Article 183 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Salary Income), Article 190 (Obligation to Withhold Tax in Year-End Adjustments), Article 192 (Obligation to Withhold Shortfalls Found in Year-End Adjustments), Article 199 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Retirement Income), Article 203-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Public Pensions and Retirement Packages), Article 204, paragraph (1) (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation, Fees, and Similar Payments), Article 207 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Pensions Based on Life Insurance Contracts and Similar Contracts), Article 209-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation for Periodic Deposits under Installment Savings and Similar Payments), Article 210 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Distributions of Profits under Silent Partnership Agreements and Similar Agreements), Article 212 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on the Income of Nonresidents or Corporations), or Article 216 (Special Provisions on the Payment Deadline for Income Tax Subject to Withholding) is punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 2,000,000 yen, or both.
第百八十一条(利子所得及び配当所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百八十三条(給与所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十条(年末調整に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十二条(年末調整に係る不足額の源泉徴収義務)、第百九十九条(退職所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百三条の二(公的年金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百四条第一項(報酬、料金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百七条(生命保険契約等に基づく年金に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百九条の二(定期積金の給付補塡金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百十条(匿名組合契約等の利益の分配に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百十二条(非居住者又は法人の所得に係る源泉徴収義務)又は第二百十六条(源泉徴収に係る所得税の納期の特例)の規定により徴収して納付すべき所得税を納付しなかつた者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If the amount of income tax not paid as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 2,000,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 2,000,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax not paid.
Where a payment prescribed in Article 181, Article 183, Article 190, Article 192, Article 199, Article 203-2, Article 204, paragraph (1), Article 207, Article 209-2, Article 210, or Article 212 has been made, if the amount paid to each recipient cannot be ascertained, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply by deeming the amount calculated by multiplying the total of those amounts by 50 percent to be the amount of income tax that is to be withheld and paid.
第二百四十一条
A person who, without justifiable grounds, fails to file a return under Article 120, paragraph (1) (Filing an Income Tax Return), Article 125, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Has Died Partway Through the Year), Article 127, paragraph (1) (Filing a Tax Return in the Case of Absence From Japan Partway Through the Year), Article 151-4, paragraph (1) or (2) (Special Provisions on Amended Returns Where the Acquisition Cost of Securities or Other Assets Acquired by Inheritance Has Changed and Similar Cases), Article 151-5, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Returns Filed after the Deadline and Similar Returns Where an Estate Has Been Divided or Similar Events Have Occurred), or Article 151-6, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Amended Returns Where an Estate Has Been Divided or Similar Events Have Occurred) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166 (Filing of Returns, Payment of Taxes, and Issuance of Refunds)), or Article 172, paragraph (1) (Filing of Returns Where Salaries or Other Wages Are Not Subject to Withholding) by the Filing Deadline is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen; provided, however, that the punishment may be waived depending on the circumstances.
正当な理由がなくて第百二十条第一項(確定所得申告)、第百二十五条第一項(年の中途で死亡した場合の確定申告)、第百二十七条第一項(年の中途で出国をする場合の確定申告)、第百五十一条の四第一項若しくは第二項(相続により取得した有価証券等の取得費の額に変更があつた場合等の修正申告の特例)、第百五十一条の五第一項(遺産分割等があつた場合の期限後申告等の特例)若しくは第百五十一条の六第一項(遺産分割等があつた場合の修正申告の特例)(これらの規定を第百六十六条(申告、納付及び還付)において準用する場合を含む。)又は第百七十二条第一項(給与等につき源泉徴収を受けない場合の申告)の規定による申告書をその提出期限までに提出しなかつた者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。ただし、情状により、その刑を免除することができる。
第二百四十二条
A person falling under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen; provided, however, that if a person falling under item (iii) comes to fall under Article 240 (Crime of Failing to Pay Income Tax Subject to Withholding) with respect to the income tax prescribed in that item, the person is dealt with as provided in that Article:
a person who submits a written application prescribed in Article 112, paragraph (1) (Process of Applying for Approval for a Reduction of Tax Prepayments) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166 (Application Mutatis Mutandis to Nonresidents)) or a document prescribed in Article 112, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 166) containing a false statement and obtains the approval of the district director;
a person who, despite not satisfying the requirements prescribed in Article 180, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on Taxation of Domestic Source Income Received by a Foreign Corporation Having a Permanent Establishment), Article 206, paragraph (1) (Compensation or Fees Exempt from Withholding), or Article 214, paragraph (1) (Domestic Source Income of Nonresidents Exempt from Withholding), obtains the issuance of a certificate prescribed in those provisions by filing a false application; a person who fails to file a notification or give a notice under Article 180, paragraph (2), Article 206, paragraph (2), or Article 214, paragraph (2); and a person who fails to give a notice under Article 180, paragraph (4) or Article 214, paragraph (4);
a person who fails to withhold income tax that is to be withheld pursuant to the provisions of Article 181 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Interest Income and Dividend Income), Article 183 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Salary Income), Article 190 (Obligation to Withhold Tax in Year-End Adjustments), Article 192 (Obligation to Withhold Shortfalls Found in Year-End Adjustments), Article 199 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Retirement Income), Article 203-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Public Pensions and Retirement Packages), Article 204, paragraph (1) (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation, Fees, and Similar Payments), Article 207 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Pensions Based on Life Insurance Contracts and Similar Contracts), Article 209-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation for Periodic Deposits under Installment Savings and Similar Payments), Article 210 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Distributions of Profits under Silent Partnership Agreements and Similar Agreements), or Article 212 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on the Income of Nonresidents or Corporations);
第百八十一条(利子所得及び配当所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百八十三条(給与所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十条(年末調整に係る源泉徴収義務)、第百九十二条(年末調整に係る不足額の源泉徴収義務)、第百九十九条(退職所得に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百三条の二(公的年金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百四条第一項(報酬、料金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百七条(生命保険契約等に基づく年金に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百九条の二(定期積金の給付補塡金等に係る源泉徴収義務)、第二百十条(匿名組合契約等の利益の分配に係る源泉徴収義務)又は第二百十二条(非居住者又は法人の所得に係る源泉徴収義務)の規定により徴収すべき所得税を徴収しなかつた者
a person who submits a notice prescribed in Article 224, paragraph (2) (Notice by Recipients of Interest, Dividends, and Similar Income) containing a false statement to the person handling the payment prescribed in that paragraph; a person who, in violation of paragraph (3) of that Article, makes a payment without having a notice submitted; and a person who submits a notice prescribed in Article 224-2 (Notice Concerning the Transfer of Negotiable Deposits and Similar Transactions) containing a false statement to the business office or other office of the financial institution prescribed in that Article;
第二百二十四条第二項(利子、配当等の受領者の告知)に規定する告知書に偽りの記載をして同項に規定する支払の取扱者に提出した者及び同条第三項の規定に違反して告知書を提出させないで支払をした者並びに第二百二十四条の二(譲渡性預金の譲渡等に関する告知)に規定する告知書に偽りの記載をして同条に規定する金融機関の営業所又は事務所に提出した者
a person who fails to submit a report prescribed in Article 225, paragraph (1) (Payment Reports), a withholding receipt prescribed in Article 226, paragraphs (1) through (3) (Withholding Receipts), or a statement or report prescribed in Articles 227 through 228-3-2 (Trust Accounting Statements and Similar Documents) to the district director by the submission deadline for those documents, or who submits any of those documents containing a false statement or record to the district director;
第二百二十五条第一項(支払調書)に規定する調書、第二百二十六条第一項から第三項まで(源泉徴収票)に規定する源泉徴収票又は第二百二十七条から第二百二十八条の三の二まで(信託の計算書等)に規定する計算書若しくは調書をこれらの書類の提出期限までに税務署長に提出せず、又はこれらの書類に偽りの記載若しくは記録をして税務署長に提出した者
a person who fails to issue a notice prescribed in Article 225, paragraph (2) or a withholding receipt prescribed in Article 226, paragraphs (1) through (3) to the person receiving the payment prescribed in those provisions by the deadline for issuing those documents, or who issues any of those documents containing a false statement to the person receiving that payment, or a person who provides false information by electronic or magnetic means under Article 225, paragraph (3) or Article 226, paragraph (4);
第二百二十五条第二項に規定する通知書若しくは第二百二十六条第一項から第三項までに規定する源泉徴収票をこれらの書類の交付の期限までにこれらの規定に規定する支払を受ける者に交付せず、若しくはこれらの書類に偽りの記載をして当該支払を受ける者に交付した者又は第二百二十五条第三項若しくは第二百二十六条第四項の規定による電磁的方法により偽りの事項を提供した者
a person who fails to issue a payment slip prescribed in Article 231, paragraph (1) (Payment Slips for Salaries or Other Wages, Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation, or Public Pensions and Retirement Packages) to the person receiving the payment prescribed in that paragraph as required under that paragraph, or who issues one containing a false statement to the person receiving that payment, or a person who provides false information by electronic or magnetic means under paragraph (2) of that Article;
第二百三十一条第一項(給与等、退職手当等又は公的年金等の支払明細書)に規定する支払明細書を同項に規定する支払を受ける者に同項の規定による交付をせず、若しくはこれに偽りの記載をして当該支払を受ける者に交付した者又は同条第二項の規定による電磁的方法により偽りの事項を提供した者
a person who, without justifiable grounds, refuses a request under the proviso to Article 225, paragraph (3), the proviso to Article 226, paragraph (4), or the proviso to Article 231, paragraph (2), or who issues a notice prescribed in the proviso to Article 225, paragraph (3), a withholding receipt prescribed in the proviso to Article 226, paragraph (4), or a payment slip prescribed in the proviso to Article 231, paragraph (2) containing a false statement to the person receiving the payment prescribed in those provisions.
正当な理由がないのに第二百二十五条第三項ただし書、第二百二十六条第四項ただし書若しくは第二百三十一条第二項ただし書の規定による請求を拒み、又は第二百二十五条第三項ただし書に規定する通知書、第二百二十六条第四項ただし書に規定する源泉徴収票若しくは第二百三十一条第二項ただし書に規定する支払明細書に偽りの記載をしてこれらの規定に規定する支払を受ける者に交付した者
第二百四十三条
If the representative of a corporation (including the administrator of an Association or Foundation without Legal Personality), or an agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual, commits a violation referred to in Article 238 through the preceding Article (Crime of Evading Income Tax and Related Crimes; Crime of Failing to Pay Income Tax Subject to Withholding; Crime of Failing to File a Final Income Tax Return and Related Crimes; Crime of Submitting a Written Application for Approval for a Reduction of Tax Prepayment Containing a False Statement and Related Crimes) in connection with the business or property of that corporation or individual, not only is the offender punished, but the corporation or individual is also subject to the fine prescribed in the relevant Article.
法人の代表者(人格のない社団等の管理人を含む。)又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して第二百三十八条から前条まで(所得税を免れる等の罪・源泉徴収に係る所得税を納付しない罪・確定所得申告書を提出しない等の罪・偽りの記載をした予定納税額減額承認申請書を提出する等の罪)の違反行為をしたときは、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対して当該各条の罰金刑を科する。
Where a fine is imposed on a corporation or individual pursuant to the preceding paragraph for a violation referred to in Article 238, paragraph (1) or (3), Article 239, paragraph (1), or Article 240, paragraph (1), the period of limitation is governed by the period of limitation for the crimes under those provisions.
前項の規定により第二百三十八条第一項若しくは第三項、第二百三十九条第一項又は第二百四十条第一項の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間による。
Where paragraph (1) applies to an Association or Foundation without Legal Personality, its representative or administrator represents the Association or Foundation without Legal Personality with regard to its procedural acts, and the provisions of Acts concerning criminal proceedings in which a corporation is the accused or the suspect apply mutatis mutandis.