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Article 1-4Persons Liable for Gift Tax

第一条の四(贈与税の納税義務者)

A person set forth in any of the following items is under an obligation to pay gift tax pursuant to this Act:

次の各号のいずれかに掲げる者は、この法律により、贈与税を納める義務がある。

any of the following persons who has acquired property by gift and who had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at the time of acquiring that property:

贈与により財産を取得した次に掲げる者であつて、当該財産を取得した時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有するもの

an individual who is not a temporary resident;

一時居住者でない個人

an individual who is a temporary resident (excluding the case where the person who made that gift is a foreign donor or a nonresident donor);

一時居住者である個人(当該贈与をした者が外国人贈与者又は非居住贈与者である場合を除く。)

any of the following persons who has acquired property by gift and who did not have a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at the time of acquiring that property:

贈与により財産を取得した次に掲げる者であつて、当該財産を取得した時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有しないもの

an individual who holds Japanese nationality and who falls under any of the following:

日本国籍を有する個人であつて次に掲げるもの

a person who has had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before that gift;

当該贈与前十年以内のいずれかの時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがあるもの

a person who has not had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before that gift (excluding the case where the person who made that gift is a foreign donor or a nonresident donor);

当該贈与前十年以内のいずれの時においてもこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがないもの(当該贈与をした者が外国人贈与者又は非居住贈与者である場合を除く。)

an individual who does not hold Japanese nationality (excluding the case where the person who made that gift is a foreign donor or a nonresident donor);

日本国籍を有しない個人(当該贈与をした者が外国人贈与者又は非居住贈与者である場合を除く。)

an individual who has acquired property located in the area where this Act is enforced by gift and who had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at the time of acquiring that property (excluding the persons set forth in item (i));

贈与によりこの法律の施行地にある財産を取得した個人で当該財産を取得した時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有するもの(第一号に掲げる者を除く。)

an individual who has acquired property located in the area where this Act is enforced by gift and who did not have a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at the time of acquiring that property (excluding the persons set forth in item (ii)).

贈与によりこの法律の施行地にある財産を取得した個人で当該財産を取得した時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有しないもの(第二号に掲げる者を除く。)

The application of the provisions of item (i), (b) or item (ii), (a)(2) or (b) of the preceding paragraph in the case where the provisions of Article 137-2 (Tax Payment Grace Period Where the Special Provisions on Capital Gains and Similar Income upon Departure from Japan Apply) or Article 137-3 (Tax Payment Grace Period Where the Special Provisions on Capital Gains and Similar Income Apply upon Transfer of Assets to a Nonresident by Gift, etc.) of the Income Tax Act apply is as prescribed in the following:

所得税法第百三十七条の二(国外転出をする場合の譲渡所得等の特例の適用がある場合の納税猶予)又は第百三十七条の三(贈与等により非居住者に資産が移転した場合の譲渡所得等の特例の適用がある場合の納税猶予)の規定の適用がある場合における前項第一号ロ又は第二号イ(2)若しくはロの規定の適用については、次に定めるところによる。

If an individual to whom Article 137-2, paragraph (1) of the Income Tax Act applies makes a gift of property, then, for the application of the provisions of item (i), (b) or item (ii), (a)(2) or (b) of the preceding paragraph to the gift tax for that gift, that individual is deemed to have had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at some time within 10 years before that gift;

所得税法第百三十七条の二第一項の規定の適用を受ける個人が財産の贈与をした場合には、当該贈与に係る贈与税の前項第一号ロ又は第二号イ(2)若しくはロの規定の適用については、当該個人は、当該贈与前十年以内のいずれかの時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたものとみなす。

If a person who has acquired property, from a person to whom Article 137-3, paragraph (1) of the Income Tax Act applies, by a gift to which that paragraph applies (referred to as the "donee" in this item) makes a gift of property (referred to as a "subsequent gift" in this item), then, for the application of the provisions of item (i), (b) or item (ii), (a)(2) or (b) of the preceding paragraph to the gift tax for that subsequent gift, that donee is deemed to have had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at some time within 10 years before that subsequent gift; provided, however, that this does not apply if that donee has not had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before the gift to which paragraph (1) of that Article applies;

所得税法第百三十七条の三第一項の規定の適用を受ける者から同項の規定の適用に係る贈与により財産を取得した者(以下この号において「受贈者」という。)が財産の贈与(以下この号において「二次贈与」という。)をした場合には、当該二次贈与に係る贈与税の前項第一号ロ又は第二号イ(2)若しくはロの規定の適用については、当該受贈者は、当該二次贈与前十年以内のいずれかの時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたものとみなす。ただし、当該受贈者が同条第一項の規定の適用に係る贈与前十年以内のいずれの時においてもこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがない場合は、この限りでない。

If an heir to whom Article 137-3, paragraph (2) of the Income Tax Act applies makes a gift of property, then, for the application of the provisions of item (i), (b) or item (ii), (a)(2) or (b) of the preceding paragraph to the gift tax for that gift, that heir is deemed to have had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at some time within 10 years before that gift; provided, however, that this does not apply if that heir has not had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before the commencement of the succession to which paragraph (2) of that Article applies.

所得税法第百三十七条の三第二項の規定の適用を受ける相続人が財産の贈与をした場合には、当該贈与に係る贈与税の前項第一号ロ又は第二号イ(2)若しくはロの規定の適用については、当該相続人は、当該贈与前十年以内のいずれかの時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたものとみなす。ただし、当該相続人が同条第二項の規定の適用に係る相続の開始前十年以内のいずれの時においてもこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがない場合は、この限りでない。

In paragraph (1), the meaning of a term as set forth in one of the following items is as prescribed in the item:

第一項において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。

"Temporary resident" means a person who holds a status of residence at the time of the gift, and whose total period of having had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced within 15 years before that gift is 10 years or less;

一時居住者 贈与の時において在留資格を有する者であつて当該贈与前十五年以内においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していた期間の合計が十年以下であるものをいう。

"Foreign donor" means the person who made the relevant gift who, at the time of the gift, held a status of residence and had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced;

外国人贈与者 贈与の時において、在留資格を有し、かつ、この法律の施行地に住所を有していた当該贈与をした者をいう。

"Nonresident donor" means a person who made the relevant gift who did not have a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at the time of the gift, and who is either a person who, among those who have had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before that gift, did not hold Japanese nationality at any of those times, or a person who has not had a domicile in the area where this Act is enforced at any time within 10 years before that gift.

非居住贈与者 贈与の時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していなかつた当該贈与をした者であつて、当該贈与前十年以内のいずれかの時においてこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがあるもののうちそのいずれの時においても日本国籍を有していなかつたもの又は当該贈与前十年以内のいずれの時においてもこの法律の施行地に住所を有していたことがないものをいう。

Article 2Scope of Property Subject to Inheritance Tax

第二条(相続税の課税財産の範囲)

With regard to a person who falls under Article 1-3, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), inheritance tax is imposed on all of the property that the person has acquired by inheritance or bequest.

第一条の三第一項第一号又は第二号の規定に該当する者については、その者が相続又は遺贈により取得した財産の全部に対し、相続税を課する。

With regard to a person who falls under Article 1-3, paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv), inheritance tax is imposed on the property located in the area where this Act is enforced that the person has acquired by inheritance or bequest.

第一条の三第一項第三号又は第四号の規定に該当する者については、その者が相続又は遺贈により取得した財産でこの法律の施行地にあるものに対し、相続税を課する。

Article 2-2Scope of Property Subject to Gift Tax

第二条の二(贈与税の課税財産の範囲)

With regard to a person who falls under Article 1-4, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), gift tax is imposed on all of the property that the person has acquired by gift.

第一条の四第一項第一号又は第二号の規定に該当する者については、その者が贈与により取得した財産の全部に対し、贈与税を課する。

With regard to a person who falls under Article 1-4, paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv), gift tax is imposed on the property located in the area where this Act is enforced that the person has acquired by gift.

第一条の四第一項第三号又は第四号の規定に該当する者については、その者が贈与により取得した財産でこの法律の施行地にあるものに対し、贈与税を課する。

Section 2 Cases Deemed to Have Been Acquired by Inheritance, Bequest or Gift

第二節 相続若しくは遺贈又は贈与により取得したものとみなす場合

Article 3Cases Deemed to Have Been Acquired by Inheritance or Bequest

第三条(相続又は遺贈により取得したものとみなす場合)

In the case where any of the following items applies, the person listed in the relevant item is deemed to have acquired the property listed in by inheritance or bequest; in this case, if that person is an heir (excluding a person who has renounced the inheritance and a person who has lost the right of inheritance; the same applies hereinafter, except in the cases of Articles 15, 16, 19-2, paragraph (1), 19-3, paragraph (1), 19-4, paragraph (1) and 63, and except where referred to as "the number of heirs prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2)"), that property is deemed to have been acquired by inheritance, and if that person is a person other than an heir, that property is deemed to have been acquired by bequest.

次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該各号に掲げる者が、当該各号に掲げる財産を相続又は遺贈により取得したものとみなす。この場合において、その者が相続人(相続を放棄した者及び相続権を失つた者を含まない。第十五条、第十六条、第十九条の二第一項、第十九条の三第一項、第十九条の四第一項及び第六十三条の場合並びに「第十五条第二項に規定する相続人の数」という場合を除き、以下同じ。)であるときは当該財産を相続により取得したものとみなし、その者が相続人以外の者であるときは当該財産を遺贈により取得したものとみなす。

in the case where, due to the death of the decedent, an heir or another person acquires insurance benefits (including mutual aid benefits; the same applies hereinafter) under a life insurance contract (meaning a contract of insurance concluded with a life insurance company prescribed in (including a contract relating to mutual aid of a similar nature; the same applies hereinafter) or another contract specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) or insurance benefits under a non-life insurance contract (meaning a contract of insurance concluded with a non-life insurance company prescribed in or another contract specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) (limited to benefits paid on death arising from an accidental event), with respect to that insurance benefit recipient (including a mutual aid benefit recipient; the same applies hereinafter), the portion of those insurance benefits (excluding those that fall under the payments set out in the following item and the rights set out in item (v) or (vi)) that corresponds to the ratio of the amount of the premiums (including mutual aid contributions; the same applies hereinafter) borne by the decedent to the total amount of the premiums for that contract that were paid by the time of the death of the decedent;

被相続人の死亡により相続人その他の者が生命保険契約((定義)に規定する生命保険会社と締結した保険契約(これに類する共済に係る契約を含む。以下同じ。)その他の政令で定める契約をいう。以下同じ。)の保険金(共済金を含む。以下同じ。)又は損害保険契約(に規定する損害保険会社と締結した保険契約その他の政令で定める契約をいう。以下同じ。)の保険金(偶然な事故に基因する死亡に伴い支払われるものに限る。)を取得した場合においては、当該保険金受取人(共済金受取人を含む。以下同じ。)について、当該保険金(次号に掲げる給与及び第五号又は第六号に掲げる権利に該当するものを除く。)のうち被相続人が負担した保険料(共済掛金を含む。以下同じ。)の金額の当該契約に係る保険料で被相続人の死亡の時までに払い込まれたものの全額に対する割合に相当する部分

in the case where, due to the death of the decedent, an heir or another person receives payment of a retirement allowance, a bonus for meritorious service or other payment equivalent thereto (including benefits specified by Cabinet Order) that should have been paid to the decedent and whose payment was finalized within three years after the death of the decedent, with respect to the person who received that payment, that payment;

被相続人の死亡により相続人その他の者が当該被相続人に支給されるべきであつた退職手当金、功労金その他これらに準ずる給与(政令で定める給付を含む。)で被相続人の死亡後三年以内に支給が確定したものの支給を受けた場合においては、当該給与の支給を受けた者について、当該給与

in the case where, at the time of the commencement of the succession, there is a life insurance contract for which an insured event (including a mutual aid event; the same applies hereinafter) has not yet occurred (excluding a life insurance contract under which no repayment or similar payment is made if no insured event occurs within a certain period), for which the decedent bears all or part of the premiums, and of which a person other than the decedent is the policyholder, with respect to the policyholder of that life insurance contract, the portion of the rights relating to that contract that corresponds to the ratio of the amount of the premiums borne by the decedent to the total amount of the premiums for that contract that were paid by the time of that commencement of the succession;

相続開始の時において、まだ保険事故(共済事故を含む。以下同じ。)が発生していない生命保険契約(一定期間内に保険事故が発生しなかつた場合において返還金その他これに準ずるものの支払がない生命保険契約を除く。)で被相続人が保険料の全部又は一部を負担し、かつ、被相続人以外の者が当該生命保険契約の契約者であるものがある場合においては、当該生命保険契約の契約者について、当該契約に関する権利のうち被相続人が負担した保険料の金額の当該契約に係る保険料で当該相続開始の時までに払い込まれたものの全額に対する割合に相当する部分

in the case where, at the time of the commencement of the succession, there is a contract for periodic payments (excluding a life insurance contract) for which a periodic payment event has not yet occurred, for which the decedent bears all or part of the contributions or premiums, and of which a person other than the decedent is the contracting party, with respect to the contracting party of that contract for periodic payments, the portion of the rights relating to that contract that corresponds to the ratio of the amount of the contributions or premiums borne by the decedent to the total amount of the contributions or premiums for that contract that were paid by the time of that commencement of the succession;

相続開始の時において、まだ定期金給付事由が発生していない定期金給付契約(生命保険契約を除く。)で被相続人が掛金又は保険料の全部又は一部を負担し、かつ、被相続人以外の者が当該定期金給付契約の契約者であるものがある場合においては、当該定期金給付契約の契約者について、当該契約に関する権利のうち被相続人が負担した掛金又は保険料の金額の当該契約に係る掛金又は保険料で当該相続開始の時までに払い込まれたものの全額に対する割合に相当する部分

in the case where, under a contract for periodic payments that provides for periodic payments to a periodic payment recipient during that person's lifetime or over a certain period and, when that person dies, for periodic payments or a lump sum to be paid after the death to surviving family members or other persons, an heir or another person has become a periodic payment recipient or lump-sum recipient after the death of the decedent who was the periodic payment recipient, with respect to the person who has become that periodic payment recipient or lump-sum recipient, the portion of the rights relating to that contract for periodic payments that corresponds to the ratio of the amount of the contributions or premiums borne by the decedent to the total amount of the contributions or premiums for that contract that were paid by the time of that commencement of the succession;

定期金給付契約で定期金受取人に対しその生存中又は一定期間にわたり定期金を給付し、かつ、その者が死亡したときはその死亡後遺族その他の者に対して定期金又は一時金を給付するものに基づいて定期金受取人たる被相続人の死亡後相続人その他の者が定期金受取人又は一時金受取人となつた場合においては、当該定期金受取人又は一時金受取人となつた者について、当該定期金給付契約に関する権利のうち被相続人が負担した掛金又は保険料の金額の当該契約に係る掛金又は保険料で当該相続開始の時までに払い込まれたものの全額に対する割合に相当する部分

in the case where, due to the death of the decedent, an heir or another person acquires a right relating to periodic payments (including a lump sum relating thereto) that is not based on a contract (excluding a right relating to a survivor's allowance under the provisions of the ), with respect to the person who acquired that right relating to periodic payments, that right relating to periodic payments (excluding what falls under the payments set out in item (ii)).

被相続人の死亡により相続人その他の者が定期金(これに係る一時金を含む。)に関する権利で契約に基づくもの以外のもの(の規定による扶助料に関する権利を除く。)を取得した場合においては、当該定期金に関する権利を取得した者について、当該定期金に関する権利(第二号に掲げる給与に該当するものを除く。)

In the application of item (i) or items (iii) through (v) of the preceding paragraph, premiums or contributions borne by the decedent of the decedent are deemed to be premiums or contributions borne by the decedent; provided, however, that in the case where, pursuant to item (iii) or (iv) of that paragraph, the person listed in the relevant item is deemed to have acquired the property listed in that item by inheritance or bequest from the decedent of that decedent, this does not apply to the premiums or contributions borne by the decedent of that decedent.

前項第一号又は第三号から第五号までの規定の適用については、被相続人の被相続人が負担した保険料又は掛金は、被相続人が負担した保険料又は掛金とみなす。ただし、同項第三号又は第四号の規定により当該各号に掲げる者が当該被相続人の被相続人から当該各号に掲げる財産を相続又は遺贈により取得したものとみなされた場合においては、当該被相続人の被相続人が負担した保険料又は掛金については、この限りでない。

In the application of paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv), premiums or contributions paid pursuant to the will of the decedent are deemed to be premiums or contributions borne by the decedent.

第一項第三号又は第四号の規定の適用については、被相続人の遺言により払い込まれた保険料又は掛金は、被相続人が負担した保険料又は掛金とみなす。

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