Chapter VII Special Provisions on the Method of Retaining Local Tax Books, etc. Prepared by Use of a Computer, etc. (Articles 755 to 756)
The law as Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act and the Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 7 of 2025) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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Article 755第七百五十五条
Exclusion from Application of the Act on Utilization of Telecommunications Technology in Document Preservation, etc. Conducted by Private Business Operators, etc.(民間事業者等が行う書面の保存等における情報通信の技術の利用に関する法律の適用除外)
Article 755, paragraph (1)
The provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Act on Utilization of Telecommunications Technology in Document Preservation, etc. Conducted by Private Business Operators, etc. (Act No. 149 of 2004) do not apply to local tax books and local tax documents.
Application of Laws and Regulations on Local Taxes(地方税に関する法令の規定の適用)
Article 756, paragraph (1)
With regard to the application of the provisions of laws and regulations on local taxes to an electronic or magnetic record or computer output microfilm relating to local tax books that are kept and preserved, or local tax documents that are preserved, in accordance with the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications prescribed in any of Article 748, paragraph (1), (2) or the first sentence of paragraph (3), each paragraph of Article 749, or Article 750, paragraph (3), that electronic or magnetic record or computer output microfilm is deemed to be those local tax books or those local tax documents.
With regard to the application of the provisions of laws and regulations on local taxes (excluding provisions relating to the keeping or preservation of books or documents) to an electronic or magnetic record or computer output microfilm that is kept or preserved under any of Article 4, paragraph (1), (2) or the first sentence of paragraph (3), or each paragraph of Article 5 of the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers (Act No. 25 of 1998), that electronic or magnetic record or computer output microfilm is deemed to be books or documents.
With regard to the application of the provisions of laws and regulations on local taxes (excluding provisions relating to the keeping or preservation of books or documents) to an electronic or magnetic record that is preserved under Article 7 of the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers, that electronic or magnetic record is deemed to be documents.
Where, with regard to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the local tax documents set forth in the right-hand column of item (i) of the table in Article 748, paragraph (3) that is preserved in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications prescribed in the first sentence of that paragraph, or that electronic or magnetic record preserved under the second sentence of that paragraph, or in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the local tax documents set forth in the right-hand column of item (i) of the table in Article 750, paragraph (1) that has been provided under that paragraph, there has been the filing, after the deadline for filing it, of a return prescribed in Article 74-24, paragraph (3), item (i), the filing of an amended return, or a reassessment or determination (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "return filed after the due date for payment, etc."), and paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article applies, the amount of substantial additional charge under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article is, notwithstanding those provisions, the amount obtained by adding to the amount calculated under those provisions the amount calculated by multiplying by the ratio of 10 percent the amount prescribed in each of the following items for the case set forth in that item (where there are facts that form the basis of calculating that amount other than those relating to matters recorded in those electronic or magnetic records that give rise to the return filed after the due date for payment, etc. (limited to those relating to facts that were concealed or disguised; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record"), the amount calculated, as specified by Cabinet Order, as the amount based on the fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record).
In the case falling under Article 74-24, paragraph (1): the tax deficiency due to reassessment, or the tax increased by an amended return, that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph;
In the case falling under Article 74-24, paragraph (2): the tax amount that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph.
第七十四条の二十四第二項の規定に該当する場合 同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき税額
Article 756, paragraph (5)
Where, with regard to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the local tax documents set forth in the right-hand column of the rows numbered (ii) or (iii) of the table in Article 748, paragraph (3) that is preserved in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications prescribed in the first sentence of that paragraph, or that electronic or magnetic record preserved under the second sentence of that paragraph, or in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the documents prescribed in Article 750, paragraph (2) that has been provided under that paragraph, there has been the filing, after the deadline for filing it, of a return prescribed in Article 144-48, paragraph (3), item (i), or a reassessment or determination (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "return filed after the due date for payment, etc."), and paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article applies, the amount of substantial additional charge under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article is, notwithstanding those provisions, the amount obtained by adding to the amount calculated under those provisions the amount calculated by multiplying by the ratio of 10 percent the amount prescribed in each of the following items for the case set forth in that item (where there are facts that form the basis of calculating that amount other than those relating to matters recorded in those electronic or magnetic records that give rise to the return filed after the due date for payment, etc. (limited to those relating to facts that were concealed or disguised; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record"), the amount calculated, as specified by Cabinet Order, as the amount based on the fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record).
In the case falling under Article 144-48, paragraph (1): the shortfall amount due to reassessment that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph;
In the case falling under Article 144-48, paragraph (2): the tax amount that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph.
第百四十四条の四十八第二項の規定に該当する場合 同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき税額
Article 756, paragraph (6)
Where, with regard to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the local tax documents set forth in the right-hand column of item (iv) of the table in Article 748, paragraph (3) that is preserved in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications prescribed in the first sentence of that paragraph, or that electronic or magnetic record preserved under the second sentence of that paragraph, or in an electronic or magnetic record relating to the local tax documents set forth in the right-hand column of item (ii) of the table in Article 750, paragraph (1) that has been provided under that paragraph, there has been the filing, after the deadline for filing it, of a return prescribed in Article 484, paragraph (3), item (i), the filing of an amended return, or a reassessment or determination (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "return filed after the due date for payment, etc."), and paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article applies, the amount of substantial additional charge under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article is, notwithstanding those provisions, the amount obtained by adding to the amount calculated under those provisions the amount calculated by multiplying by the ratio of 10 percent the amount prescribed in each of the following items for the case set forth in that item (where there are facts that form the basis of calculating that amount other than those relating to matters recorded in those electronic or magnetic records that give rise to the return filed after the due date for payment, etc. (limited to those relating to facts that were concealed or disguised; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record"), the amount calculated, as specified by Cabinet Order, as the amount based on the fact relating to matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record).
In the case falling under Article 484, paragraph (1): the tax deficiency due to reassessment, or the tax increased by an amended return, that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph;
In the case falling under Article 484, paragraph (2): the tax amount that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in that paragraph.
第四百八十四条第二項の規定に該当する場合 同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき税額
Article 756, paragraph (7)
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, matters necessary for the application of those provisions are specified by Cabinet Order.
前三項に定めるもののほか、これらの規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
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