The owner of a depreciable asset on which there is fixed assets tax liability (excluding the owner of a depreciable asset to be valued by the prefectural governor or the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications under Article 389, paragraph (1), or of a depreciable asset designated by the prefectural governor under Article 742, paragraph (1) or (3)) must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, report to the mayor of the municipality in which the depreciable asset is located, by January 31, the location, type, quantity, time of acquisition, acquisition cost, useful life, estimated price and other matters necessary for registration in the depreciable assets tax ledger and for determining the price of the depreciable asset, with respect to the depreciable asset as of January 1 of each year.
固定資産税の納税義務がある償却資産の所有者（第三百八十九条第一項の規定によつて道府県知事若しくは総務大臣が評価すべき償却資産又は第七百四十二条第一項若しくは第三項の規定によつて道府県知事が指定した償却資産の所有者を除く。）は、総務省令の定めるところによつて、毎年一月一日現在における当該償却資産について、その所在、種類、数量、取得時期、取得価額、耐用年数、見積価額その他償却資産課税台帳の登録及び当該償却資産の価格の決定に必要な事項を一月三十一日までに当該償却資産の所在地の市町村長に申告しなければならない。
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「価格」
For land or a building (家屋), its price on the assessment date (賦課期日) of the base year (基準年度) registered in the land or building tax ledgers (土地課税台帳等, 家屋課税台帳等), or the price set by comparison with it under the provisos and paragraphs of Article 349 that Article 349-3, paragraph 9 lists; for depreciable assets (償却資産), its price on the assessment date registered in the depreciable assets tax ledger (償却資産課税台帳).
Defined inArticle 349-3, paragraph (9)
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「所有者」
In Article 702, paragraph 1 on city planning tax (都市計画税), the person who is treated as, or deemed to be, the owner of the land or house for fixed assets tax (固定資産税) under Article 343 (other than its paragraphs 3, 9 and 10).
Defined inArticle 702, paragraph (2)