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Article 5Taxpayers

第五条(納税義務者)

A business operator has an obligation to pay consumption tax under this Act with respect to taxable transfers, etc. of assets conducted in Japan (excluding those that fall under specified transfers, etc. of assets; the same applies hereafter, except in Article 30, paragraph (2) and Article 32) and specified taxable purchases (meaning, of taxable purchases, those that fall under specified purchases; the same applies hereafter).

事業者は、国内において行つた課税資産の譲渡等(特定資産の譲渡等に該当するものを除く。第三十条第二項及び第三十二条を除き、以下同じ。)及び特定課税仕入れ(課税仕入れのうち特定仕入れに該当するものをいう。以下同じ。)につき、この法律により、消費税を納める義務がある。

A person who takes foreign goods out of a bonded area has an obligation to pay consumption tax under this Act with respect to the taxable goods.

外国貨物を保税地域から引き取る者は、課税貨物につき、この法律により、消費税を納める義務がある。

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