Article 16Priority of Mortgages Created on or before the Statutory Due Date for Tax Payment, etc.
第十六条（法定納期限等以前に設定された抵当権の優先）
Where a taxpayer has established a mortgage on the taxpayer's property on or before the statutory due date for tax payment, etc. of national tax, that national tax is collected from the proceeds of realization next after the claim secured by the mortgage.
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national taxmachine translation
「国税」
A tax imposed by the national government, other than customs duty, tonnage tax, special tonnage tax, the forest environment tax and the special corporate business tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
taxpayermachine translation
「納税者」
A person liable under the national tax laws to pay a national tax other than tax collected by withholding (源泉徴収等による国税), and a person who must collect such withheld tax and pay it to the State.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
proceeds of realizationmachine translation
「換価代金」
In Chapter II, the money to be distributed in a compulsory liquidation procedure (強制換価手続) carried out on a taxpayer's property.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
statutory due date for tax payment, etc.machine translation
「法定納期限等」
The statutory due date for tax payment (法定納期限) of a national tax or, for the national taxes Article 15, paragraph 1 lists — such as tax settled after that date, tax demanded early, or tax of a deceased person or a merged or split corporation — the day each item sets, with accessory taxes and expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure taking the day set for the tax they arise from; it is the date against which the priority of a pledge or other security over a national tax is judged.
Short name set inArticle 15, paragraph (1)