In the case of a claim for a refund under Article 140, paragraph (1) or (5) (Claim to Be Issued a Refund Based on Carryback of Net Loss) of the Act, the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order as prescribed in Article 142, paragraph (1) (Procedure for Refund Based on Carryback of Net Loss) of the Act are the following matters:
the name, domicile (residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan) and individual number (for a person who has no individual number, the name and domicile (residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan); the same applies in item (i) of the following paragraph) of the person who submits the claim for a refund prescribed in Article 142, paragraph (1) of the Act, and, if the place of domicile (place of residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan) differs from the place for tax payment, that place for tax payment;
the amount of income tax pertaining to the gross income, the amount of retirement income or the amount of timber income for the year preceding the year in which the Net Loss pertaining to the written claim referred to in the preceding item arose;
the amount of Net Loss for which the person wishes to receive application of Article 140, paragraph (1) or (5) (Claim to Be Issued a Refund Based on Carryback of Net Loss) of the Act;
if the Blue Return pertaining to the written claim referred to in item (i) has been submitted after the deadline for its submission, and the person intends to submit that written claim, the details of the circumstances under which that Blue Return was not submitted by the deadline for its submission;
In the case of a claim for a refund under Article 141, paragraph (1) or (4) (Claim by an Heir to Be Issued a Refund Based on Carryback of Net Loss) of the Act, the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order as prescribed in Article 142, paragraph (1) of the Act are, in addition to the matters listed in the items of the preceding paragraph, the following matters:
一
各相続人の氏名、住所(国内に住所がない場合には、居所)及び個人番号並びに被相続人との続柄
the name, domicile (residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan) and individual number of each heir, and the relationship to the decedent;
二
法第百四十一条第一項又は第四項の規定の適用を受けようとする純損失の金額
the amount of Net Loss for which the person wishes to receive application of Article 141, paragraph (1) or (4) of the Act;
the name of the person who died as prescribed in Article 141, paragraph (1) or (4) of the Act and that person's domicile at the time of death (residence, if the person had no domicile in Japan), and, if the place of domicile (place of residence, if the person had no domicile in Japan) differs from the place for tax payment, that place for tax payment;
四
相続人が二人以上ある場合には、各相続人別の還付を受けようとする所得税の額
if there are two or more heirs, the amount of income tax for which each heir wishes to receive a refund;
In the case where the written claim under Article 273, paragraph (1) of the Order is submitted by the method set forth in the proviso to Article 273, paragraph (1) (Claim for Refund by Heirs, etc.) of the Order, the individual number of another heir whose name is to be added pursuant to the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article, among the matters listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, need not be entered in that written claim.
第三節 青色申告
第五十五条
(青色申告承認申請書の記載事項)Matters to Be Stated in a Written Application for Approval to File a Blue Return
The matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order as prescribed in Article 144 (Application for Approval to File a Blue Return) of the Act are the following matters:
the name and domicile (residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan) of the person who submits the written application prescribed in Article 144 of the Act, and, if the place of domicile (place of residence, if the person has no domicile in Japan) differs from the place for tax payment, that place for tax payment;
第五十五条第一項第二号(青色申告承認申請書の記載事項)
前号の申請書を提出した後最初に青色申告書を提出しようとする年
the year in which the person intends to submit a Blue Return for the first time after submitting the written application in the preceding item;
if, after the approval to submit a Blue Return was rescinded pursuant to Article 150, paragraph (1) (Rescission of Approval to File a Blue Return) of the Act, or after a written notification to the effect of ceasing to submit returns by Blue Return was submitted pursuant to Article 151, paragraph (1) (Discontinuation of Blue Returns) of the Act, the person intends to submit the written application in item (i) again, the date on which the person received the notice under Article 150, paragraph (2) of the Act pertaining to the rescission, or the date on which the person submitted the written notification of discontinuation;
if the person has newly commenced, on or after January 16 of that year, the business prescribed in Article 143 (Blue Returns) of the Act, the date of commencement;
第五十五条第一項第三号(青色申告承認申請書の記載事項)
その他参考となるべき事項
any other matters for reference.
第五十六条
(青色申告者の備え付けるべき帳簿書類)Books and Documents to Be Kept by Blue-Return Filers
A blue-return filer (meaning a Resident who has received the approval under Article 143 (Blue Returns) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Section) must, with respect to the books and documents to be kept for the business that generates real property income, business income or timber income pursuant to Article 148, paragraph (1) (Books and Documents of Blue Return Taxpayers) of the Act, comply with the provisions of the following Article through Article 64 (Keeping of Books and Documents by Blue-Return Filers, etc.); provided, however, that for those books and documents, the blue-return filer may follow the simple recording method and matters to be recorded prescribed by the Minister of Finance in lieu of what is provided for in the provisions of the following Article through Article 59 (Books and Documents of Blue-Return Filers), Article 61 (Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement) and Article 64 (Omission or Alteration of Matters to Be Stated in Books and Documents, etc.).
A blue-return filer to whom Article 67, paragraph (1) (Periods to Which Revenue and Expenses of Small Enterprises and Similar Businesses Are Attributed) of the Act applies is not required, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, to take a physical count of Inventory pursuant to Article 60 (Settlement of Accounts).
第三項
財務大臣は、第一項ただし書の定めをしたときは、これを告示する。
When the Minister of Finance has made the determination under the proviso to paragraph (1), the Minister of Finance is to give public notice thereof.
A blue-return filer must, so that the amount of real property income, the amount of business income and the amount of timber income for the year for which the blue-return filer can file a Blue Return can be accurately calculated, record all transactions that affect the assets, liabilities and capital set forth in the following items (hereinafter referred to as "transactions" in this Section) in an orderly and clear manner in accordance with the principles of regular bookkeeping, and must prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement based on those records:
with respect to real property income, the assets, liabilities and capital pertaining to the leasing, which is to give rise to that real property income, of real estate and other such property prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) (Real Property Income) of the Act;
二
事業所得については、その事業所得を生ずべき事業に係る資産、負債及び資本
with respect to business income, the assets, liabilities and capital pertaining to the business that is to give rise to that business income;
三
山林所得については、その山林所得を生ずべき業務に係る資産、負債及び資本
with respect to timber income, the assets, liabilities and capital pertaining to the operations that are to give rise to that timber income.
A blue-return filer must record, each time they occur, those transactions that include revenue or expenditure not included in gross revenue or necessary expenses pertaining to business income, real property income and timber income, excluding the amount of the portion not included in that gross revenue or those necessary expenses; provided, however, that those that are difficult to classify and organize each time may be classified and organized collectively at the end of the year.
第五十八条
(取引に関する帳簿及び記載事項)Books and Entries Related to Transactions
A blue-return filer must keep a book in which all transactions are entered as journal entries by debit and credit (referred to as the "journal" in the following Article), a book in which all transactions are classified and calculated by type of account title (referred to as the "general ledger" in the following Article), and other necessary books, and must enter in them the matters concerning transactions that the Minister of Finance specifies.
第二項
財務大臣は、前項の定めをしたときは、これを告示する。
When the Minister of Finance has made the specification referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister issues public notice of it.
第五十九条
(仕訳帳及び総勘定元帳の記載方法)Method of Entry in the Journal and General Ledger
A blue-return filer must enter in the journal, in the order in which transactions occur, the date, content, account title and amount of each transaction.