The net interest paid for each business year in Article 72-14 is the amount obtained by deducting from the total amount of the amounts of interest paid for each business year (limited to those that are included in the amount of deductible expenses in calculating the income for corporation tax for that business year (excluding those specified by Cabinet Order), and those that are specified by Cabinet Order and paid in that business year) the total amount of the amounts of interest received for each business year (limited to those that are included in the amount of gross profits in calculating the income for corporation tax for that business year), up to the limit of the former total amount.
The interest paid in the preceding paragraph means interest on debts that a corporation pays in each business year (including those specified by Cabinet Order as similar thereto).
The interest received in paragraph (1) means interest that a corporation receives in each business year (including those specified by Cabinet Order as similar thereto).
定義第七十二条の十三第一項・この節の中だけ
法令、定款、寄附行為、規則若しくは規約に定める事業年度その他これに準ずる期間又は次項若しくは第三項に規定する期間
わかりやすく言うと
事業税でいう事業年度で、法令や定款などで定める事業年度などの期間のことです。定めがない法人は法人税法により政府に届け出たか政府が指定した期間、届出をしなかった人格のない社団等は原則としてその年の一月一日から十二月三十一日までです。