Supplementary Provisions, Article 9Transitional Measures for Penalty Tax
第九条（加算税に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Chapter VI, Section 2 (Penalty Tax) apply to national tax for which the statutory tax return due date (for penalty tax for non-payment, the statutory payment due date, and for national tax that has neither of these due dates, the day specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) arrives after the enforcement of this Act, and the imposition of the amount of penalty tax for understatement, the amount of penalty tax for failure to file, the amount of light penalty tax, the amount of withholding penalty tax and the amount of heavy penalty tax pertaining to national tax for which the statutory tax return due date arrived before the enforcement of this Act is governed by the Former Tax Laws.
The amount of penalty tax for understatement, the amount of penalty tax for failure to file, the amount of light penalty tax, the amount of withholding penalty tax and the amount of heavy penalty tax to be collected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed to be penalty tax prescribed in Chapter VI, Section 2 for the purpose of applying the provisions of the laws concerning the collection of national taxes.
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
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
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
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)
Former Tax Lawsmachine translation
「従前の税法」
The national tax laws as they stood before this Act came into effect on 1 April 1962; things done under them for which this Act has an equivalent provision are treated as done under this Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)