Article 19Documents Evidencing the Fact of Bad Debt and Their Retention

A business operator seeking to have Article 39, paragraph (1) of the Act apply must organize documents evidencing that the facts prescribed in that paragraph have arisen with respect to the claim prescribed in that paragraph, and retain them at the place for tax payment or the location of the office, place of business, or similar place relating to the transaction for seven years from the day on which two months (one month where the residual assets of a corporation in liquidation have been determined) have elapsed from the day following the last day of the taxable period that includes the day on which it became unable to collect as prescribed in that paragraph.