法第二百二十一条第三項第一号から第三号まで(源泉徴収に係る所得税の徴収)に規定する政令で定める期間は、同条第二項第一号に規定する給与等、同項第二号に規定する退職手当等又は同項第三号に規定する報酬等の支払をした次の各号に掲げる者の区分に応じ当該各号に定める期間(その期間が明らかでないときは、その年の一月一日から十二月三十一日までの期間)とする。
The periods specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 221, paragraph (3), items (i) through (iii) (Collection of Withheld Income Taxes) of the Act are to be, according to the category of persons listed in the following items who have paid the salary or other wage prescribed in Article 221, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act, the severance pay and other such compensation prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph, or the remuneration or similar payments prescribed in item (iii) of that paragraph, the periods specified in those respective items (or, if the period is not clear, the period from January 1 to December 31 of that year).