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In force since 1 November 2026

Act on General Rules for National Taxes

国税通則法(こくぜいつうそくほう)

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Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc.

所得税法等の一部を改正する法律

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The same amending law also changes

  • 1 April 2025 — Consumption Tax Act
  • 1 April 2025 — Corporation Tax Act
  • 1 April 2025 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 April 2025 — Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures
  • 1 April 2025 — National Tax Collection Act
  • 1 April 2025 — This law
  • 1 April 2025 — Act on Special Measures for Securing the Financial Resources Necessary to Implement Measures for Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • 1 April 2025 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 May 2025 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 October 2025 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 21 November 2025 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 December 2025 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 December 2025 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 18 December 2025 — Corporation Tax Act
  • 18 December 2025 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 January 2026 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 January 2026 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 April 2026 — Corporation Tax Act
  • 1 April 2026 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 April 2026 — National Tax Collection Act
  • 1 April 2026 — This law
  • 1 April 2026 — Act on Special Measures for Securing the Financial Resources Necessary to Implement Measures for Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • 1 April 2026 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 October 2026 — Consumption Tax Act
  • 1 October 2026 — Corporation Tax Act
  • 1 October 2026 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 November 2026 — Consumption Tax Act
  • 1 November 2026 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
  • 1 January 2027 — Consumption Tax Act
  • 1 January 2027 — Income Tax Act
  • 1 January 2027 — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

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Article 33 · Competent Agency for Assessment and Determination, etc.第三十三条(賦課決定の所轄庁等)

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  • ChangedArticle 33, paragraph (4)

    Where the director-general of the customs house makes an assessment and determination under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the assessment and determination concerns consumption tax to be collected immediately under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3)(6) (Tax Exemption for Transfer of Export Goods at Export Goods Retail Shops) of the Consumption Tax Act, or in any other case specified by Cabinet Order, the director-general may have the relevant official give notice of the assessment and determination orally, in lieu of serving the written notice of assessment and determination or written notice of tax payment under the provisions of paragraph (3) or (4) of the preceding Article as applied following the replacement of terms under the preceding paragraph.

    前項の規定により税関長が賦課決定を行う場合において、当該賦課決定が消費税法第八条第三項第六項(輸出物品販売場における輸出物品の譲渡に係る免税)の規定により直ちに徴収する消費税に係るものであるときその他政令で定めるときは、前項の規定により読み替えて適用される前条第三項又は第四項の規定による賦課決定通知書又は納税告知書の送達に代え、当該職員に口頭で当該賦課決定の通知をさせることができる。

Article 74-2 · Right of Officials to Ask Questions and Conduct Inspections in Examinations Concerning Income Tax, etc.第七十四条の二(当該職員の所得税等に関する調査に係る質問検査権)

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  • ChangedArticle 74-2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a)

    a person who receives taxable goods from a bonded area, or a person found to have purchased export goods by the method specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Consumption Tax Act;

    課税貨物を保税地域から引き取る者又は輸出物品を消費税法第八条第一項に規定する政令で定める方法により購入したと認められる者