Article 9-2Joint and Several Obligation to Pay upon a Judgment Invalidating a Merger, etc. of a Corporation
第九条の二(法人の合併等の無効判決に係る連帯納付義務)
If a judgment invalidating a merger or a company split (hereinafter referred to as a "merger, etc." in this Article) has become final and binding, the corporation that effected the merger, etc. is jointly and severally obligated to pay the national tax (including its accessory tax) of the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated through the merger, or the corporation that succeeded to a business through the split, for which the tax liability (meaning the tax liability prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) (Establishment of Tax Liability and Determination of the Payable Tax Amount); the same applies in the following Article) was established on or after the date of the merger, etc.
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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
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
merger, etc.machine translation
「合併等」
In Article 9-2, a merger or company split; if a court judgment that it is void becomes final, the corporations that carried it out are jointly liable for the national taxes that arose for the surviving, new or succeeding corporation from the day of the merger or split.
Short name set inArticle 9-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
tax liabilitymachine translation
「納税義務」
The obligation to pay a national tax — or, for national withholding tax (源泉徴収等による国税), to collect it and pay it to the State.
Defined inArticle 9-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 9-3