Act on General Rules for National Taxes
国税通則法
Contents
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- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–14 · 17
- Chapter II Determination of the Obligation to Pay National Tax第二章 国税の納付義務の確定Articles 15–33 · 19
- Chapter III Payment and Collection of National Tax第三章 国税の納付及び徴収Articles 34–45 · 18
- Chapter IV Tax Payment Grace Period and Security第四章 納税の猶予及び担保Articles 46–55 · 11
- Chapter V Refund of National Tax and Interest on Refund第五章 国税の還付及び還付加算金Articles 56–59 · 4
- Chapter VI Accessory Tax第六章 附帯税Articles 60–69 · 10
- Chapter VII Time Limit for Reassessment, Determination, Collection, Refund, etc. of National Tax第七章 国税の更正、決定、徴収、還付等の期間制限Articles 70–74 · 5
- Chapter VII-2 Examination of National Tax第七章の二 国税の調査Articles 74-2–74-13-4 · 16
- Chapter VII-3 Relationship with the Administrative Procedure Act第七章の三 行政手続法との関係Article 74-14
- Chapter VIII Appeals and Litigation第八章 不服審査及び訴訟Articles 75–116 · 49
- Chapter IX Miscellaneous Provisions第九章 雑則Articles 117–125 · 9
- Chapter X Penal Provisions第十章 罰則Articles 126–130 · 5
- Chapter XI Investigation and Disposition of Criminal Tax Cases第十一章 犯則事件の調査及び処分Articles 131–160 · 30
Section 1 General Rules
第一節 通則
第一条（目的）
The purpose of this Act is to establish basic and common matters concerning national taxes, to put in order the systematic structure of the tax laws, and to clarify the legal relationships concerning national taxes, as well as to ensure the fair operation of tax administration, and thereby to contribute to the proper and smooth performance of the people's tax liability.
この法律は、国税についての基本的な事項及び共通的な事項を定め、税法の体系的な構成を整備し、かつ、国税に関する法律関係を明確にするとともに、税務行政の公正な運営を図り、もつて国民の納税義務の適正かつ円滑な履行に資することを目的とする。
第二条（定義）
In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:
この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。
national tax: a tax that the national government imposes, other than customs duty, tonnage tax, special tonnage tax, forest environment tax, and special corporate enterprise tax;
国税 国が課する税のうち関税、とん税、特別とん税、森林環境税及び特別法人事業税以外のものをいう。
national withholding tax: income tax subject to withholding and international tourist tax subject to special collection as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii) (Definitions) of the International Tourist Tax Act (Act No. 16 of 2018) (excluding accessory tax pertaining to these taxes);
源泉徴収等による国税 源泉徴収に係る所得税及び国際観光旅客税法（平成三十年法律第十六号）第二条第一項第七号（定義）に規定する特別徴収に係る国際観光旅客税（これらの税に係る附帯税を除く。）をいう。
consumption tax, etc.: consumption tax, liquor tax, tobacco tax, gasoline tax, local gasoline tax, petroleum gas tax, and petroleum and coal tax;
消費税等 消費税、酒税、たばこ税、揮発油税、地方揮発油税、石油ガス税及び石油石炭税をいう。
accessory tax: from among national taxes, delinquent tax, interest tax, penalty tax for understatement, penalty tax for failure to file, penalty tax for non-payment, and heavy penalty tax;
附帯税 国税のうち延滞税、利子税、過少申告加算税、無申告加算税、不納付加算税及び重加算税をいう。
taxpayer: a person who is obligated to pay a national tax (excluding national withholding tax) under the provisions of the national tax laws (excluding a person secondarily liable for tax payment and a guarantor of a national tax as prescribed in the National Tax Collection Act (Act No. 147 of 1959)) and a person who must collect national withholding tax and pay it to the national government;
納税者 国税に関する法律の規定により国税（源泉徴収等による国税を除く。）を納める義務がある者（国税徴収法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十七号）に規定する第二次納税義務者及び国税の保証人を除く。）及び源泉徴収等による国税を徴収して国に納付しなければならない者をいう。
tax return: a return in which any of the matters listed below, and other necessary matters concerning the matters, are stated in relation to a national tax using the self-assessment system pursuant to the provisions of the national tax laws, including a return for receiving payment of a national tax refund under the provisions of the national tax laws (hereinafter referred to as a "refund") in which any of these matters is stated:
納税申告書 申告納税方式による国税に関し国税に関する法律の規定により次に掲げるいずれかの事項その他当該事項に関し必要な事項を記載した申告書をいい、国税に関する法律の規定による国税の還付金（以下「還付金」という。）の還付を受けるための申告書でこれらのいずれかの事項を記載したものを含むものとする。
The tax basis (in the case of a national tax for which the tax basis amount or the tax basis quantity is provided under the national tax laws, such tax basis amount or tax basis quantity; the same applies hereinafter);
課税標準（国税に関する法律に課税標準額又は課税標準数量の定めがある国税については、課税標準額又は課税標準数量。以下同じ。）
The amount to be deducted from the tax basis;
課税標準から控除する金額
Any of the following amounts (hereinafter referred to as the "amount of net loss, etc."):
次に掲げる金額（以下「純損失等の金額」という。）
The amount of net loss or the amount of casualty loss as prescribed in the Income Tax Act (Act No. 33 of 1965) that arose in or before the year in question, which, pursuant to the provisions of that Act, may be carried forward and deducted in sequence in calculating the amount of income for the following year or subsequent years, or may be used as the basis for calculating the amount of a refund pertaining to income for the previous year;
所得税法（昭和四十年法律第三十三号）に規定する純損失の金額又は雑損失の金額でその年以前において生じたもののうち、同法の規定により翌年以後の年分の所得の金額の計算上順次繰り越して控除し、又は前年分の所得に係る還付金の額の計算の基礎とすることができるもの
The amount of loss as prescribed in the Corporation Tax Act (Act No. 34 of 1965) that arose in or before the business year in question (including an amount deemed to be an amount of loss pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) (Carryforward of Losses) of that Act), which, pursuant to the provisions of that Act, may be carried forward and deducted in sequence in calculating the amount of income for the following business year or subsequent business years, or may be used as the basis for calculating the amount of a refund pertaining to income for the previous business year or any earlier business year;
法人税法（昭和四十年法律第三十四号）に規定する欠損金額でその事業年度以前において生じたもの（同法第五十七条第二項（欠損金の繰越し）の規定により欠損金額とみなされたものを含む。）のうち、同法の規定により翌事業年度以後の事業年度分の所得の金額の計算上順次繰り越して控除し、又は前事業年度以前の事業年度分の所得に係る還付金の額の計算の基礎とすることができるもの
If there is an amount deducted through application of Article 21-12 (Special Deduction for Gift Tax under the Settlement at the Time of Inheritance Taxation) of the Inheritance Tax Act (Act No. 73 of 1950) pursuant to the provisions of that Article, the balance remaining after deducting the total of those amounts from 25 million yen.
相続税法（昭和二十五年法律第七十三号）第二十一条の十二（相続時精算課税に係る贈与税の特別控除）の規定により同条の規定の適用を受けて控除した金額がある場合における当該金額の合計額を二千五百万円から控除した残額
The payable tax amount;
納付すべき税額
The amount to be deducted from the calculation of the tax amount set forth in (d) or the tax amount to be used as the basis for the calculation of the amount of a refund;
ニの税額の計算上控除する金額又は還付金の額の計算の基礎となる税額
statutory tax return due date:the due date for filing a tax return under the provisions of the national tax laws; or
statutory payment due date: the due date for payment of a national tax under the provisions of the national tax laws (in the case of the national taxes listed below, the due date or the day specified respectively therein); in this case, the due date advanced as prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (2) (Advance Demand) and the due date extended by postponement of tax payment under the provisions of the Income Tax Act or the Inheritance Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as "postponement of tax payment"), extended under a tax payment grace period as prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (1) (Notice of Tax Payment Grace Period) or extended by a collection grace period or a delinquent tax collection procedure execution grace period are not to be regarded as the due date for payment of the national tax:
A national tax payable under the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (2) (Payment of National Tax using the Self-Assessment System): the due date for payment of the national tax where the provisions of the national tax laws are applied after deeming the amount of national tax to be the payable tax amount that was stated in the return filed by the due date in connection with the national tax;
A national tax (excluding a national tax which falls under the categories listed in (c) or (d)) for which notice of tax payment is given after a day designated as the due date for payment of the national tax pursuant to the provisions of the national tax laws:the due date;
国税に関する法律の規定により国税を納付すべき期限とされている日後に納税の告知がされた国税（ハ又はニに掲げる国税に該当するものを除く。） 当該期限
A national tax subject to the official assessment system that is to be collected immediately upon the occurrence of a certain event pursuant to the provisions of national tax laws:the day on which the event occurs;
国税に関する法律の規定により一定の事実が生じた場合に直ちに徴収するものとされている賦課課税方式による国税 当該事実が生じた日
Accessory tax: the due date for payment of the national tax which is the cause of the payment or collection of such accessory tax (if the national tax falls under any of the national tax categories listed in (a) through (c), the due date or day listed respectively in (a) through (c) which pertains to the national tax (in the case of penalty taxes for understatement and for failure to file as well as the heavy penalty tax prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (3), which pertains to land value tax, the earlier due date)).
taxable period: the period that serves as the basis for calculating the tax basis of a national tax under the provisions of the national tax laws (for consumption tax imposed on the taxable transfer, etc. of assets (meaning the taxable transfer, etc. of assets as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) (Definitions) of the Consumption Tax Act (Act No. 108 of 1988), excluding that which falls under the category of the transfer, etc. of specified assets as prescribed in item (viii)-2 of that paragraph; the same applies in Article 15, paragraph (2), item (vii) (Establishment of Tax Liability and Determination of the Payable Tax Amount)) and on specified taxable purchases (meaning specified taxable purchases as prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) (Taxpayers) of that Act; the same applies in that item) (hereinafter referred to as "consumption tax on the transfer, etc. of a taxable asset"), the taxable period prescribed in Article 19 (Taxable Period) of that Act);
課税期間 国税に関する法律の規定により国税の課税標準の計算の基礎となる期間（課税資産の譲渡等（消費税法（昭和六十三年法律第百八号）第二条第一項第九号（定義）に規定する課税資産の譲渡等をいい、同項第八号の二に規定する特定資産の譲渡等に該当するものを除く。第十五条第二項第七号（納税義務の成立及びその納付すべき税額の確定）において同じ。）及び特定課税仕入れ（同法第五条第一項（納税義務者）に規定する特定課税仕入れをいう。同号において同じ。）に課される消費税（以下「課税資産の譲渡等に係る消費税」という。）については、同法第十九条（課税期間）に規定する課税期間）をいう。
compulsory liquidation procedure: a delinquent tax collection procedure (including a disposition conducted in accordance with the rules for that procedure), compulsory execution, an auction for the exercise of a security interest, proceedings for the exercise of an enterprise mortgage, proceedings for the exercise of an enterprise value charge, and bankruptcy proceedings;
強制換価手続 滞納処分（その例による処分を含む。）、強制執行、担保権の実行としての競売、企業担保権の実行手続、企業価値担保権の実行手続及び破産手続をいう。
Article 3Application of This Act to Associations or Foundations without Legal Personality
第三条（人格のない社団等に対するこの法律の適用）
An association or foundation that is not a corporation and for which a representative or administrator has been designated (hereinafter referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality") is deemed to be a corporation, and the provisions of this Act apply to it.
法人でない社団又は財団で代表者又は管理人の定めがあるもの（以下「人格のない社団等」という。）は、法人とみなして、この法律の規定を適用する。
Article 4Relationship with Other National Tax Laws
第四条（他の国税に関する法律との関係）
Where other national tax laws contain special provisions on a matter prescribed in this Act, those provisions govern.
この法律に規定する事項で他の国税に関する法律に別段の定めがあるものは、その定めるところによる。
Section 2 Succession to the Obligation to Pay National Tax, etc.
第二節 国税の納付義務の承継等
Article 5Succession to the Obligation to Pay National Tax through Inheritance
第五条（相続による国税の納付義務の承継）
If an inheritance (including a testamentary gift by universal title; the same applies hereinafter) occurs, the heir (including a universal legatee; the same applies hereinafter) or the corporation referred to in Article 951 (Formation of a Corporation of Inherited Property) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896) succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax (including the expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure therefor; the same applies hereinafter, except in the following Chapter, Chapter III, Section 1 (Payment of National Tax), Chapter VI (Accessory Tax), Chapter VII, Section 1 (Time Limit for Reassessment and Determination, etc. of National Tax), Chapter VII-2 (Examination of National Tax), and Chapter XI (Investigation and Disposition of Criminal Tax Cases)) that should be imposed on the decedent (including a person who made a testamentary gift by universal title; the same applies hereinafter), or that the decedent should pay or that should be collected from the decedent. In this case, if the heir has made a qualified acceptance, that heir is liable to pay the national tax only to the extent of the property acquired through the inheritance.
相続（包括遺贈を含む。以下同じ。）があつた場合には、相続人（包括受遺者を含む。以下同じ。）又は民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第九百五十一条（相続財産法人の成立）の法人は、その被相続人（包括遺贈者を含む。以下同じ。）に課されるべき、又はその被相続人が納付し、若しくは徴収されるべき国税（その滞納処分費を含む。次章、第三章第一節（国税の納付）、第六章（附帯税）、第七章第一節（国税の更正、決定等の期間制限）、第七章の二（国税の調査）及び第十一章（犯則事件の調査及び処分）を除き、以下同じ。）を納める義務を承継する。この場合において、相続人が限定承認をしたときは、その相続人は、相続によつて得た財産の限度においてのみその国税を納付する責めに任ずる。
In the case referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, if there are two or more heirs, the amount of national tax to which each heir succeeds pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of that paragraph is the amount calculated by apportioning the amount of national tax referred to in that paragraph according to that heir's share in inheritance under the provisions of Articles 900 through 902 (Statutory Shares in Inheritance; Shares in Inheritance of Heirs by Representation; Designation of Shares in Inheritance by Will) of the Civil Code.
前項前段の場合において、相続人が二人以上あるときは、各相続人が同項前段の規定により承継する国税の額は、同項の国税の額を民法第九百条から第九百二条まで（法定相続分・代襲相続人の相続分・遺言による相続分の指定）の規定によるその相続分により按分して計算した額とする。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if any of the heirs has acquired through the inheritance property whose value exceeds the amount of national tax calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, that heir is liable to pay the national tax to which the other heirs succeed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, up to the amount of that excess value.
If corporations merge, the corporation surviving the merger or the corporation incorporated through the merger succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on the corporation that ceased to exist due to the merger (hereinafter referred to as the "merged corporation"), or that the merged corporation should pay or that should be collected from the merged corporation.
法人が合併した場合には、合併後存続する法人又は合併により設立した法人は、合併により消滅した法人（以下「被合併法人」という。）に課されるべき、又は被合併法人が納付し、若しくは徴収されるべき国税を納める義務を承継する。
第七条（人格のない社団等に係る国税の納付義務の承継）
If a corporation comprehensively succeeds to the rights and obligations belonging to the property of an association or foundation without legal personality, that corporation succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on the association or foundation without legal personality, or that the association or foundation without legal personality should pay or that should be collected from it (if the succession covers only part of those rights and obligations, national tax in the amount calculated by multiplying the amount of that national tax by the proportion of the property of the association or foundation without legal personality at the time of the succession that the property succeeded to by the corporation represents).
Article 7-2Succession to the Obligation to Pay National Tax Pertaining to a Trust
第七条の二（信託に係る国税の納付義務の承継）
If the duties of a trustee have ended due to any of the grounds set forth in the items of Article 56, paragraph (1) (Grounds for Termination of the Trustee's Duties) of the Trust Act (Act No. 108 of 2006) and a new trustee (hereinafter referred to as the "new trustee" in this paragraph and paragraph (6)) has assumed office, the new trustee succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on that trustee, or that the trustee should pay or that should be collected from the trustee (limited to national tax for which the obligation to pay constitutes an obligation covered by the trust property (meaning an obligation covered by the trust property as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9) (Definitions) of that Act; the same applies in Article 38, paragraph (1) (Advance Demand) and Article 57, paragraph (1) (Appropriation)); hereinafter the same applies in this Article).
In a trust with two or more trustees, if the duties of one of them have ended due to any of the grounds set forth in the items of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the Trust Act, then, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the trustee among the other trustees who has taken over the administration of trust affairs from the trustee whose duties have ended (hereinafter referred to as the "trustee whose duties have ended" in this paragraph and paragraph (5)) succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on the trustee whose duties have ended, or that the trustee whose duties have ended should pay or that should be collected from that trustee.
If the duties of a trustee have ended due to the ground set forth in Article 56, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Trust Act, the corporation prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1) (Vesting of Trust Property Where the Trustee's Duties Have Ended Due to the Trustee's Death) of that Act succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on that trustee, or that the trustee should pay or that should be collected from the trustee.
信託法第五十六条第一項第一号に掲げる事由により受託者の任務が終了した場合には、同法第七十四条第一項（受託者の死亡により任務が終了した場合の信託財産の帰属等）に規定する法人は、当該受託者に課されるべき、又は当該受託者が納付し、若しくは徴収されるべき国税を納める義務を承継する。
If a corporation that is a trustee has effected a company split, the corporation that has succeeded to the rights and obligations as trustee through the split succeeds to the obligation to pay the national tax that should be imposed on the corporation that is the trustee that effected the split, or that that corporation should pay or that should be collected from it.
受託者である法人が分割をした場合における分割により受託者としての権利義務を承継した法人は、当該分割をした受託者である法人に課されるべき、又は当該分割をした受託者である法人が納付し、若しくは徴収されるべき国税を納める義務を承継する。
Even if the obligation to pay national tax has been succeeded to pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), the trustee referred to in paragraph (1) or the trustee whose duties have ended is liable to perform the obligation to pay the national tax so succeeded to with its own property; provided, however, that this does not apply if, pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (2) (Scope of Obligations Covered by the Trust Property) of the Trust Act, it is liable to perform the obligation to pay that national tax only with property that belongs to the trust property.
If the new trustee has succeeded to the obligation to pay national tax pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it is liable to perform the obligation to pay the national tax so succeeded to only with property that belongs to the trust property.
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
national withholding taxmachine translation
「源泉徴収等による国税」
Income tax collected by withholding (源泉徴収) and the international tourist tax (国際観光旅客税) that international passenger carriers collect from departing travellers and pay to the State, not counting the accessory tax (附帯税) on them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
consumption tax, etc.machine translation
「消費税等」
Consumption tax, liquor tax, tobacco tax, gasoline tax, local gasoline tax, liquefied petroleum gas tax and petroleum and coal tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
accessory taxmachine translation
「附帯税」
The national taxes charged in addition to a tax: delinquent tax (延滞税), interest tax (利子税), and the penalty taxes for understatement, failure to file and non-payment, and the heavy penalty tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
taxpayermachine translation
「納税者」
A person liable under the national tax laws to pay a national tax, or to collect national withholding tax (源泉徴収等による国税) and pay it to the State, not counting secondary taxpayers (第二次納税義務者) under the National Tax Collection Act or guarantors of the tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
tax return
「納税申告書」
A return filed under the national tax laws for a self-assessed national tax (申告納税方式), stating the tax basis, the tax payable, losses carried forward or back, a refund or similar items, including a return filed to claim a refund.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
refundmachine translation
「還付金」
A refund of national tax due to a taxpayer under the national tax laws.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)
amount of net loss, etc.
「純損失等の金額」
The losses and allowances a tax return may carry forward or back: an individual's net loss or casualty loss under the income tax rules, a corporation's loss (欠損金額) under the corporation tax rules, and, for gift tax, what is left of the 25 million yen special deduction for gifts taxed together with inheritance, as listed in Article 2, item (vi)(c).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi), (c)
statutory tax return due date
「法定申告期限」
The deadline the national tax laws set for filing a tax return (including a deadline those laws treat as one, and, in some transitional provisions, the day a return claiming a refund is filed).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
postponement of tax paymentmachine translation
「延納」
Postponing payment of income tax or inheritance tax as the Income Tax Act or the Inheritance Tax Act allows; a deadline extended in this way does not count as the tax's statutory payment due date (法定納期限).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)
statutory payment due datemachine translation
「法定納期限」
The deadline the national tax laws set for paying a national tax, with special rules for tax on a late or amended return, tax notified after its deadline, tax collected at once when an event occurs, and accessory tax; a deadline that has been advanced, or extended by postponement or a grace period, does not count.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
specified taxable purchasemachine translation
「特定課税仕入れ」
In Article 2, item (ix) and Article 15, paragraph (2), item (vii), a specified taxable purchase as defined in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Consumption Tax Act: a taxable purchase (課税仕入れ) that is a specified purchase (特定仕入れ), meaning a service a business receives in the course of its business from a foreign business operator (国外事業者), either a service supplied over telecommunications lines that ordinarily only businesses receive, or a performance or other service a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies only in this provision and in Article 15, paragraph (2), item (vii)
taxable periodmachine translation
「課税期間」
The period on which the tax basis of a national tax is calculated under the national tax laws; for consumption tax on taxable transfers of assets and services, the taxable period under Article 19 of the Consumption Tax Act (for an individual business, the calendar year, and for a corporation, its business year, unless shortened).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
taxable transfer, etc. of assetsmachine translation
「課税資産の譲渡等」
In Article 2, item (ix) and Article 15, paragraph (2), item (vii), a taxable transfer, etc. of assets as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Consumption Tax Act — a transfer or lending of assets or provision of services for consideration in the course of business, other than those on which Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act imposes no consumption tax — but not a specified transfer, etc. of assets (特定資産の譲渡等: the provision of telecommunications services for businesses and of specified services) under item (viii-2) of that paragraph.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies only in this provision and in Article 15, paragraph (2), item (vii)
consumption tax on the transfer, etc. of a taxable assetmachine translation
「課税資産の譲渡等に係る消費税」
Consumption tax charged on transfers and leases of assets and supplies of services made as a business for payment that are not exempt (課税資産の譲渡等), other than specified supplies (特定資産の譲渡等), and on specified taxable purchases (特定課税仕入れ) — as distinct from the consumption tax on goods taken out of a bonded area.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)
compulsory liquidation proceduremachine translation
「強制換価手続」
Any procedure that sells a debtor's property by force: delinquent tax collection (滞納処分) and procedures run in the same way, compulsory execution, auction to enforce a security interest, enforcement of an enterprise mortgage (企業担保権) or of an enterprise value charge (企業価値担保権), and bankruptcy.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
association or foundation without legal personalitymachine translation
「人格のない社団等」
An association or foundation that is not a legal person but has a set representative or manager, which this Act treats as a corporation.
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1)
merged corporationmachine translation
「被合併法人」
A corporation that ceased to exist in a merger; the surviving or newly formed corporation takes over its national tax obligations.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)
obligation covered by the trust propertymachine translation
「信託財産責任負担債務」
In Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 38, paragraph (1) and Article 57, paragraph (1), an obligation covered by the trust property as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Trust Act: a debt that a trustee is liable to perform with the property belonging to the trust property (信託財産).
Defined inArticle 7-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 38, paragraph (1); and Article 57, paragraph (1)
new trusteemachine translation
「新受託者」
A new trustee who takes office after a trustee's duties end for one of the reasons in Article 56, paragraph (1) of the Trust Act; the new trustee inherits the obligation to pay national tax that is borne by the trust property, and pays it only out of the trust property.
Short name set inArticle 7-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 7-2, paragraph (6)
trustee whose duties have endedmachine translation
「任務終了受託者」
In a trust with two or more trustees, a trustee whose duties have ended for one of the reasons in Article 56, paragraph (1) of the Trust Act; the co-trustee who takes over the trust business inherits that trustee's national tax obligations.
Short name set inArticle 7-2, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 7-2, paragraph (5)