税務署長(第四十三条第一項ただし書、第三項若しくは第四項(国税の徴収の所轄庁)又は第四十四条第一項(更生手続等が開始した場合の徴収の所轄庁の特例)の規定により税関長又は国税局長が国税の徴収を行う場合には、その税関長又は国税局長。以下この章において「税務署長等」という。)は、震災、風水害、落雷、火災その他これらに類する災害により納税者がその財産につき相当な損失を受けた場合において、その者がその損失を受けた日以後一年以内に納付すべき国税で次に掲げるものがあるときは、政令で定めるところにより、その災害のやんだ日から二月以内にされたその者の申請に基づき、その納期限(納税の告知がされていない源泉徴収等による国税については、その法定納期限)から一年以内の期間(第三号に掲げる国税については、政令で定める期間)を限り、その国税の全部又は一部の納税を猶予することができる。
Where a taxpayer has suffered a considerable loss of property due to an earthquake, flood, wind, lightning, fire or any other similar disaster, if the taxpayer has any national tax that falls under any of the following which is payable within one year from the day on which they suffered such loss, the district director of the tax office (in cases where the director-general of a customs house or the regional commissioner of a Regional Taxation Bureau collects national taxes pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 43, paragraph (1), (3) or (4) (Competent Agency for Collection of National Taxes), or Article 44, paragraph (1) (Special Provisions on the Competent Agency for Collection When Reorganization Proceedings, etc. Have Commenced), the director-general or the regional commissioner; hereinafter referred to as the "district director of the tax office, etc." in this Chapter) may, based on an application filed by the taxpayer within two months from the day on which such disaster ended, grant a payment grace period for all or part of the national tax for up to one year from the due date for payment (in the case of a national withholding tax for which no notice of tax payment has been given, its statutory payment due date) (in the case of the national tax set forth in item (iii), the grace period is specified by Cabinet Order), as provided for by Cabinet Order: