国税を納付しようとする者は、その税額に相当する金銭に納付書(納税告知書の送達を受けた場合には、納税告知書)を添えて、これを日本銀行(国税の収納を行う代理店を含む。)又はその国税の収納を行う税務署の職員に納付しなければならない。ただし、証券をもつてする歳入納付に関する法律(大正五年法律第十号)の定めるところにより証券で納付すること又は財務省令で定めるところによりあらかじめ税務署長に届け出た場合に財務省令で定める方法(次項において「特定納付方法」という。)により納付すること(自動車重量税(自動車重量税法(昭和四十六年法律第八十九号)第十四条(税務署長による徴収)の規定により税務署長が徴収するものとされているものを除く。)又は登録免許税(登録免許税法(昭和四十二年法律第三十五号)第二十九条(税務署長による徴収)の規定により税務署長が徴収するものとされているものを除く。)の納付にあつては、自動車重量税法第十条の二(電子情報処理組織を使用する方法等による納付の特例)又は登録免許税法第二十四条の二(電子情報処理組織を使用する方法等による納付の特例)に規定する財務省令で定める方法により納付すること)を妨げない。
A person who intends to pay a national tax must pay money equivalent to the tax amount, together with a payment slip (or, if the person has been served with a written notice of tax payment, that written notice of tax payment), to the Bank of Japan (including its agencies that receive national taxes) or to an official of the tax office that receives the national tax; provided, however, that this does not preclude payment by securities as provided for in the Act on Payment of Revenue by Securities (Act No. 10 of 1916), or, where the person has notified the district director of the tax office in advance as provided for by Ministry of Finance Order, payment by a method specified by Ministry of Finance Order (referred to as a "specified payment method" in the following paragraph) (for the payment of motor vehicle tonnage tax (excluding that which is to be collected by the district director of the tax office under the provisions of Article 14 (Collection by District Director of Tax Office) of the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act (Act No. 89 of 1971)) or registration and license tax (excluding that which is to be collected by the district director of the tax office under the provisions of Article 29 (Collection by District Director of Tax Office) of the Registration and License Tax Act (Act No. 35 of 1967)), payment by the method specified by Ministry of Finance Order prescribed in Article 10-2 (Special Provisions on Payment by Method Using Electronic Data Processing System, etc.) of the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act or Article 24-2 (Special Provisions on Payment by Method Using Electronic Data Processing System, etc.) of the Registration and License Tax Act).