第五十条(金融機関の営業所等の届出及び営業所番号)
The head of the business office of a financial institution or other such place must, as provided by Ministry of Finance Order, submit to the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, through the competent district director with jurisdiction over the location of that business office of a financial institution or other such place, a written notice stating the name and location of that business office of a financial institution or other such place, the individual number or corporate number (meaning the corporate number prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (16) (Definitions) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures; the same applies hereinafter) (in the case of an individual who has no individual number, the name and location) of the financial institution, etc. (meaning a person listed in the items of Article 32 (Scope of Financial Institutions, etc.)) pertaining to that business office of a financial institution or other such place, and other matters.
金融機関の営業所等の長は、財務省令で定めるところにより、当該金融機関の営業所等の名称及び所在地並びに当該金融機関の営業所等に係る金融機関等(第三十二条各号(金融機関等の範囲)に掲げる者をいう。)の個人番号又は法人番号(行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律第二条第十六項(定義)に規定する法人番号をいう。以下同じ。)(個人番号を有しない個人にあつては、名称及び所在地)その他の事項を記載した届出書を、当該金融機関の営業所等の所在地の所轄税務署長を経由して、国税庁長官に提出しなければならない。
Upon the submission of the written notice set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency may, for all or some of the business offices of financial institutions or other such places pertaining to that written notice, determine a number for each such business office of a financial institution or other such place (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "office number"), or change that office number.
国税庁長官は、前項の届出書の提出があつた場合には、当該届出書に係る金融機関の営業所等の全部又は一部につき、当該金融機関の営業所等ごとの番号(以下この条において「営業所番号」という。)を定め、又は当該営業所番号を変更することができる。
When the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency has determined or changed an office number under the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner is to notify the head of the business office of the financial institution or other such place concerned, in writing, to that effect and of that office number.
The head of the business office of a financial institution or other such place that has received notice of an office number is to add that office number to the documents prescribed in this Section that are submitted to the district director (including electronic or magnetic records recording the matters to be stated in those documents that are provided by electronic or magnetic means).
Section 4 Nontaxability Pertaining to Public Corporations, etc. and Public Interest Trusts, etc.
第四節 公共法人等及び公益信託等に係る非課税
第五十一条(貸付信託の受益権の収益の分配のうち公共法人等が引き続き所有していた期間の金額)
The amount calculated as provided by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 11, paragraphs (1) and (2) (Nontaxability of Public Corporations and Charitable Trusts) of the Act is, in accordance with the categories of cases listed in the following items, the amount specified in the relevant item.
Where a Domestic Corporation prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter in this Article through Article 51-4 (Submission of Tax-Exemption Return Forms Concerning Interest, etc. on Public and Corporate Bonds, etc.) referred to as a "public corporation, etc."), or the trustee of a public interest trust or participant protection trust prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter in this Article through Article 51-4 referred to as a "public interest trust, etc.") has, throughout the calculation period for distributions of proceeds from a beneficial interest in a Loan Trust that it owns or that belongs to the trust property of the public interest trust, etc., had an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution (meaning the transfer account book kept under the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares by a person listed in Article 32, items (i), (iv), and (v) (Scope of Financial Institutions, etc.); the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 51-3) pursuant to Article 51-3, paragraph (1) (Recording of Securities Pertaining to Public and Corporate Bonds, etc.), or placed it in custody: the amount of the distribution of proceeds corresponding to that calculation period;
法第十一条第一項に規定する内国法人(以下この条から第五十一条の四まで(公社債等の利子等に係る非課税申告書の提出)において「公共法人等」という。)又は法第十一条第二項に規定する公益信託若しくは加入者保護信託(以下この条から第五十一条の四までにおいて「公益信託等」という。)の受託者が、その所有し、又はその公益信託等の信託財産に属する貸付信託の受益権の収益の分配の計算期間を通じて第五十一条の三第一項(公社債等に係る有価証券の記録等)の規定により金融機関の振替口座簿(第三十二条第一号、第四号及び第五号(金融機関等の範囲)に掲げる者が社債、株式等の振替に関する法律の規定により備え付ける振替口座簿をいう。以下この条及び第五十一条の三において同じ。)に記載若しくは記録を受け、又は保管の委託をしている場合 当該計算期間に対応する収益の分配の額
Where a public corporation, etc. or the trustee of a public interest trust, etc. has, in the middle of the calculation period for distributions of proceeds from a beneficial interest in a Loan Trust that it owns or that belongs to the trust property of the public interest trust, etc., had an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution, or placed it in custody, pursuant to Article 51-3, paragraph (1), and has, throughout the period from the day on which the entry or record was made or the custody was entrusted until the last day of that calculation period, had an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution, or kept it in custody: the amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the distribution of proceeds corresponding to that calculation period by the number of days in the period during which the entry or record has been made or the custody has been entrusted, and dividing the product by the number of days in that calculation period.
公共法人等又は公益信託等の受託者が、その所有し、又はその公益信託等の信託財産に属する貸付信託の受益権につきその収益の分配の計算期間の中途において第五十一条の三第一項の規定により金融機関の振替口座簿に記載若しくは記録を受け、又は保管の委託をし、かつ、その記載若しくは記録を受け、又は保管の委託をした日から当該計算期間の終了の日までの期間を通じて金融機関の振替口座簿に記載若しくは記録を受け、又は保管の委託をしている場合 当該計算期間に対応する収益の分配の額に当該記載若しくは記録を受け、又は保管の委託をしている期間の日数を乗じこれを当該計算期間の日数で除して計算した金額
Article 51-2Scope of Public and Corporate Bonds, etc.
第五十一条の二(公社債等の範囲)
The beneficial interests specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) (Nontaxability of Public Corporations and Charitable Trusts) of the Act are the following beneficial interests:
a beneficial interest in a Loan Trust;
貸付信託の受益権
a beneficial interest in a Bond Investment Trust;
公社債投資信託の受益権
a beneficial interest in a Bond-Based Investment Trust;
公社債等運用投資信託の受益権
a bond-type beneficial interest prescribed in Article 6-3, item (iv) (Application of This Act to Trust Corporations) of the Act.
法第六条の三第四号(受託法人等に関するこの法律の適用)に規定する社債的受益権
Article 51-3Recording of Securities Pertaining to Public and Corporate Bonds, etc.
第五十一条の三(公社債等に係る有価証券の記録等)
The method specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) (Nontaxability of Public Corporations and Charitable Trusts) of the Act is, for each category of public and corporate bonds, etc. listed in the following items for which a public corporation, etc. or the trustee of a public interest trust, etc. seeks to receive the application of Article 11, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act with respect to the interest and similar income (meaning the interest and similar income prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Act; the same applies in the following Article) on the public and corporate bonds, etc. prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter in this paragraph, the following paragraph, and the following Article referred to as "public and corporate bonds, etc.") that it owns or that belong to the trust property of the public interest trust, etc., the method specified in the relevant item.
public and corporate bonds and the beneficial interests listed in the items of the preceding Article (excluding those listed in the following item through item (iv)): the method of having an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution pertaining to the business office or similar place of a financial institution (meaning the business office, office, or other similar place of a person listed in Article 32, items (i), (iv), and (v) (Scope of Financial Institutions, etc.); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and in items (i) and (iv) of the following paragraph);
corporate bonds (meaning corporate bonds prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) (Definitions) of the Act that fall under the rights prescribed in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) (Application for Registration) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter in this item and in item (ii) of the following paragraph): the method of placing them in custody, by a specified management method (meaning a method that satisfies requirements prescribed by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, such as imposing restrictions on the transfer of those corporate bonds), with a financial instruments business operator or similar institution (meaning a financial instruments business operator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9) (Definitions) of that Act (limited to a person that conducts type-I financial instruments business prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) (General Provisions) of that Act) or a registered financial institution prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (11) of that Act; the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph);
社債(法第二条第一項第九号(定義)に規定する社債であつて、金融商品取引法第二十九条の二第一項第八号(登録の申請)に規定する権利に該当するものをいう。以下この号及び次項第二号において同じ。) 金融商品取引業者等(同法第二条第九項(定義)に規定する金融商品取引業者(同法第二十八条第一項(通則)に規定する第一種金融商品取引業を行う者に限る。)又は同法第二条第十一項に規定する登録金融機関をいう。同号において同じ。)に特定管理方法(当該社債の譲渡についての制限を付すことその他の金融庁長官が定める要件を満たす方法をいう。)による保管の委託をする方法
public and corporate bonds and the beneficial interests listed in item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding Article that are acquired from an Investment Trust management company (meaning an Investment Trust management company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (11) (Definitions) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations; the same applies in item (iii) of the following paragraph) (excluding those listed in the preceding item): the method of having an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution through the business office of that Investment Trust management company that has brokered the transfer;
long-term credit bank debentures under Article 8 (Issuance of Long-Term Credit Bank Debentures) of the Long Term Credit Bank Act and other public and corporate bonds, etc. specified by Ministry of Finance Order, and beneficiary certificates in registered form of Loan Trusts and Bond-Based Investment Trusts Under Public Offering (limited to Investment Trusts not managed under instructions from the settlor prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations) (excluding those listed in item (ii)): the method of having an entry or record made in the transfer account book of a financial institution pertaining to the business office or similar place of a financial institution, or the method of having them kept at the business office or similar place of a financial institution.
The business offices or similar places (meaning business offices, offices, or other places equivalent to these; the same applies in item (ii)) listed in the following items (hereinafter in the following Article referred to as the "office of a financial institution or similar body") must, for the public and corporate bonds, etc. specified in the relevant item, keep books, set up an account for each person who has had an entry or record made or has placed the bonds in custody, and enter or record the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order.
the business office or similar place of a financial institution set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph: the public and corporate bonds, etc. for which an entry or record has been made in the transfer account book of a financial institution set forth in that item;
the business office or similar place of a financial instruments business operator or similar institution set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph: the corporate bonds for which custody has been accepted as set forth in that item;
the business office of the Investment Trust management company set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph: the public and corporate bonds, etc. for which an entry or record has been made in the transfer account book of a financial institution set forth in that item;
the business office or similar place of a financial institution set forth in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph: the public and corporate bonds, etc. for which an entry or record has been made in the transfer account book of a financial institution, or for which custody has been accepted, as set forth in that item.
When the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency has specified requirements pursuant to paragraph (1), item (ii), the Commissioner is to give public notice thereof.
金融庁長官は、第一項第二号の規定により要件を定めたときは、これを告示する。
In addition to what is provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2), necessary matters concerning the retention of the books set forth in paragraph (2) are specified by Ministry of Finance Order.
第五十一条の四(公社債等の利子等に係る非課税申告書の提出)
Where a public corporation, etc. or the trustee of a public interest trust, etc. seeks to receive the application of Article 11, paragraphs (1) and (2) (Nontaxability of Public Corporations and Charitable Trusts) of the Act with respect to the interest and similar income on public and corporate bonds, etc. that it is to be paid, it must, by the day preceding the day on which it is to be paid the interest and similar income on those public and corporate bonds, etc., submit the return form prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Act, through the office of a financial institution or similar body and the payer (meaning the payer prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (6)), to the competent district director with jurisdiction over the place for tax payment of that payer for that interest and similar income under Article 17 (Locality for Paying Over Withholding Tax) of the Act (or, where a designation has been made under Article 18, paragraph (2) (Designation of Locality for Paying Over Taxes) of the Act, the place for tax payment so designated).
The head of the office of a financial institution or similar body set forth in the preceding paragraph must not accept the return form if the matters concerning the entry or record, custody, or brokering of transfer of Securities pertaining to the public and corporate bonds, etc. stated in the return form set forth in that paragraph differ from the matters concerning the entry or record, custody, or brokering of transfer of Securities pertaining to those public and corporate bonds, etc. stated in the books set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.
前項の金融機関等の営業所等の長は、同項の申告書に記載されている公社債等に係る有価証券の記載若しくは記録、保管又は振替の取次ぎに関する事項と前条第二項の帳簿に記載されている当該公社債等に係る有価証券の記載若しくは記録、保管又は振替の取次ぎに関する事項とが異なるときは、当該申告書を受理してはならない。
In the case referred to in paragraph (1), when the return form set forth in that paragraph is accepted by the office of a financial institution or similar body set forth in that paragraph, that return form is deemed to have been submitted to the district director set forth in that paragraph on the day on which it was accepted.
第一項の場合において、同項の申告書が同項の金融機関等の営業所等に受理されたときは、当該申告書は、その受理された日に同項の税務署長に提出されたものとみなす。
A public corporation, etc. or the trustee of a public interest trust, etc. set forth in paragraph (1) may, in lieu of submitting a return form pursuant to that paragraph, provide the matters to be stated in that return form to the office of a financial institution or similar body set forth in that paragraph by electronic or magnetic means (meaning the electronic or magnetic means prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act; the same applies in paragraph (6)). In this case, that public corporation, etc. or the trustee of that public interest trust, etc. is deemed to have submitted that return form to that office of a financial institution or similar body.
With respect to the application of paragraph (3) in the case where Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act or the preceding paragraph applies, the phrase "the return form set forth in that paragraph is" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the matters to be stated in the return form set forth in that paragraph are", the phrase "accepted by" with "provided to", and the phrase "the day on which it was accepted" with "the day on which they were provided".
The head of the office of a financial institution or similar body that has accepted the return form set forth in paragraph (1) may, in lieu of submitting a return form pursuant to that paragraph, provide the matters to be stated in that return form to the payer set forth in that paragraph by electronic or magnetic means. In this case, the head of that office of a financial institution or similar body is deemed to have submitted that return form to that payer.
第五十一条の五(公共法人等に該当する農業協同組合連合会の要件等)
The requirements specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in the row for federations of agricultural cooperatives in Appended Table 1 of the Act are that the articles of incorporation of the federation of agricultural cooperatives contain the following provisions:
法別表第一の農業協同組合連合会の項に規定する政令で定める要件は、当該農業協同組合連合会の定款に次に掲げる定めがあることとする。
a provision that the business conducted by the federation of agricultural cooperatives is limited to the business listed in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (xi) (Facilities Relating to Medical Care) of the Agricultural Co-operatives Act (including business incidental thereto), or that business and the business listed in item (xii) (Facilities Relating to the Welfare of the Elderly) of that paragraph (including business incidental thereto);
当該農業協同組合連合会の行う事業は、農業協同組合法第十条第一項第十一号(医療に関する施設)に掲げる事業(これに附帯する事業を含む。)又は当該事業及び同項第十二号(老人の福祉に関する施設)に掲げる事業(これらに附帯する事業を含む。)に限る旨の定め
a provision that the federation of agricultural cooperatives is not to pay dividends of surplus (limited to those on capital contributions);
当該農業協同組合連合会は、剰余金の配当(出資に係るものに限る。)を行わない旨の定め
a provision that, when the federation of agricultural cooperatives is dissolved, its residual assets are to revert to the State, a local government, or another federation of agricultural cooperatives that conducts the business prescribed in item (i).
当該農業協同組合連合会が解散したときは、その残余財産が国若しくは地方公共団体又は第一号に規定する事業を行う他の農業協同組合連合会に帰属する旨の定め
A federation of agricultural cooperatives that seeks to receive the designation prescribed in the row for federations of agricultural cooperatives in Appended Table 1 of the Act must attach a copy of its articles of incorporation and other documents specified by Ministry of Finance Order to a written application stating its name and the location of its principal office, the name and location of the hospitals or clinics it establishes, and other matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order, and submit it to the Minister of Finance.
農業協同組合連合会は、法別表第一の農業協同組合連合会の項に規定する指定を受けようとするときは、その名称及び主たる事務所の所在地、その設置する病院又は診療所の名称及び所在地その他の財務省令で定める事項を記載した申請書に定款の写しその他の財務省令で定める書類を添付し、これを財務大臣に提出しなければならない。
When the Minister of Finance has designated a federation of agricultural cooperatives pursuant to the row for federations of agricultural cooperatives in Appended Table 1 of the Act, the Minister is to give public notice thereof.
財務大臣は、法別表第一の農業協同組合連合会の項の規定により農業協同組合連合会を指定したときは、これを告示する。
electronic or magnetic meansmachine translation
「電磁的方法」
A way of using an electronic data processing system or other information and communications technology, as Article 10, paragraph (8) of the Income Tax Act defines it.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (3)· applies only in this section
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (3)· applies only in this section
individual numbermachine translation
「個人番号」
The individual number (the personal 'My Number') as defined in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013).
Defined inArticle 41, paragraph (1), item (i)
corporate numbermachine translation
「法人番号」
A corporate number as defined in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
Defined inArticle 50, paragraph (1)
office numbermachine translation
「営業所番号」
In Article 50, a number the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (国税庁長官) may set, or change, for each business office or similar place of a financial institution whose head has filed the notification paragraph (1) of that Article requires.
Short name set inArticle 50, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article
public corporation, etc.machine translation
「公共法人等」
A domestic corporation listed in Appended Table 1 of the Income Tax Act, as Article 11, paragraph (1) of that Act refers to it, whose interest, dividends and similar income are not subject to income tax.
Short name set inArticle 51, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Articles 51-2 to 51-4
public interest trust, etc.machine translation
「公益信託等」
A public interest trust (公益信託) or a participant protection trust (加入者保護信託) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (11) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, as Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Income Tax Act refers to them.
Short name set inArticle 51, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Articles 51-2 to 51-4
transfer account bookmachine translation
「振替口座簿」
In Articles 51 and 51-3, a transfer account book kept under the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares by a bank, trust company or other financial institution listed in Article 32, item (i), a financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) carrying on Type I financial instruments business, or a life or non-life insurance company registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Defined inArticle 51, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this article and in Article 51-3
public and corporate bonds, etc.machine translation
「公社債等」
Public and corporate bonds, and beneficial interests in loan trusts, investment trusts or special purpose trusts of the kinds a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, as Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Income Tax Act refers to them, whose interest, distributions or dividends are exempt for public corporations and public interest trusts only if held and recorded in the way this paragraph sets.
Short name set inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 51-3, paragraph (2); and Article 51-4
interest and similar incomemachine translation
「利子等」
Interest, distributions of profit or dividends of surplus on the bonds and trust beneficial interests described in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Income Tax Act (公社債等), as that paragraph defines them.
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 51-4
business office or similar placemachine translation
「営業所等」
In Article 51-3, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), items (i) and (iv), a business office, office or similar establishment of the financial institutions listed in Article 32, items (i), (iv) and (v).
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 51-3, paragraph (2), items (i) and (iv)
corporate bondmachine translation
「社債」
A corporate bond as covered by Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Income Tax Act (including bonds a corporation other than a company issues under a special Act) that is also a right described in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act: a right deemed a security under Article 2, paragraph (2) of that Act, of the kind a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets in view of how it is recorded or transferred.
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this item and in Article 51-3, paragraph (2), item (ii)
financial instruments business operator or similar institutionmachine translation
「金融商品取引業者等」
A financial instruments business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act that carries on type I financial instruments business, or a registered financial institution as defined in Article 2, paragraph (11) of that Act.
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 51-3, paragraph (2), item (ii)
investment trust management companymachine translation
「投資信託委託会社」
In Article 51-3, an investment trust management company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (11) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations: a financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) carrying on investment management business, other than a trust company, that is the settlor of an investment trust whose investments the settlor directs.
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 51-3, paragraph (2), item (iii)
business office or similar placemachine translation
「営業所等」
In Article 51-3, paragraph (2), a business office, office or similar establishment that must keep books and open an account for each person whose bonds or similar securities it records in a transfer account book or holds in custody.
Defined inArticle 51-3, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision
office of a financial institution or similar bodymachine translation
「金融機関等の営業所等」
The business offices or similar places Article 51-3, paragraph (2) lists — of financial institutions, financial instruments business operators or similar (金融商品取引業者等) and investment trust management companies (投資信託委託会社) — which must keep books with an account for each person whose bonds or similar they record or hold.
Short name set inArticle 51-3, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 51-4
payermachine translation
「支払者」
In Article 51-4, paragraphs (1) and (6), the person who pays interest or other income on public and corporate bonds or similar (公社債等), as referred to in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Income Tax Act, through whom a public corporation or the trustee of a public interest trust submits its declaration to receive that income tax-free.
Defined inArticle 51-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 51-4, paragraph (6)
electronic or magnetic meansmachine translation
「電磁的方法」
A way of using an electronic data processing system or other information and communications technology, as Article 10, paragraph (8) of the Income Tax Act defines it and Article 11, paragraph (4) of that Act adopts.
Defined inArticle 51-4, paragraph (4)· applies only in this provision and in Article 51-4, paragraph (6)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
district director
税務署長
The head of a tax office (税務署), the local office of the National Tax Agency that deals with taxpayers in its district (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Article 24). It is the office a person usually deals with: an income tax return is filed with a district director (Income Tax Act, Article 120, paragraph (1)), and reassessments, determinations and the collection of national tax are done by the district director for the taxpayer's current place for tax payment (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Articles 30 and 43). A person who objects to what a district director has decided can ask that director to look at it again (再調査の請求) or go straight to the National Tax Tribunal (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (i)) — unless the notice of the decision says officials of a Regional Taxation Bureau or of the National Tax Agency investigated, in which case it counts as the regional commissioner's decision, with the same choice, or as the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency's, which can only be challenged by a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Art. 24, Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 30, 43, 75 and Income Tax Act, Art. 120 as a reference.
Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency
金融庁長官
The head of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁), which the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁設置法) sets up as an external agency (外局) of the Cabinet Office — an agency attached to it, with a head of its own (Article 2). The Agency's mission is to keep Japan's financial system stable, to protect depositors, insurance policyholders, investors in securities and people in a like position, and to help finance flow smoothly (Article 3, paragraph (1)). The Banking Act hands the Prime Minister's (内閣総理大臣) powers under it to the Commissioner, except those a Cabinet Order (政令) keeps back, and lets the Commissioner, as a Cabinet Order provides, pass some of them on to the directors of the Local Finance Bureaus and Local Finance Branch Bureaus (財務局長, 財務支局長) (Banking Act, Article 59).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency, Arts. 2, 3 and Banking Act, Art. 59 as a reference.
Commissioner of the National Tax Agency
国税庁長官
The head of the National Tax Agency (国税庁), the agency within the Ministry of Finance that assesses and collects national taxes (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Articles 18 and 19). The Commissioner issues circulars (通達) setting out how the tax laws are read, and the National Tax Tribunal must tell the Commissioner beforehand when it will decide a case on a different reading (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Article 99, paragraph (1)). An objection to a decision the Commissioner made is a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Arts. 18, 19 and Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 75, 99 as a reference.