①In the case where a domestic corporation (excluding a domestic corporation in liquidation; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) that conducts any of the following businesses has received monies or materials in each business year, for the purpose of establishing the facilities necessary for conducting the business, from persons who consume electricity, gas or water, persons who use railway or rail track services, or other persons who enjoy benefits from such facilities (hereinafter referred to as the "beneficiaries" in this Article), when, with regard to the Fixed Assets comprising such facilities that it has acquired by the end of the business year, the book value of the Fixed Assets has been reduced, with the reduction accounted for as a loss, within the limit of the amount up to the amount required for the acquisition of the Fixed Assets out of the amount of the monies or the value of the materials received in the business year (if the Fixed Assets are depreciable assets acquired in a business year prior to the business year, the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order on the basis of that amount; hereinafter such limit is referred to as the "advanced depreciation limit" in this paragraph) or the amount not exceeding the advanced depreciation limit has been booked in such a manner as to save it as a reserve (including in a manner as specified by Cabinet Order) in the final settlement of the accounts in the business year, the amount equivalent to the amount reduced or booked as above is included in deductible expenses, when calculating the amount of income for the business year:

②In the case where the domestic corporation set forth in the preceding paragraph has received the delivery of Fixed Assets comprising the facilities necessary for conducting the businesses listed in the items of the paragraph in each business year from the beneficiaries of the business, when, in the business year, the book value of the Fixed Assets has been reduced, with the reduction accounted for as a loss, within the limit of the amount equivalent to the value of the Fixed Assets (hereinafter such limit is referred to as the "advanced depreciation limit" in this paragraph) or the amount not exceeding the advanced depreciation limit has been booked in such a manner as to save it as a reserve (including in a manner as specified by Cabinet Order) in the final settlement of the accounts in the business year, the amount equivalent to the amount reduced or booked as above is included in deductible expenses, when calculating the amount of income for the business year.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply only in the case where a tax return contains a detailed statement concerning the inclusion in deductible expenses of the amount reduced or booked as prescribed in these provisions.

④Even in the case where a tax return without entries for the matters set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the district director of the tax office may apply the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), when they find any unavoidable grounds for the person's failure to make entries for such matters.

⑤In the case where the domestic corporation set forth in paragraph (1) transfers, as a result of a qualified company split, qualified capital contribution in kind, or qualified in-kind distribution (hereinafter referred to as a "qualified company split, etc." in this Article), Fixed Assets that it has acquired by the time immediately prior to the qualified company split, etc. (limited to those comprising the facilities in the case where the domestic corporation has received monies or materials, for the purpose of establishing the facilities necessary for conducting the business listed in the items of that paragraph, from the beneficiaries of the business during the period from the beginning of the business year containing the date of the qualified company split, etc. to that time immediately prior) to a succeeding corporation in a company split, corporation receiving a capital contribution in kind, or corporation receiving a distribution in kind (referred to as a "succeeding corporation in a company split, etc." in the following paragraph), when, in the business year, the book value of the Fixed Assets has been reduced to within the amount equivalent to the advanced depreciation limit prescribed in paragraph (1), the amount equivalent to the amount reduced as above is included in deductible expenses, when calculating the amount of income for the business year.

⑥In the case where the domestic corporation set forth in paragraph (1) transfers, as a result of a qualified company split, etc., Fixed Assets comprising the facilities necessary for conducting the business listed in the items of the paragraph (limited to the Fixed Assets that the domestic corporation acquired from the beneficiaries of the business during the period from the beginning of the business year containing the date of the qualified company split, etc. to immediately prior to the qualified company split, etc.) to a succeeding corporation in a company split, etc., when, in the business year, the book value of the Fixed Assets has been reduced to within the amount equivalent to the value of the Fixed Assets, the amount equivalent to the amount reduced as above is included in deductible expenses, when calculating the amount of income for the business year.

⑦The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply only in the case where the domestic corporation prescribed in these provisions has submitted documents stating the amount equivalent to the reduced amount prescribed in these provisions and any other matters as specified by Ministry of Finance Order to the competent district director with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment, within two months on or after the date of the qualified company split, etc.

⑧In the case where an acquiring corporation, succeeding corporation in a company split, corporation receiving a capital contribution in kind, or corporation receiving a distribution in kind has received the transfer of any of the Fixed Assets to which the provisions of paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (5), or paragraph (6) had been applied under an acquired corporation, splitting corporation, corporation making a capital contribution in kind, or corporation making a distribution in kind, as a result of a qualified merger, qualified company split, qualified capital contribution in kind, or qualified in-kind distribution, the acquisition cost of the Fixed Assets and other necessary matters concerning the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Cabinet Order.