A tax return must be filed with the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment of the national tax at the time of its filing (hereinafter referred to as the "current place for tax payment" in this Article).
所得税、法人税、地方法人税、相続税、贈与税、地価税、課税資産の譲渡等に係る消費税又は電源開発促進税に係る納税申告書については、当該申告書に係る課税期間が開始した時（課税期間のない国税については、その納税義務の成立の時）以後にその納税地に異動があつた場合において、納税者が当該異動に係る納税地を所轄する税務署長で現在の納税地を所轄する税務署長以外のものに対し当該申告書を提出したときは、その提出を受けた税務署長は、当該申告書を受理することができる。この場合においては、当該申告書は、現在の納税地を所轄する税務署長に提出されたものとみなす。
With regard to a tax return for income tax, corporation tax, local corporation tax, inheritance tax, gift tax, land value tax, consumption tax on the transfer, etc. of a taxable asset, or tax for promotion of power-resources development, if the place for tax payment has changed on or after the time when the taxable period to which the return pertains commenced (for a national tax without a taxable period, the time when its tax liability was established), and the taxpayer has filed the return with the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over a place for tax payment involved in that change, other than the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the current place for tax payment, the district director of the tax office with whom the return was filed may accept the return. In this case, the return is deemed to have been filed with the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the current place for tax payment.
The district director of the tax office who has accepted a tax return referred to in the preceding paragraph must send the return to the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the current place for tax payment, and notify the person who filed it to that effect.
保税地域からの引取りに係る消費税等で申告納税方式によるもの（以下「輸入品に係る申告消費税等」という。）についての納税申告書は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該消費税等の納税地を所轄する税関長に提出しなければならない。この場合においては、第十七条から第十九条まで（納税申告）の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「税務署長」とあるのは、「税関長」とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a tax return for consumption tax, etc. on goods received from a bonded area that is subject to the self-assessment system (hereinafter referred to as "self-assessed consumption tax, etc. on imported goods") must be filed with the director-general of the customs house with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment of that consumption tax, etc. In this case, for the purpose of applying the provisions of Articles 17 through 19 (Tax Returns), the term "district director of the tax office" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "director-general of the customs house".