①With regard to deferred assets held by a domestic corporation as of the end of each business year, the amount to be included in deductible expenses as the depreciation allowance thereof in the calculation of the amount of income for the business year, pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) (General Rules for Calculation of the Amount of Income for Each Business Year), is to be the portion of the amount that the domestic corporation accounted for as a loss as the depreciation allowance in the business year (hereinafter referred to as the "amount accounted for as a loss" in this Article) up to the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order based on the period during which the expenses related to the deferred assets continued to affect the calculation (such calculated amount is referred to as the "maximum amount of depreciation" in the following paragraph).

②In the case where, as a result of a qualified company split, qualified capital contribution in kind, or qualified in-kind distribution (for a qualified in-kind distribution, excluding a distribution of all residual assets; hereinafter referred to as a "qualified company split, etc." in this Article), a domestic corporation hands over its deferred assets to a succeeding corporation in a company split, corporation receiving a capital contribution in kind, or corporation receiving a distribution in kind (hereinafter referred to as a "succeeding corporation in a company split, etc." in this Article) (such deferred assets are limited to those related to assets, liabilities, or contracts (referred to as "assets, etc." in paragraph (4)) to be transferred as a result of the qualified company split, etc. to the succeeding corporation in a company split, etc.), when the amount equivalent to the amount accounted for as a loss was accounted for as a loss with regard to the deferred assets, the portion of the amount accounted for as a loss (referred to as the "amount accounted for as a loss during the period" in the following paragraph and paragraph (6)) up to the amount equivalent to the maximum amount of depreciation calculated with regard to the deferred assets as prescribed in the preceding paragraph by deeming the day prior to the date of the qualified company split, etc. to be the last day of the business year is included in deductible expenses, when calculating the amount of income for the business year containing the date of the qualified company split, etc. (referred to as the "business year of the company split, etc." in paragraph (6)).

③The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply only in the case where the domestic corporation set forth in the paragraph has submitted a document stating the amount accounted for as a loss during the period and other matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order to the competent district director with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment, within two months after the date of the qualified company split, etc.

④In the case where a domestic corporation has effected a qualified merger, qualified company split, qualified capital contribution in kind, or qualified in-kind distribution (hereinafter referred to as a "qualified organizational restructuring" in this paragraph), the deferred assets prescribed in the following items, in accordance with the category of qualified organizational restructuring listed in the relevant item, are to be succeeded to, at the book value as of immediately prior to the qualified organizational restructuring, by an acquiring corporation, succeeding corporation in a company split, corporation receiving a capital contribution in kind, or corporation receiving a distribution in kind involved in the qualified organizational restructuring:

⑤The provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii), (c)) apply only in the case where the domestic corporation set forth in the paragraph has submitted a document stating the book value of the deferred assets listed in (c) of the item that are to be succeeded to by a succeeding corporation in a company split, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and other matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order to the competent district director with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment, within two months after the date of the qualified company split, etc.

⑥Out of the amount accounted for as a loss for deferred assets set forth in paragraph (1) in each business year prior to the business year in which a depreciation allowance for the deferred assets was accounted for as a loss by the domestic corporation set forth in the paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "business year of the depreciation" in this paragraph) (such amount accounted for includes, when the deferred assets were succeeded to from an acquired corporation or corporation making a distribution in kind (hereinafter referred to as an "acquired corporation, etc." in this paragraph) as a result of a qualified merger or qualified in-kind distribution (limited to a distribution of all residual assets), the portion of the amount accounted for as a loss in each business year on or before the business year containing the day prior to the date of the qualified merger or the date of the determination of residual assets of the acquired corporation, etc. that was excluded from deductible expenses in the calculation of the amount of income for the business year, and when the deferred assets were succeeded to from a splitting corporation, corporation making a capital contribution in kind, or corporation making a distribution in kind (hereinafter referred to as a "splitting corporation, etc." in this paragraph) as a result of a qualified company split, etc., the amount recorded in the books as the amount accounted for as a loss during the period in the business year of the company split, etc. of the splitting corporation, etc., and the portion of the amount accounted for as a loss in each business year prior to the business year of the company split, etc. that was excluded from deductible expenses in the calculation of the amount of income for each business year on or before the business year of the company split, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the amount accounted for as a loss includes the amount excluded from deductible expenses in the calculation of the amount of income for each business year prior to the business year of the depreciation; and the amount accounted for as a loss during the period includes the portion of the amount accounted for as a loss for deferred assets set forth in paragraph (2) in each business year prior to the business year of the company split, etc. of the domestic corporation set forth in the paragraph that was excluded from deductible expenses in the calculation of the amount of income for the business year.

⑦In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, with regard to the deferred assets held by the domestic corporation (limited to deferred assets succeeded to from an acquired corporation as a result of a qualified merger, deferred assets falling under the category of assets evaluated by fair value prescribed in Article 62-9, paragraph (1) (Gains or Losses on the Fair Valuation of Assets Held by Wholly Owned Subsidiary Corporations in a share exchange Involved in Non-qualified Share Exchange) to which the provisions of the paragraph were applied, and other deferred assets specified by Cabinet Order), in the case where the amount specified by Cabinet Order as the amount recorded in the books as their value is less than the amount recorded in the acquired corporation's books immediately prior to the succession, the book value immediately after the provisions of paragraph (1) of the Article were applied, or another amount as specified by Cabinet Order, the amount of the shortfall is deemed to be the amount accounted for as a loss in each business year prior to the business year specified by Cabinet Order.

⑧Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the depreciation of deferred assets are specified by Cabinet Order.