Article 9-3Special Provisions on Withholding Tax Rates, etc. for Dividends and Similar Income on Listed Shares, etc.
第九条の三(上場株式等の配当等に係る源泉徴収税率等の特例)
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 170, Article 175, Article 179, Article 182, and Article 213 of the Income Tax Act, Article 8-3, paragraphs (2) and (3), and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article to dividends and similar income prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1) of that Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as "dividends and similar income") to be received on or after January 1, 2016 which are listed in the following items, the tax rate of 20 percent prescribed in Article 170, Article 175, item (ii), Article 179, item (i), Article 182, item (ii), and Article 213, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Act, Article 8-3, paragraph (2), item (ii), and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article is to be a tax rate of 15 percent:
dividends and similar income on shares, etc. listed in Article 37-11, paragraph (2), item (i), which are received by a person other than an individual who holds, as of the record date for the payment of the dividends and similar income paid by a domestic corporation (where the dividends and similar income pertain to those deemed to be a dividend of surplus, a dividend of profits, a distribution of surplus, or a distribution of monies pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Income Tax Act, the date specified by Cabinet Order), shares or capital contributions that account for 3 percent or more of the total number or the total amount of issued shares of or capital contributions to the domestic corporation (referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article as a "major shareholder, etc.");
第三十七条の十一第二項第一号に掲げる株式等の配当等で、内国法人から支払がされる当該配当等の支払に係る基準日(当該配当等が所得税法第二十五条第一項の規定により剰余金の配当、利益の配当、剰余金の分配又は金銭の分配とみなされるものに係る配当等である場合には、政令で定める日)においてその内国法人の発行済株式又は出資の総数又は総額の百分の三以上に相当する数又は金額の株式又は出資を有する個人(次条第一項において「大口株主等」という。)以外の者が支払を受けるもの
distributions of proceeds from any of the following investment trusts for which the public offering of beneficial rights at its establishment was conducted through a public offering (meaning a solicitation of offers to acquire as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act which is specified by Cabinet Order as falling under the case listed in item (i) of that paragraph) (excluding a specified stock investment trust):
次に掲げる投資信託でその設定に係る受益権の募集が公募(金融商品取引法第二条第三項に規定する取得勧誘のうち同項第一号に掲げる場合に該当するものとして政令で定めるものをいう。)により行われたもの(特定株式投資信託を除く。)の収益の分配
a securities investment trust other than a bond investment trust;
公社債投資信託以外の証券投資信託
an investment trust other than a securities investment trust (excluding a bond-based investment trust under public offering);
証券投資信託以外の投資信託(公募公社債等運用投資信託を除く。)
dividends and similar income on investment units of a specified investment corporation (meaning an investment corporation whose articles of incorporation provide that it will refund investment units at the request of its unitholders as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations, and for which the public offering of securities as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act with respect to its investment units at its incorporation was conducted through a solicitation of offers to acquire as prescribed in that paragraph which is specified by Cabinet Order as falling under the case listed in item (i) of that paragraph);
distributions of proceeds from a specified trust that issues beneficiary certificates (limited to one for which the public offering of beneficial rights acquired by the settlor at the time of conclusion of its trust contract was conducted through a public offering as prescribed in Article 8-4, paragraph (1), item (iv));
特定受益証券発行信託(その信託契約の締結時において委託者が取得する受益権の募集が第八条の四第一項第四号に規定する公募により行われたものに限る。)の収益の分配
dividends of surplus on bond-type beneficial interests in a special purpose trust (limited to one for which the public offering of bond-type beneficial interests held by the original entrustor at the time of conclusion of its trust contract was conducted through a public offering as prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
特定目的信託(その信託契約の締結時において原委託者が有する社債的受益権の募集が第八条の二第一項第二号に規定する公募により行われたものに限る。)の社債的受益権の剰余金の配当