Article 39Special Provisions for Collection of Consumption Tax, etc. in Case of Compulsory Liquidation

①Where an article subject to consumption tax, etc. (excluding consumption tax; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) has been liquidated through a compulsory liquidation procedure, if tax liability for consumption tax, etc. (including the expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure thereof; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, the following paragraph and Article 43, paragraph (1) (Competent Agency for Collection of National Taxes)) is established for the article under the provisions of the national tax laws, the district director of the tax office may collect that consumption tax, etc. out of the proceeds of its sale.

②When collecting consumption tax, etc. under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the district director of the tax office must notify the enforcement agency (meaning the enforcement agency prescribed in Article 2 (Definitions) of the National Tax Collection Act; the same applies hereinafter) and the taxpayer in advance of the tax amount to be collected under that paragraph and other necessary matters.

③Where the notice under the preceding paragraph has been given, if the liquidation referred to in paragraph (1) has been carried out, consumption tax, etc. equivalent to the tax amount in the notice is deemed to have been determined for the taxpayer by a determination under the provisions of Article 25 (Determination), and the notice to the enforcement agency is deemed to be a request for share distribution prescribed in the National Tax Collection Act (hereinafter referred to as a "request for share distribution").