# Article 71, paragraph (1), its wordings — Order for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 71, paragraph (1) (第七十一条第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Order for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act (消費税法施行令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order
- Provision: Article 71, paragraph (1) (第七十一条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-71/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-71/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 事業者（法第九条第一項本文の規定により消費税を納める義務が免除される事業者を除く。）は、帳簿を備え付けてこれにその行つた資産の譲渡等又は課税仕入れ若しくは課税貨物（法律又は条約の規定により消費税が免除されるものを除く。以下この章において同じ。）の保税地域からの引取りに関する財務省令で定める事項を整然と、かつ、明瞭に記録しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> A business operator (excluding a business operator exempted from the obligation to pay consumption tax under the main clause of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act) must keep books and record in them, in an orderly and clear manner, the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order concerning the transfers, etc. of assets or taxable purchases it has carried out or the taking out of taxable goods (excluding those for which consumption tax is exempted under the provisions of laws or treaties; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) from a bonded area.

## 2. 1 April 2028 — Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 April 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20280401_508CO0000000096

Japanese:

> 事業者（法第九条第一項本文の規定により消費税を納める義務が免除される事業者を除く。）は、帳簿を備え付けてこれにその行つた資産の譲渡等又は課税仕入れ若しくは課税貨物（法第八条の二第一項その他の法律又は条約の規定により消費税が免除されるものを除く。以下この章において同じ。）の保税地域からの引取りに関する財務省令で定める事項を整然と、かつ、明瞭に記録しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> A business operator (excluding a business operator exempted from the obligation to pay consumption tax under the main clause of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act) must keep books and record in them, in an orderly and clear manner, the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order concerning the transfers, etc. of assets or taxable purchases it has carried out or the taking out of taxable goods (excluding those for which consumption tax is exempted under the provisions of Article 8-2, paragraph (1) of the Act or other laws or treaties; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) from a bonded area.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360)
- English name of the law: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360/20280101_508CO0000000096)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360/20280401_508CO0000000096)