Article 18Special Provisions on the Time, etc. of Transfers, etc. of Assets Pertaining to Small-Scale Business Operators, etc.
第十八条（小規模事業者等に係る資産の譲渡等の時期等の特例）
For an individual business operator that is subject to the application of Article 67, paragraph (1) or (2) (Periods to Which Revenue and Expenses of Small Enterprises and Similar Businesses Are Attributed) of the Income Tax Act, the time of its transfers, etc. of assets and taxable purchases may be deemed to be the day on which the amount of consideration for the transfer, etc. of assets was received and the day on which the amount of expenses for the taxable purchase was paid.
個人事業者で所得税法第六十七条第一項又は第二項（小規模事業者等の収入及び費用の帰属時期）の規定の適用を受ける者の資産の譲渡等及び課税仕入れを行つた時期は、その資産の譲渡等に係る対価の額を収入した日及びその課税仕入れに係る費用の額を支出した日とすることができる。
A business operator that intends to be subject to the application of the preceding paragraph is to make a note to that effect on the return under Article 45, paragraph (1).
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, special provisions on the time of transfers, etc. of assets and taxable purchases in the case where an individual business operator to which paragraph (1) applies ceases to be subject to that application, and other matters necessary for the application of that paragraph, are specified by Cabinet Order.