Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-2Special Provisions on the Tax Base of Fixed Assets Tax, etc. Accompanying the Reform of Japanese National Railways
第十五条の二(日本国有鉄道の改革に伴う固定資産税等の課税標準の特例)
Of the following fixed assets, the tax base of the fixed assets tax imposed on depreciable assets (including depreciable assets specified by Cabinet Order as similar thereto) to which, on March 31, 1987, paragraph (17) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Grants Distributed to Municipalities Where National Assets, etc. are Located (Act No. 82 of 1956; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "Former National Assets Grants and Payments Act") before its amendment by Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act and the Act on Grants Distributed to Municipalities Where National Assets, etc. are Located (Act No. 94 of 1986; hereinafter in this paragraph and the following Article referred to as the "JNR-Related Amendment Act") (including the case where it remains in force pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the JNR-Related Amendment Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) was applied is, notwithstanding Article 349-2, Article 349-3, paragraph (1), (12) or (14), or paragraph (11) of the preceding Article, the amount calculated as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in accordance with the calculation method under paragraph (17) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former National Assets Grants and Payments Act in the case where the phrase "the amount prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (5)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the price prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2)".
次に掲げる固定資産のうち昭和六十二年三月三十一日において地方税法及び国有資産等所在市町村交付金及び納付金に関する法律の一部を改正する法律(昭和六十一年法律第九十四号。以下この項及び次条において「国鉄関連改正法」という。)第二条の規定による改正前の国有資産等所在市町村交付金及び納付金に関する法律(昭和三十一年法律第八十二号。以下この項において「旧交納付金法」という。)附則第十七項の規定(国鉄関連改正法附則第十三条第二項の規定によりなお効力を有することとされる場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。)の適用があつた償却資産(これに類する償却資産として政令で定めるものを含む。)に対して課する固定資産税の課税標準は、第三百四十九条の二、第三百四十九条の三第一項、第十二項若しくは第十四項の規定又は前条第十一項の規定にかかわらず、旧交納付金法附則第十七項の規定中「第四条第五項の額」とあるのは、「第三条第二項の価格」と読み替えた場合における同項の規定による算定方法に準じ、総務省令で定めるところにより算定した額とする。
fixed assets used for railway business that are owned by a passenger railway company prescribed in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as a "passenger railway company"), a freight company prescribed in Article 1, paragraph (2) of that Act (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following Article referred to as a "freight company"), a new company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company (Act No. 61 of 2001) (referred to as a "2001 new company" in the following item), or a new company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company (Act No. 36 of 2015) (referred to as a "2015 new company" in the following item), and that were succeeded to from Japanese National Railways pursuant to Article 22 of the Japanese National Railways Reform Act (Act No. 87 of 1986) (including fixed assets that a passenger railway company prescribed in Article 2 of the Act on Transfer, etc. of Railway Facilities for Shinkansen (Act No. 45 of 1991) took over pursuant to that Article from the Shinkansen Railway Holding Agency prior to its dissolution under Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act);
旅客鉄道株式会社及び日本貨物鉄道株式会社に関する法律第一条第一項に規定する旅客会社(以下この条及び次条において「旅客会社」という。)若しくは同法第一条第二項に規定する貨物会社(以下この項及び次条において「貨物会社」という。)、旅客鉄道株式会社及び日本貨物鉄道株式会社に関する法律の一部を改正する法律(平成十三年法律第六十一号)附則第二条第一項に規定する新会社(次号において「平成十三年新会社」という。)又は旅客鉄道株式会社及び日本貨物鉄道株式会社に関する法律の一部を改正する法律(平成二十七年法律第三十六号)附則第二条第一項に規定する新会社(次号において「平成二十七年新会社」という。)が所有する日本国有鉄道改革法(昭和六十一年法律第八十七号)第二十二条の規定により日本国有鉄道から承継した固定資産(新幹線鉄道に係る鉄道施設の譲渡等に関する法律(平成三年法律第四十五号)第二条に規定する旅客鉄道株式会社が同条の規定により同法第五条第一項の規定による解散前の新幹線鉄道保有機構から譲り受けた固定資産を含む。)で鉄道事業の用に供されるもの
among the fixed assets used for railway facilities that are owned by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, an incorporated administrative agency, and leased for consideration to a passenger railway company or freight company, a 2001 new company or a 2015 new company, those that were leased for consideration to Japanese National Railways on March 31, 1987.
The tax base of the fixed assets tax or city planning tax imposed on fixed assets specified by Cabinet Order that are used directly for the original business among the fixed assets that a passenger railway company owns, borrows pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1), item (iii) or (vi) of the Act on the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 180 of 2002), uses pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Act on the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 100 of 2004), or borrows from a corporation specified by Cabinet Order that lends railway facilities, is, notwithstanding Article 349, Article 349-2 or Article 702, paragraph (1), limited to the fixed assets tax or city planning tax for each fiscal year from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2026, one-half of the price that is to be the tax base of the fixed assets tax or city planning tax on those fixed assets (for fixed assets subject to the application of Article 349-3, paragraph (1), paragraphs (12) through (14) or paragraph (24), paragraph (11), (25) or (44) of the preceding Article, or the preceding paragraph, one-half of the amount treated as the tax base under those provisions).
旅客会社が所有し、又は独立行政法人鉄道建設・運輸施設整備支援機構法第十三条第一項第三号若しくは第六号の規定に基づき借り受け、独立行政法人日本高速道路保有・債務返済機構法第十二条第二項第二号の規定に基づき利用し、若しくは鉄道施設の貸付けを行う法人で政令で定めるものから借り受ける固定資産のうち、直接その本来の事業の用に供する固定資産で政令で定めるものに対して課する固定資産税又は都市計画税の課税標準は、第三百四十九条、第三百四十九条の二又は第七百二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、平成二十八年度から令和八年度までの各年度分の固定資産税又は都市計画税に限り、当該固定資産に係る固定資産税又は都市計画税の課税標準となるべき価格の二分の一の額(第三百四十九条の三第一項、第十二項から第十四項まで若しくは第二十四項、前条第十一項、第二十五項若しくは第四十四項又は前項の規定の適用を受ける固定資産にあつては、これらの規定により課税標準とされる額の二分の一の額)とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-3
第十五条の三
The tax base of the fixed assets tax or city planning tax imposed on fixed assets specified by Cabinet Order that are owned by a passenger railway company or freight company and succeeded to from Japanese National Railways pursuant to Article 22 of the Japanese National Railways Reform Act (limited to fixed assets to which, on March 31, 1987, Article 348, paragraph (2), item (ii) or (xxvii) of the Local Tax Act before its amendment by Article 1 of the JNR-Related Amendment Act was applied) is, notwithstanding Article 349, Article 349-2 or Article 702, paragraph (1), limited to the fixed assets tax or city planning tax for each fiscal year from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2026, three-fifths of the price that is to be the tax base of the fixed assets tax or city planning tax on those fixed assets (for fixed assets subject to the application of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, three-fifths of the amount treated as the tax base under those provisions).
旅客会社又は貨物会社が所有する日本国有鉄道改革法第二十二条の規定により日本国有鉄道から承継した固定資産で政令で定めるもの(昭和六十二年三月三十一日において国鉄関連改正法第一条の規定による改正前の地方税法第三百四十八条第二項第二号又は第二十七号の規定の適用があつた固定資産に限る。)に対して課する固定資産税又は都市計画税の課税標準は、第三百四十九条、第三百四十九条の二又は第七百二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、平成二十八年度から令和八年度までの各年度分の固定資産税又は都市計画税に限り、当該固定資産に係る固定資産税又は都市計画税の課税標準となるべき価格の五分の三の額(前条第一項又は第二項の規定の適用を受ける固定資産にあつては、これらの規定により課税標準とされる額の五分の三の額)とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-3-2Replacement of Terms for Depreciable Assets Subject to Articles 15 through 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions
第十五条の三の二(附則第十五条から前条までの規定の適用を受ける償却資産に関する読替え)
With regard to the application of Article 349-3-4 in the case where Article 349-3-4 applies to depreciable assets subject to the application of the provisions of Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article, in Article 349-3-4, the phrase "Article 349-3" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 349-3 or Articles 15 through 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "under that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "under those provisions".
附則第十五条から前条までの規定の適用を受ける償却資産について第三百四十九条の三の四の規定の適用がある場合における同条の規定の適用については、同条中「第三百四十九条の三」とあるのは「第三百四十九条の三又は附則第十五条から第十五条の三まで」と、「同条」とあるのは「これら」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-4Special Provisions on Matters to Be Stated in the Tax Details Statement Relating to the Tax Base of Fixed Assets Tax
第十五条の四(固定資産税の課税標準に係る課税明細書の記載事項の特例)
Notwithstanding Article 364, paragraph (4), a municipality must, for land or houses subject to the application of Articles 15 through 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions, state in the tax details statement, in addition to the matters specified in the items of Article 364, paragraph (3), the amount treated as the tax base of the fixed assets tax under Articles 15 through 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions.
市町村は、第三百六十四条第四項の規定にかかわらず、附則第十五条から第十五条の三までの規定の適用を受ける土地又は家屋については、第三百六十四条第三項各号に定める事項のほか、附則第十五条から第十五条の三までの規定により固定資産税の課税標準とされる額を課税明細書に記載しなければならない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-5Special Provisions on Matters Registered in the Fixed Assets Tax Ledger
第十五条の五(固定資産課税台帳の登録事項の特例)
In addition to what is specified in Article 381, paragraphs (1) through (6), the mayor of a municipality must, for fixed assets subject to the application of Articles 15 through 15-3-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, register in the fixed assets tax ledger the amount treated as the tax base of the fixed assets tax under those provisions.
市町村長は、第三百八十一条第一項から第六項までに定めるもののほか、附則第十五条から第十五条の三の二までの規定の適用を受ける固定資産については、これらの規定により固定資産税の課税標準とされる額を固定資産課税台帳に登録しなければならない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-6Reduction of Fixed Assets Tax on Newly Built Dwellings
第十五条の六(新築された住宅に対する固定資産税の減額)
Changes on (Act No. 2 of 2026)
With regard to the fixed assets tax imposed on a dwelling specified by Cabinet Order that was newly built during the period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2031 (meaning, for a building held in unit ownership, a building having an exclusively-owned area specified by Cabinet Order among the exclusively-owned areas used for residence prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Building Unit Ownership (hereinafter in this Article through Article 15-9-3 of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as "exclusively-owned areas"), and for a house other than a building held in unit ownership, a house specified by Cabinet Order among houses used for residence; the same applies hereinafter in this Article through Article 15-8, Article 15-9, paragraph (1) and Article 15-9-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) (excluding, where, in relation to a notification under Article 88, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Urban Reconstruction concerning the new construction of a dwelling, a person who received a recommendation under Article 88, paragraph (3) of that Act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "recommendation") has been publicly announced under Article 88, paragraph (5) of that Act as not having complied with the recommendation, a dwelling newly built without complying with the recommendation (limited to one of which the whole or a part of the land used as its site is included in the area prescribed in Article 88, paragraph (5) of that Act); the same applies hereinafter in this Article), a municipality is to reduce, except where the following paragraph, paragraph (1) or (2) of the following Article or Article 15-8 of the Supplementary Provisions applies, limited to the fixed assets tax for three fiscal years counting from the fiscal year for which fixed assets tax comes to be newly imposed on that dwelling, an amount equivalent to one-half of the fixed assets tax amount for that dwelling (for a dwelling held in unit ownership (meaning a dwelling that is a building held in unit ownership; the same applies hereinafter in this Article through Article 15-8 of the Supplementary Provisions), the total of the amounts calculated for each unit owner as provided by Cabinet Order as the tax amount relating to the part to which this paragraph applies, and for a dwelling other than a dwelling held in unit ownership (limited to a dwelling having a part other than the part used for residence or another dwelling specified by Cabinet Order), the amount calculated as provided by Cabinet Order as the tax amount relating to the part to which this paragraph applies) from the fixed assets tax amount for that dwelling.
市町村は、令和四年四月一日から令和十三年三月三十一日までの間に新築された住宅(区分所有に係る家屋にあつては人の居住の用に供する建物の区分所有等に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する専有部分(以下この条から附則第十五条の九の三までにおいて「専有部分」という。)のうち政令で定める専有部分を有する家屋をいい、区分所有に係る家屋以外の家屋にあつては人の居住の用に供する家屋のうち政令で定める家屋をいう。以下この条から附則第十五条の八まで、第十五条の九第一項及び第十五条の九の二第一項において同じ。)(住宅の新築に係る都市再生特別措置法第八十八条第一項の規定による届出に係る同条第三項の規定による勧告(以下この項において「勧告」という。)を受けた者が、同条第五項の規定により当該勧告に従わなかつた旨を公表された場合における当該勧告に従わないで新築した住宅(その敷地の用に供する土地の全部又は一部が同項に規定する区域に含まれるものに限る。)を除く。以下この条において同じ。)で政令で定めるものに対して課する固定資産税については、次項、次条第一項若しくは第二項又は附則第十五条の八の規定の適用がある場合を除き、当該住宅に対して新たに固定資産税が課されることとなつた年度から三年度分の固定資産税に限り、当該住宅に係る固定資産税額(区分所有に係る住宅(区分所有に係る家屋である住宅をいう。以下この条から附則第十五条の八までにおいて同じ。)にあつてはこの項の規定の適用を受ける部分に係る税額として各区分所有者ごとに政令で定めるところにより算定した額の合算額とし、区分所有に係る住宅以外の住宅(人の居住の用に供する部分以外の部分を有する住宅その他の政令で定める住宅に限る。)にあつてはこの項の規定の適用を受ける部分に係る税額として政令で定めるところにより算定した額とする。)の二分の一に相当する額を当該住宅に係る固定資産税額から減額するものとする。
Changes on (Act No. 2 of 2026)
With regard to the fixed assets tax imposed on a dwelling specified by Cabinet Order that is a medium- and high-rise fireproof building (meaning a building whose specified principal structural parts prescribed in Article 2, item (ix)-2, (a) of the Building Standards Act are of fireproof structure, or a building falling under either (a) or (b) of item (ix)-3 of that Article, having three or more stories above ground (meaning the number of stories above ground calculated as provided by Cabinet Order); the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article) newly built during the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2031, a municipality is to reduce, except where paragraph (1) or (2) of the following Article or Article 15-8 of the Supplementary Provisions applies, limited to the fixed assets tax for five fiscal years counting from the fiscal year for which fixed assets tax comes to be newly imposed on that dwelling, an amount equivalent to one-half of the fixed assets tax amount for that dwelling (for a dwelling held in unit ownership, the total of the amounts calculated for each unit owner as provided by Cabinet Order as the tax amount relating to the part to which this paragraph applies, and for a dwelling other than a dwelling held in unit ownership (limited to a dwelling having a part other than the part used for residence or another dwelling specified by Cabinet Order), the amount calculated as provided by Cabinet Order as the tax amount relating to the part to which this paragraph applies) from the fixed assets tax amount for that dwelling.
市町村は、令和六年四月一日から令和十三年三月三十一日までの間に新築された中高層耐火建築物(建築基準法第二条第九号の二イに規定する特定主要構造部を耐火構造とした建築物又は同条第九号の三イ若しくはロのいずれかに該当する建築物で、地上階数(政令で定めるところにより計算した地上階数をいう。)三以上を有するものをいう。次条第二項において同じ。)である住宅で政令で定めるものに対して課する固定資産税については、次条第一項若しくは第二項又は附則第十五条の八の規定の適用がある場合を除き、当該住宅に対して新たに固定資産税が課されることとなつた年度から五年度分の固定資産税に限り、当該住宅に係る固定資産税額(区分所有に係る住宅にあつてはこの項の規定の適用を受ける部分に係る税額として各区分所有者ごとに政令で定めるところにより算定した額の合算額とし、区分所有に係る住宅以外の住宅(人の居住の用に供する部分以外の部分を有する住宅その他の政令で定める住宅に限る。)にあつてはこの項の規定の適用を受ける部分に係る税額として政令で定めるところにより算定した額とする。)の二分の一に相当する額を当該住宅に係る固定資産税額から減額するものとする。
building held in unit ownershipmachine translation
「区分所有に係る家屋」
A building to which an exclusive portion (専有部分) under Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Act on Building Unit Ownership belongs, including an annexed building made a common element (共用部分) under Article 4, paragraph 2 of that Act.
Short name set inArticle 341, paragraph (1), item (xii)
tax details statementmachine translation
「課税明細書」
The document a municipality must give a taxpayer when collecting fixed assets tax (固定資産税) on land or a building, stating what the tax register records: for land, its location, lot number, land category, area and value for the year's tax, and for a building, its location, building number, type, structure, floor area and value for the year's tax.
Short name set inArticle 364, paragraph (3)
landmachine translation
「土地」
Rice paddies, upland fields, building land, salt fields, mineral spring sites (鉱泉地), ponds and marshes, forests, pastures, wilderness (原野) and any other land, for the special land holding tax (特別土地保有税).
Defined inArticle 585, paragraph (2)
pricemachine translation
「価格」
In Article 702, paragraph 1, on the tax base of city planning tax (都市計画税), the price of the land or building (家屋) that would be the tax base of its fixed assets tax (固定資産税), multiplied by the rate of whichever paragraph of Article 349-3 listed in Article 702, paragraph 2 applies to it.
Defined inArticle 702, paragraph (2)
JNR-Related Amendment Actmachine translation
「国鉄関連改正法」
Short name for the 1986 Act partially amending the Local Tax Act and the law on grants and payments to municipalities where national assets are located (地方税法及び国有資産等所在市町村交付金及び納付金に関する法律の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 94 of 1986).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-3
Former National Assets Grants and Payments Actmachine translation
「旧交納付金法」
In Article 15-2, paragraph 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則), the Act on Grants Distributed to Municipalities Where National Assets, etc. are Located (Act No. 82 of 1956), then titled 国有資産等所在市町村交付金及び納付金に関する法律 (a law on grants and payments to municipalities where national assets are located), as it stood before Article 2 of Act No. 94 of 1986 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
2015 new companymachine translation
「平成二十七年新会社」
A new company (新会社) as defined in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company (Act No. 36 of 2015).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
2001 new companymachine translation
「平成十三年新会社」
A new company (新会社) as defined in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 61 of 2001, the 2001 Act amending the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
passenger railway companymachine translation
「旅客会社」
A passenger railway company as defined in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-3
freight companymachine translation
「貨物会社」
The freight company as defined in Article 1, paragraph 2 of the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company, named in Article 15-2, paragraph 1, item 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) among the companies whose fixed assets taken over from the Japanese National Railways (日本国有鉄道) and used for railway business that item covers.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-3
dwellingmachine translation
「住宅」
In Articles 15-6 to 15-8, 15-9(1) and 15-9-2(1) of the supplementary provisions (附則), on reducing fixed assets tax (固定資産税) on new houses: for a building in sectional ownership (区分所有), one with an exclusive part (専有部分), as defined in Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Act on Building Unit Ownership, used for people to live in, of a kind a Cabinet Order (政令) sets; for any other building (家屋), one used for people to live in, of a kind a Cabinet Order sets.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Articles 15-7 and 15-8; Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-9, paragraph (1); and Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-9-2, paragraph (1)
recommendationmachine translation
「勧告」
A recommendation under Article 88, paragraph (3) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Urban Reconstruction about the building of a home notified under Article 88, paragraph (1) of that Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
exclusively-owned areamachine translation
「専有部分」
An exclusively-owned area as Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Act on Building Unit Ownership defines it: a part of a building that is the subject of unit ownership (区分所有権).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-6, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Articles 15-7 to 15-9-3
medium- and high-rise fireproof buildingmachine translation
「中高層耐火建築物」
A building whose specified main structural parts are fire-resistant as Article 2, item 9-2(a) of the Building Standards Act provides, or a building falling under item 9-3(a) or (b) of that Article, with three or more storeys above ground counted as a Cabinet Order (政令) provides.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 15-6, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-7, paragraph (2)