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Local Tax Act

地方税法(ちほうぜいほう)

Section 8 Automobile Tax (Articles 145 to 153)

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Section 8 Automobile Tax第八節 自動車税

Subsection 1 Common Provisions第一款 通則

Article 145第百四十五条

Meanings of the Terms Relating to Automobile Tax(自動車税に関する用語の意義)
Article 145, paragraph (1)

For the purposes of automobile tax, "motor vehicle" means, among the motor vehicles prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 185 of 1951), standard-sized motor vehicles prescribed in Article 3 of that Act and, among the small-sized motor vehicles prescribed in that Article, those with three or more wheels.

自動車税について、「自動車」とは、道路運送車両法(昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号)第二条第二項に規定する自動車のうち、同法第三条に規定する普通自動車及び同条に規定する小型自動車のうち三輪以上のものをいう。

Article 146第百四十六条

Persons Liable for Automobile Tax, etc.(自動車税の納税義務者等)
Article 146, paragraph (1)

Automobile tax is imposed on motor vehicles, in the prefecture in which their principal storage location is situated, on their owners.

自動車税は、自動車に対し、主たる定置場所在の道府県において、その所有者に課する。

Article 146, paragraph (2)

Where the owner of a motor vehicle is a person on whom automobile tax cannot be imposed under Article 148, paragraph (1), automobile tax is imposed on the user of that motor vehicle, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph. However, this does not apply to a motor vehicle used for official or public purposes.

自動車の所有者が第百四十八条第一項の規定により自動車税を課することができない者である場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、当該自動車の使用者に自動車税を課する。ただし、公用又は公共の用に供する自動車については、この限りでない。

Article 147第百四十七条

Deemed Imposition of Automobile Tax(自動車税のみなす課税)
Article 147, paragraph (1)

Where, in a sales contract for a motor vehicle, the seller reserves ownership of that motor vehicle, automobile tax is imposed by deeming the buyer to be the owner of the motor vehicle.

自動車の売買契約において売主が当該自動車の所有権を留保している場合には、買主を自動車の所有者とみなして、自動車税を課する。

Article 147, paragraph (2)

Where there is a change of buyer with respect to a motor vehicle under a sales contract to which the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply, automobile tax is imposed by deeming the person who newly becomes the buyer to be the owner of the motor vehicle.

前項の規定の適用を受ける売買契約に係る自動車について、買主の変更があつたときは、新たに買主となる者を自動車の所有者とみなして、自動車税を課する。

Article 148第百四十八条

Non-Taxation of Automobile Tax on the State, etc.(国等に対する自動車税の非課税)
Article 148, paragraph (1)

A prefecture may not impose automobile tax on the State, tax-exempt incorporated administrative agencies, national university corporations, etc., the Japan Pension Service and the Japan Institute for Health Security, or on prefectures, municipalities, special wards, unions of these, property wards, special merger districts and local incorporated administrative agencies.

道府県は、国、非課税独立行政法人、国立大学法人等、日本年金機構及び国立健康危機管理研究機構並びに都道府県、市町村、特別区、これらの組合、財産区、合併特例区及び地方独立行政法人に対しては、自動車税を課することができない。

Article 148, paragraph (2)

A prefecture may not impose automobile tax on those, among the motor vehicles owned by the Japanese Red Cross Society, that are ambulances and the like used directly for its principal business and are specified by Prefectural Ordinance.

道府県は、日本赤十字社が所有する自動車のうち直接その本来の事業の用に供する救急自動車その他これに類するもので道府県の条例で定めるものに対しては、自動車税を課することができない。

Article 148, paragraph (3)

A prefecture may not impose automobile tax on motor vehicles for official use among those owned by the armed forces of a contracting state (meaning the armed forces of that contracting state located within Japan (meaning the area where this Act is enforced) in connection with activities that Japan and that contracting state mutually decide on and carry out with the consent of Japan under a facilitation agreement (meaning, of the treaties and other international agreements between Japan and a contracting state concerning the facilitation of mutual access and cooperation between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the armed forces of that contracting state other than Japan that provide for matters concerning exemption from Japanese taxes, those specified by Cabinet Order)).

道府県は、締約国軍隊(円滑化協定(我が国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する我が国と当該締約国との間の条約その他の国際約束であつて我が国の租税の免除に関する事項について定めるもののうち政令で定めるものをいう。)に基づいて、我が国の同意を得て、我が国及び当該締約国が相互に決定して実施する活動に関連して国内(この法律の施行地をいう。)に所在する当該締約国の軍隊をいう。)が所有する自動車のうち公用に供するものに対しては、自動車税を課することができない。

Article 149第百四十九条

Authority of Tax Collection Officials to Question and Inspect in Examinations Concerning Automobile Tax(徴税吏員の自動車税に関する調査に係る質問検査権)
Article 149, paragraph (1)

A prefectural tax collection official may, where necessary for an examination concerning the assessment and collection of automobile tax, question the following persons, or inspect the books and documents relating to the business of a person listed in item (i) or item (ii) (including, where electronic or magnetic records have been created or retained in lieu of the creation or retention of those books and documents, those electronic or magnetic records (meaning records made in electronic form, magnetic form or any other form not perceivable by human senses and used for information processing by computers); the same applies in items (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of the following Article) and other articles, or request the presentation or submission of those articles (including copies thereof).

道府県の徴税吏員は、自動車税の賦課徴収に関する調査のために必要がある場合には、次に掲げる者に質問し、又は第一号若しくは第二号に掲げる者の事業に関する帳簿書類(その作成又は保存に代えて電磁的記録(電子的方式、磁気的方式その他の人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。)の作成又は保存がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。次条第一項第一号及び第二号において同じ。)その他の物件を検査し、若しくは当該物件(その写しを含む。)の提示若しくは提出を求めることができる。

Article 149, paragraph (1), item (i)

a person liable for tax or a person found to have tax liability;

納税義務者又は納税義務があると認められる者

Article 149, paragraph (1), item (ii)

a person found to be under an obligation to provide money or goods to a person listed in the preceding item;

前号に掲げる者に金銭又は物品を給付する義務があると認められる者

Article 149, paragraph (1), item (iii)

a person other than those listed in the preceding two items who is found to be directly related to the assessment and collection of that automobile tax.

前二号に掲げる者以外の者で当該自動車税の賦課徴収に関し直接関係があると認められる者

Article 149, paragraph (2)

A successor corporation in a company split (meaning a corporation that has received a transfer of assets and liabilities from a splitting corporation by a company split; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) pertaining to a company split in which a person listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph is the splitting corporation (meaning a corporation that has transferred its assets and liabilities by a company split; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and a splitting corporation pertaining to a company split in which a person listed in that item is the successor corporation in a company split, are to be included in the persons found to be under an obligation to provide money or goods prescribed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.

前項第一号に掲げる者を分割法人(分割によりその有する資産及び負債の移転を行つた法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。)とする分割に係る分割承継法人(分割により分割法人から資産及び負債の移転を受けた法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。)及び同号に掲げる者を分割承継法人とする分割に係る分割法人は、前項第二号に規定する金銭又は物品を給付する義務があると認められる者に含まれるものとする。

Article 149, paragraph (3)

In the case referred to in paragraph (1), the tax collection official in question must carry an identification card certifying the official's status and present it when requested by a person concerned.

第一項の場合には、当該徴税吏員は、その身分を証明する証票を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。

Article 149, paragraph (4)

A prefectural tax collection official may, as provided by Cabinet Order, retain the articles submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

道府県の徴税吏員は、政令で定めるところにより、第一項の規定により提出を受けた物件を留め置くことができる。

Article 149, paragraph (5)

With regard to examinations relating to the delinquent tax collection procedure for automobile tax, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the matters provided for in Article 168, paragraph (6) apply.

自動車税に係る滞納処分に関する調査については、第一項の規定にかかわらず、第百六十八条第六項に定めるところによる。

Article 149, paragraph (6)

The authority of a prefectural tax collection official under paragraph (1) or (4) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

第一項又は第四項の規定による道府県の徴税吏員の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。

Article 150第百五十条

Offenses Relating to Refusal of Inspection, etc. Concerning Automobile Tax(自動車税に係る検査拒否等に関する罪)
Article 150, paragraph (1)

In a case that falls under any of the following items, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 150, paragraph (1), item (i)

where the person refuses, obstructs or evades an inspection by a tax collection official of books and documents or other articles under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;

前条第一項の規定による徴税吏員の帳簿書類その他の物件の検査を拒み、妨げ、又は忌避したとき。

Article 150, paragraph (1), item (ii)

where the person, without justifiable grounds, fails to comply with a request by a tax collection official under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article for the presentation or submission of articles, or presents or submits books and documents or other articles (including copies thereof) containing false entries or records;

前条第一項の規定による徴税吏員の物件の提示又は提出の要求に対し、正当な理由がなくこれに応じず、又は偽りの記載若しくは記録をした帳簿書類その他の物件(その写しを含む。)を提示し、若しくは提出したとき。

Article 150, paragraph (1), item (iii)

where the person fails to answer, or gives a false answer, in response to questions by a tax collection official under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

前条第一項の規定による徴税吏員の質問に対し答弁をしないとき、又は虚偽の答弁をしたとき。

Article 150, paragraph (2)

Where a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or person, has committed a violation set forth in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business or property of that corporation or person, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in that paragraph is to be imposed on that corporation or person.

法人の代表者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前項の違反行為をした場合には、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対し、同項の罰金刑を科する。

Article 151第百五十一条

Tax Agent for Automobile Tax(自動車税の納税管理人)
Article 151, paragraph (1)

Where a person liable for automobile tax has no address, residence, office or place of business (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "address, etc.") in the prefecture in which the person bears tax liability, the person must, in order to have all matters concerning tax payment handled, either designate a tax agent from among persons who have an address, etc. within an area specified by the Prefectural Ordinance of that prefecture and report this to the prefectural governor, or apply to the prefectural governor for approval of designating as a tax agent a person who has an address, etc. outside that area and is in a convenient position to handle those matters, and obtain that approval. The same applies when changing or intending to change a tax agent.

自動車税の納税義務者は、納税義務を負う道府県内に住所、居所、事務所又は事業所(以下この項において「住所等」という。)を有しない場合には、納税に関する一切の事項を処理させるため、当該道府県の条例で定める地域内に住所等を有する者のうちから納税管理人を定めてこれを道府県知事に申告し、又は当該地域外に住所等を有する者のうち当該事項の処理につき便宜を有するものを納税管理人として定めることについて道府県知事に申請してその承認を受けなければならない。納税管理人を変更し、又は変更しようとする場合も、同様とする。

Article 151, paragraph (2)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person liable for tax is not required to designate a tax agent if the person has applied to the prefectural governor for, and received, a certification that there is no impediment to ensuring the collection of the automobile tax pertaining to that person liable for tax.

前項の規定にかかわらず、当該納税義務者は、当該納税義務者に係る自動車税の徴収の確保に支障がないことについて道府県知事に申請してその認定を受けたときは、納税管理人を定めることを要しない。

Article 152第百五十二条

Offenses Relating to False Reports, etc. Concerning Tax Agents for Automobile Tax(自動車税の納税管理人に係る虚偽の申告等に関する罪)
Article 152, paragraph (1)

If a person makes a false report concerning a tax agent to be reported under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or obtains the approval under that paragraph or the certification under paragraph (2) of that Article by deceit or other wrongful means, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

前条第一項の規定により申告すべき納税管理人について虚偽の申告をし、又は偽りその他不正の手段により同項の承認若しくは同条第二項の認定を受けたときは、その違反行為をした者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 152, paragraph (2)

Where a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or person, has committed a violation under the preceding paragraph in connection with the business or property of that corporation or person, in addition to punishing the offender, the penalty prescribed in that paragraph is to be imposed on that corporation or person.

法人の代表者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前項の違反行為をした場合には、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対し、同項の刑を科する。

Article 153第百五十三条

Non-Penal Fines Relating to Failure to Report a Tax Agent for Automobile Tax(自動車税の納税管理人に係る不申告に関する過料)
Article 153, paragraph (1)

A prefecture may, with regard to a person liable for automobile tax who has not received the certification under Article 151, paragraph (2) and has not received the approval under paragraph (1) of that Article, and who fails without justifiable grounds to report the tax agent to be reported under that paragraph, establish a provision in the Prefectural Ordinance of that prefecture imposing a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen on that person.

道府県は、第百五十一条第二項の認定を受けていない自動車税の納税義務者で同条第一項の承認を受けていないものが同項の規定により申告すべき納税管理人について正当な事由がなくて申告をしなかつた場合には、その者に対し、当該道府県の条例で十万円以下の過料を科する旨の規定を設けることができる。

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