The provisions of Article 494 (Deposit) and Article 495, paragraphs (1) and (3) (Method of Deposit) of the Civil Code apply mutatis mutandis where money or other articles are to be delivered or handed over to a taxpayer or other person pursuant to the provisions of a law concerning national taxes.
民法第四百九十四条（供託）並びに第四百九十五条第一項及び第三項（供託の方法）の規定は、国税に関する法律の規定により納税者その他の者に金銭その他の物件を交付し、又は引き渡すべき場合について準用する。
national taxmachine translation
「国税」
A tax imposed by the national government, other than customs duty, tonnage tax, special tonnage tax, the forest environment tax and the special corporate business tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
taxpayermachine translation
「納税者」
A person liable under the national tax laws to pay a national tax, or to collect national withholding tax (源泉徴収等による国税) and pay it to the State, not counting secondary taxpayers (第二次納税義務者) under the National Tax Collection Act or guarantors of the tax.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law