Article 71Special Provisions on Time Limits for Determination and Reassessment of National Tax
第七十一条(国税の更正、決定等の期間制限の特例)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, a reassessment or determination, etc. under the following items may be carried out within the period specified in the items if the day on which such period expires comes after the lapse of the period during which a reassessment or determination, etc. may be carried out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article:
a reassessment or determination, etc. of national tax of a person who has received a National Tax Tribunal decision, a taxation agency determination or a judicial decision (hereinafter referred to as a "decision, etc." in this item) in an appeal against or action for a reassessment or determination, etc. of a national tax for which the tax basis, etc. or tax amount will change upon the change to the original disposition by such decision, etc. or upon the reassessment based on a request for reassessment (limited to national tax falling under the tax item which applies to the national tax to which the decision, etc. or reassessment pertains):six months from the day on which the decision, etc. or reassessment was made; or
a reassessment to be carried out with regard to a national tax subject to the self-assessment system due to the fact that economic benefits arising from an invalid act included among the facts used as the basis for the calculation of the tax have been lost due to the invalidity of the act, or that an act that was voidable but included among these facts has been rescinded, or for other similar reasons specified by Cabinet Order (limited to a reassessment to decrease the payable tax amount, or a reassessment to increase the amount of net loss, etc. arising during the taxable period concerned or the amount of a refund, or a reassessment made on the assumption of the existence of these amounts), or an assessment and determination to be made with regard to a penalty tax on such national tax upon such reassessment: three years from the day on which the event constituting the reason occurred;
a reassessment pertaining to a request for reassessment in the case where the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) (Special Provisions for Computation of Periods and Due Dates) or Article 11 (Extension of Due Dates due to Disasters, etc.) apply to the due date by which the request for reassessment may be made, or an assessment and determination with regard to penalty tax to be imposed upon that reassessment: six months from the day on which the request for reassessment was made; or
a reassessment or determination, etc. carried out based on the event listed in (b) where the event listed in (a) has occurred: three years from the day on which the document pertaining to the request referred to in (b) was sent to the treaty partner under the tax treaty, etc. referred to in (b).
the fact that, where the relevant official of the National Tax Agency, a Regional Taxation Bureau or a tax office has requested a taxpayer to present or submit documents (including, where an electronic or magnetic record has been prepared or retained in lieu of the preparation or retention of the documents, that electronic or magnetic record) or copies thereof relating to overseas transactions (meaning sales of assets, purchases of assets, provision of services or other transactions conducted with a nonresident (meaning a nonresident as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) (Definitions) of the Income Tax Act; the same applies in (a)) or a foreign corporation (meaning a foreign corporation as prescribed in Article 2, item (iv) (Definitions) of the Corporation Tax Act; the same applies in (a)), or sales of assets, purchases of assets, provision of services or other transactions conducted by using a venue provided by a nonresident or a foreign corporation) or overseas assets (meaning the property prescribed in Article 20-2 (Deduction of the Amount of Inheritance Tax for Overseas Property) of the Inheritance Tax Act) pertaining to the national tax, the documents or copies were not presented or submitted by the day designated by the relevant official within a period not exceeding 60 days from the day on which the presentation or submission was requested, by taking into consideration the number of days normally required for their preparation (excluding the case where there are no grounds attributable to the taxpayer);
国税庁、国税局又は税務署の当該職員が納税者にその国税に係る国外取引(非居住者(所得税法第二条第一項第五号(定義)に規定する非居住者をいう。イにおいて同じ。)若しくは外国法人(法人税法第二条第四号(定義)に規定する外国法人をいう。イにおいて同じ。)との間で行う資産の販売、資産の購入、役務の提供その他の取引又は非居住者若しくは外国法人が提供する場を利用して行われる資産の販売、資産の購入、役務の提供その他の取引をいう。)又は国外財産(相続税法第二十条の二(在外財産に対する相続税額の控除)に規定する財産をいう。)に関する書類(その作成又は保存に代えて電磁的記録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。)又はその写しの提示又は提出を求めた場合において、その提示又は提出を求めた日から六十日を超えない範囲内においてその準備に通常要する日数を勘案して当該職員が指定する日までにその提示又は提出がなかつたこと(当該納税者の責めに帰すべき事由がない場合を除く。)。
the fact that, where the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (including a person delegated by the Commissioner) has, pursuant to the provisions of a tax treaty, etc., requested the treaty partner under that tax treaty, etc. to provide information on the overseas transactions or overseas assets referred to in (a) (excluding the case where the request was made on or after the day six months before the day on which a reassessment or determination, etc. can no longer be carried out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, and limited to the case where the taxpayer referred to in (a) was notified that the request had been made within three months from the day on which the request was made), an error is found with regard to the tax basis, etc. or tax amount, etc. of the national tax in light of the information provided by the treaty partner.
The person who has received the decision, etc. or reassessment prescribed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph is to include, if that person is a split corporation, etc. (meaning a split corporation prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-2 of the Corporation Tax Act, a corporation making an in-kind contribution prescribed in item (xii)-4 of that Article, a corporation making a distribution in kind prescribed in item (xii)-5-2 of that Article, or a corporation that has transferred assets subject to adjustment of transfer gains or losses prescribed in Article 61-11, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) in a corporate split, etc. (meaning a corporate split, an in-kind contribution, a distribution in kind prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-5-2 of the Corporation Tax Act, or a transfer of assets subject to adjustment of transfer gains or losses prescribed in Article 61-11, paragraph (1) (Gains or Losses from Transactions between Corporations with Wholly Controlling Relationships) of that Act to which the provisions of that paragraph apply; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), the successor corporation in a split, etc. (meaning a successor corporation in a split prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-3 of that Act, a corporation receiving an in-kind contribution prescribed in item (xii)-5 of that Article, a corporation receiving a distribution in kind prescribed in item (xii)-5-3 of that Article, or a transferee corporation prescribed in Article 61-11, paragraph (2) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) in that corporate split, etc.; is to include, if that person is a successor corporation in a split, etc. in a corporate split, etc., the split corporation, etc. in that corporate split, etc.; and is to include, if that person is a group tax sharing corporation prescribed in Article 2, item (xii)-7-2 of that Act (referred to as a "group tax sharing corporation" in this paragraph and in Article 74-2, paragraph (4) (Right of Officials to Ask Questions and Conduct Inspections in Examinations Concerning Income Tax, etc.)), any other group tax sharing corporation.
前項第一号に規定する当該裁決等又は更正を受けた者には、当該受けた者が分割等(分割、現物出資、法人税法第二条第十二号の五の二に規定する現物分配又は同法第六十一条の十一第一項(完全支配関係がある法人の間の取引の損益)の規定の適用を受ける同項に規定する譲渡損益調整資産の譲渡をいう。以下この項において同じ。)に係る分割法人等(同法第二条第十二号の二に規定する分割法人、同条第十二号の四に規定する現物出資法人、同条第十二号の五の二に規定する現物分配法人又は同法第六十一条の十一第一項に規定する譲渡損益調整資産を譲渡した法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。)である場合には当該分割等に係る分割承継法人等(同法第二条第十二号の三に規定する分割承継法人、同条第十二号の五に規定する被現物出資法人、同条第十二号の五の三に規定する被現物分配法人又は同法第六十一条の十一第二項に規定する譲受法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。)を含むものとし、当該受けた者が分割等に係る分割承継法人等である場合には当該分割等に係る分割法人等を含むものとし、当該受けた者が同法第二条第十二号の七の二に規定する通算法人(以下この項及び第七十四条の二第四項(当該職員の所得税等に関する調査に係る質問検査権)において「通算法人」という。)である場合には他の通算法人を含むものとする。
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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, 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
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)
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
tax amount, etc.machine translation
「税額等」
The tax amounts in a tax return listed in Article 2, item (vi)(d) to (f): the tax payable, the tax equal to a refund, and the amounts deducted or used in calculating them.
Defined inArticle 19, paragraph (1)
tax basis, etc.machine translation
「課税標準等」
The items of a tax return listed in Article 2, item (vi)(a) to (c): the tax basis, the amounts deducted from it, and the amount of net loss, etc. (純損失等の金額).
Defined inArticle 19, paragraph (1)
request for reassessmentmachine translation
「更正の請求」
A request to the tax office director (税務署長) to reassess (更正) the tax base or tax amount in a tax return, made under Article 23, paragraph (1) — within five years of the statutory tax return due date (ten years in one case for corporation tax) where the return overstated the tax or understated a loss or refund — or, on the grounds in paragraph (2), such as a court judgment or another person's reassessment showing the figures were wrong, within two months of that event, when a person whose tax was fixed by a determination (決定) may also make it.
Short name set inArticle 23, paragraph (2)
reassessmentmachine translation
「更正」
From Article 29 to Article 72, a reassessment under Article 24 or Article 26: the tax office director's (税務署長) correction, based on an investigation, of the tax base or tax amount stated in a tax return, or of one set by an earlier reassessment or determination (決定).
Short name set inArticle 29, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Articles 29 to 72
assessment and determination
「賦課決定」
A determination by the tax office director under Article 32 fixing the tax basis and the tax payable for a national tax assessed by the tax office (賦課課税方式), such as a penalty tax.
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (5)
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 34-6, paragraph (3)
treaty partnermachine translation
「相手国等」
The other country or party to a tax treaty, etc. (租税条約等) — a tax treaty or another international agreement of Japan's on exchanging tax information or on help with collecting tax or serving documents — as defined in Article 2, item (iii) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc.
Defined inArticle 46, paragraph (6)
tax treaty, etc.machine translation
「租税条約等」
In Article 46, paragraph (6), Article 63, paragraph (5) and Article 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), the tax treaties (租税条約) Japan has concluded to avoid double taxation of income or prevent tax evasion, together with Japan's other international agreements that provide for exchanging information on the assessment or collection of taxes, assisting in collecting taxes or preserving property for their collection, or assisting in serving tax documents, as defined in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc. (Act No. 46 of 1969).
Defined inArticle 46, paragraph (6)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 63, paragraph (5); and Article 71, paragraph (1), item (iv)
reassessment or determination, etc.
「更正決定等」
A reassessment (更正), a determination (決定) under Article 25, or an assessment and determination (賦課決定) — the ways a tax office fixes or corrects the amount of tax payable.
Short name set inArticle 58, paragraph (1), item (i), (a)
penalty tax
「加算税」
The four penalty taxes charged on top of a tax — for understatement (過少申告加算税), for failure to file (無申告加算税), for non-payment (不納付加算税), and the heavy penalty tax (重加算税) — each of which counts as a national tax of the same tax item as the tax it is calculated on.
Short name set inArticle 69, paragraph (1)
decision, etc.
「裁決等」
In Article 71, paragraph (1), item (i), a decision on an appeal (裁決 or 決定) or a court judgment (判決) concerning a reassessment or determination, etc. (更正決定等).
Short name set inArticle 71, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this item
foreign corporationmachine translation
「外国法人」
In Article 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a), a foreign corporation as defined in Article 2, item (iv) of the Corporation Tax Act: a corporation other than a domestic corporation (内国法人), that is, one with neither its head office nor its principal office in Japan.
Defined inArticle 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a)· applies only in this provision
nonresidentmachine translation
「非居住者」
In Article 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a), a nonresident as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Income Tax Act: an individual who is not a resident (居住者), that is, who neither has a domicile (住所) in Japan nor has had a residence (居所) there continuously for one year or more up to now.
Defined inArticle 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a)· applies only in this provision
successor corporation in a split, etc.machine translation
「分割承継法人等」
In Article 71, paragraph (2), the corporation on the receiving side of a corporate split, etc. (分割等): one that received assets or liabilities in a company split, received assets as an in-kind contribution or an in-kind distribution, or bought from a wholly controlled group company an asset whose gain or loss on transfer is deferred — each as the Corporation Tax Act defines it.
Defined inArticle 71, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph
split corporation, etc.machine translation
「分割法人等」
In Article 71, paragraph (2), the corporation on the giving side of a corporate split, etc. (分割等): one that transferred assets or liabilities in a company split, transferred assets as an in-kind contribution or an in-kind distribution, or sold to a wholly controlled group company an asset whose gain or loss on transfer is deferred — each as the Corporation Tax Act defines it.
Defined inArticle 71, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph
corporate split, etc.machine translation
「分割等」
A company split, an in-kind contribution, an in-kind distribution (a corporation handing its shareholders assets other than money, for example as a dividend or on winding up) or a sale between wholly controlled group companies of an asset whose gain or loss on transfer is deferred under the Corporation Tax Act, listed in Article 71, paragraph (2) so that the special time limits of paragraph (1) reach the corporations on both sides; the supplementary provisions of Act No. 6 of 2001 apply that rule to those made on or after 1 April 2001.
Defined inArticle 71, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph
group tax sharing corporationmachine translation
「通算法人」
A group tax sharing corporation as defined in Article 2, item (xii)-7-2 of the Corporation Tax Act: a parent corporation (通算親法人), or a domestic corporation wholly controlled by it (通算子法人), that has the approval of the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (国税庁長官) under Article 64-9, paragraph (1) of that Act to be taxed under the group tax sharing rules.
Short name set inArticle 71, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 74-2, paragraph (4)
Commissioner of the National Tax Agency
国税庁長官
The head of the National Tax Agency (国税庁), the agency within the Ministry of Finance that assesses and collects national taxes (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Articles 18 and 19). The Commissioner issues circulars (通達) setting out how the tax laws are read, and the National Tax Tribunal must tell the Commissioner beforehand when it will decide a case on a different reading (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Article 99, paragraph (1)). An objection to a decision the Commissioner made is a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Arts. 18, 19 and Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 75, 99 as a reference.
rescission
取消し
Undoing a legal act, such as an offer or acceptance of a contract (意思表示, a manifestation of intention), that the law says may be rescinded: for example one made through an important mistake, though a mistake about the circumstances behind the act only if it had been made clear that they were its basis, and as a rule not where the person was grossly careless (Civil Code, Article 95), or one made under fraud or duress, though fraud by a third party only if the other party knew of it or could have known (Article 96), or one a minor made without the consent of their legal representative (Article 5, paragraph (2)). Once rescinded, the act is treated as void from the start (Article 121). Only the person who made it, their representative or successor, or someone whose consent it needed may rescind it (Article 120). The right is lost if not used within five years from when the act could be confirmed — once the mistake, fraud or other cause has ended and the person knows they can rescind (Article 124) — or twenty years from the act (Article 126). It is lost sooner if the person confirms the act, and once it could be confirmed, performing it or demanding performance without reserving objections counts as confirming it (Articles 122 and 125). The Consumer Contract Act adds grounds of its own, such as a business telling the consumer something untrue about an important matter when soliciting the contract, where the consumer believed it and made the contract because of it (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), and gives most of them a shorter time: one year from when the act could be confirmed, and five years from the contract (Article 7, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 5, 95, 96, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126 and Consumer Contract Act, Arts. 4, 7 as a reference.
void
無効
Having no legal effect from the start. A void act does not take effect even if the parties later confirm it; confirming it knowing it is void counts as making a new act (Civil Code, Article 119). An act against public order or good morals is void (Article 90). Some Acts that protect one side make void a term that takes that protection away: a term of a land lease that is worse for the tenant than the Act on Land and Building Leases' rules on how long the lease lasts and how it is renewed (Article 9), a clause of a consumer contract that frees a business from all liability for damage its failure to perform causes the consumer (Consumer Contract Act, Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), or the part of a labor contract that falls short of the Labor Standards Act's standards, which the Act's standard replaces (Labor Standards Act, Article 13).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 90, 119, Act on Land and Building Leases, Art. 9, Consumer Contract Act, Art. 8 and Labor Standards Act, Art. 13 as a reference.