第二百九十八条(徴税吏員の市町村民税に関する調査に係る質問検査権)
Article 298Authority of Tax Collection Officials to Question and Inspect in Examinations Concerning Municipal Inhabitant Tax
A municipal tax collection official may, where necessary for an examination concerning the assessment and collection of municipal inhabitant tax, question the following persons, or inspect the books and documents relating to the business of the persons listed in items (i) to (iii) (including, where electronic or magnetic records (meaning records made in electronic form, magnetic form or any other form not perceivable by human senses and used for information processing by a computer) have been created or retained in lieu of the creation or retention of those books and documents, those electronic or magnetic records; the same applies in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of the following Article) and other articles, or request the presentation or submission of those articles (including copies thereof).
市町村の徴税吏員は、市町村民税の賦課徴収に関する調査のために必要がある場合においては、次に掲げる者に質問し、又は第一号から第三号までの者の事業に関する帳簿書類(その作成又は保存に代えて電磁的記録(電子的方式、磁気的方式その他の人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。)の作成又は保存がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。次条第一項第一号及び第二号において同じ。)その他の物件を検査し、若しくは当該物件(その写しを含む。)の提示若しくは提出を求めることができる。
a person liable for tax or a person found to have tax liability;
納税義務者又は納税義務があると認められる者
a person found to be under an obligation to provide money or goods to a person prescribed in the preceding item;
前号に規定する者に金銭又は物品を給付する義務があると認められる者
a person who is under an obligation to submit a salary payment report, and a special collection agent;
給与支払報告書を提出する義務がある者及び特別徴収義務者
a person, other than those listed in the preceding three items, who is found to be directly related to the assessment and collection of that municipal inhabitant tax.
前三号に掲げる者以外の者で当該市町村民税の賦課徴収に関し直接関係があると認められる者
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the tax collection official in question must carry an identification card certifying the official's status and present it when requested by a person concerned.
A municipal tax collection official may, as provided by Cabinet Order, retain the articles submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).
With regard to an investigation concerning the delinquent tax collection procedure relating to municipal inhabitant tax, notwithstanding paragraph (1), the matter is as provided in Article 331, paragraph (6).
市町村民税に係る滞納処分に関する調査については、第一項の規定にかかわらず、第三百三十一条第六項の定めるところによる。
The authority of a municipal tax collection official under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.