In this Chapter, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:
この章において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、それぞれ当該各号に定めるところによる。
electronic data processing system for local tax procedures: means an electronic data processing system that connects with one another, by telecommunications lines, the computers (including input-output devices) used by the heads of administrative organs (meaning heads of local governments, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, regional commissioners, district directors and other persons specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in (b)), the Organization, persons who give the notices set forth in (a), and persons who receive the notices set forth in (b);
returns, applications, notifications and other notices (excluding those set forth in (b)) given to the head of a local government or the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications under the provisions of this Act or orders, or Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances or rules, based on it (referred to as "local tax laws and regulations" in (b));
この法律又はこれに基づく命令若しくは条例若しくは規則(ロにおいて「地方税関係法令」という。)の規定に基づき地方団体の長又は総務大臣に対して行われる申告、申請、届出その他の通知(ロに掲げるものを除く。)
notices given by the head of an administrative organ under the provisions of local tax laws and regulations (including having the matters stated in written materials, etc. (meaning paper or other tangible objects on which information recognizable by human perception, such as writings, documents, texts, characters or figures, is stated) or recorded in an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, a magnetic form or any other form not recognizable by human perception and used for information processing by a computer) viewed or recorded).
地方税関係法令の規定に基づき行政機関の長が行う通知(書面等(書面、書類、文書その他文字、図形その他の人の知覚によつて認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。)に記載され、又は電磁的記録(電子的方式、磁気的方式その他の人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。)に記録されている事項を閲覧させ、又は記録させることを含む。)
tax work handled by the Organization: means the following affairs handled by the Organization:
機構処理税務事務 機構が処理する次に掲げる事務をいう。
the affairs of establishing and managing the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures;
地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織を設置し、及び管理する事務
affairs that are to be handled by the Organization under the following provisions:
次に掲げる規定により機構が処理することとされている事務
the provisions of Article 53, paragraphs (65) and (68), Article 72-32, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 72-89-2, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 317-6, paragraph (5) (limited to the part relating to item (i)), paragraph (6) (limited to the part relating to items (i) and (iii)) and paragraph (9), Article 321-4, paragraphs (7), (8) and (11), Article 321-7-11, and Article 321-8, paragraphs (62) and (65);
第五十三条第六十五項及び第六十八項、第七十二条の三十二第一項及び第四項、第七十二条の八十九の二第一項及び第三項、第三百十七条の六第五項(第一号に係る部分に限る。)、第六項(第一号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。)及び第九項、第三百二十一条の四第七項、第八項及び第十一項、第三百二十一条の七の十一並びに第三百二十一条の八第六十二項及び第六十五項の規定
Changes on (Act No. 7 of 2025)
the provisions of Articles 747-2 through 747-5;
the provisions of Articles 747-6 through 747-12;
the provisions of orders based on this Act (excluding this Chapter).
この法律(この章を除く。)に基づく命令の規定
tax information handled by the Organization: means information that the Organization handles in the tax work handled by the Organization.
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head of a local governmentmachine translation
「地方団体の長」
The governor of a prefecture (道府県知事) or the mayor of a municipality (市町村長).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
the Organizationmachine translation
「機構」
The Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構), the body local governments (地方団体) run together to carry out the tax work the Local Tax Act assigns to it — among it running the electronic system through which local tax returns and notices are filed (地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織) — and to support local governments in their local tax work (Article 761).
Short name set inArticle 761, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
electronic data processing system for local tax proceduresmachine translation
「地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織」
The electronic data processing system, defined in Article 762, item 1, that links by telecommunications lines the computers of the heads of administrative organs (行政機関の長) — heads of local governments, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣), the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (国税庁長官), regional taxation bureau commissioners, district directors of tax offices and others a Cabinet Order (政令) sets —, of the Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構), and of the persons who file returns and other notices under local tax laws or receive notices from those heads.
Defined inArticle 762, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this chapter
local tax laws and regulationsmachine translation
「地方税関係法令」
The Local Tax Act together with the orders (命令), ordinances (条例) and rules (規則) made under it.
Short name set inArticle 762, paragraph (1), item (i), (a)· applies only in this provision and in Article 762, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)
tax work handled by the Organizationmachine translation
「機構処理税務事務」
The work the Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構) handles: setting up and managing the electronic system for local tax procedures (地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織), and the work given to it by the provisions listed in Article 762, item 2(b) — among them those on the electronic filing of returns, reports and notices through it, Articles 747-2 to 747-12 on filings through it and on paying specified collections (特定徴収金) electronically, and orders made under the Local Tax Act.
Defined inArticle 762, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this chapter
tax information handled by the Organizationmachine translation
「機構処理税務情報」
Information the Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構) handles in carrying out the tax work handled by the Organization (機構処理税務事務).
Defined inArticle 762, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this chapter
district director
税務署長
The head of a tax office (税務署), the local office of the National Tax Agency that deals with taxpayers in its district (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Article 24). It is the office a person usually deals with: an income tax return is filed with a district director (Income Tax Act, Article 120, paragraph (1)), and reassessments, determinations and the collection of national tax are done by the district director for the taxpayer's current place for tax payment (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Articles 30 and 43). A person who objects to what a district director has decided can ask that director to look at it again (再調査の請求) or go straight to the National Tax Tribunal (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (i)) — unless the notice of the decision says officials of a Regional Taxation Bureau or of the National Tax Agency investigated, in which case it counts as the regional commissioner's decision, with the same choice, or as the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency's, which can only be challenged by a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Art. 24, Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 30, 43, 75 and Income Tax Act, Art. 120 as a reference.
Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283). Its assembly (議会), whose members the residents elect, passes it (Articles 89 and 96, paragraph (1), item (i)), and its head — the governor or the mayor (Article 139) — promulgates it, that is, makes it public so that it can take effect (Article 16). The Constitution lets local governments make them within the limits of Acts (Constitution, Article 94), and one may not go against the national laws and regulations (法令), such as Acts, Cabinet Orders (政令) and Ministerial Orders (省令) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 14, paragraph (1)). Unless national laws and regulations provide otherwise, a local government can impose a duty or restrict a right only by one of these (Article 14, paragraph (2)), and it may write into one penalties for breaking it, within limits the Local Autonomy Act sets (Article 14, paragraph (3)). It is made for that local government's own affairs (Article 2, paragraph (2) and Article 14, paragraph (1)), so the same matter can be handled differently from one place to the next. It is a local rule, not a national one: an "ordinance" in the name of a national rule, such as an Ordinance for Enforcement of an Act, is usually a Ministerial Order (省令) or another national instrument.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.
Commissioner of the National Tax Agency
国税庁長官
The head of the National Tax Agency (国税庁), the agency within the Ministry of Finance that assesses and collects national taxes (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Articles 18 and 19). The Commissioner issues circulars (通達) setting out how the tax laws are read, and the National Tax Tribunal must tell the Commissioner beforehand when it will decide a case on a different reading (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Article 99, paragraph (1)). An objection to a decision the Commissioner made is a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Arts. 18, 19 and Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 75, 99 as a reference.
regional commissioner
国税局長
The head of a regional taxation bureau (国税局), the National Tax Agency's regional office, which oversees the tax offices of its region (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Articles 23 and 24). Collection can be taken over from a district director (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Article 43, paragraph (3)), and a person who objects to what a regional commissioner has decided can ask the commissioner to look at it again (再調査の請求) or go straight to the National Tax Tribunal (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (i)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Arts. 23, 24 and Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 43, 75 as a reference.