In the case where a person liable for tax prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Inheritance Tax Act intends to apply for permission for payment in kind under the provisions of that paragraph, Article 45, paragraph (1) or Article 48-2, paragraph (1) of that Act (referred to as "permission for payment in kind" in this paragraph), if the property to be used for that payment in kind is a registered artwork prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Act on Public Display of Art at Museums (Act No. 99 of 1998) (limited to one that had already received the registration prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act at the time of the commencement of the succession relating to the application for that permission for payment in kind; referred to as a "specified registered artwork" in this paragraph and the following paragraph), the district director may, upon application by that person liable for tax, grant permission for payment in kind for that specified registered artwork, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (5) of the Inheritance Tax Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 45, paragraph (2) or Article 48-2, paragraph (6) of that Act).
税務署長は、相続税法第四十一条第一項に規定する納税義務者が同項、同法第四十五条第一項又は第四十八条の二第一項の規定による物納の許可(以下この項において「物納の許可」という。)を申請しようとする場合において、当該物納に充てようとする財産が美術品の美術館における公開の促進に関する法律(平成十年法律第九十九号)第二条第三号に規定する登録美術品(当該物納の許可の申請に係る相続の開始時において既に同法第三条第一項に規定する登録を受けているものに限る。以下この項及び次項において「特定登録美術品」という。)であるときは、当該特定登録美術品については、当該納税義務者の申請により、相続税法第四十一条第五項(同法第四十五条第二項又は第四十八条の二第六項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定にかかわらず、物納の許可をすることができる。
A person seeking the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph must attach, to the written application prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 45, paragraph (2) of that Act) or Article 48-2, paragraph (2) of the Inheritance Tax Act, a document stating the type and value of the specified registered artwork to be used for the payment in kind and other matters concerning that specified registered artwork, and other documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Finance, and submit it to the district director with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment. In this case, these documents are deemed to be the documents relating to the procedures for payment in kind prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (1) of that Act.