# Article 16, paragraph (1), its wordings — Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 16, paragraph (1) (第十六条第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act (消費税法施行規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation
- Provision: Article 16, paragraph (1) (第十六条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Ministry of Finance Order No. 19 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 法第三十一条第一項に規定する財務省令で定めるところにより証明がされたときは、同項に規定する非課税資産の譲渡等のうち同項に規定する輸出取引等に該当するものを行つた事業者が、当該非課税資産の譲渡等につき、第五条第一項各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ同項各号に定める書類又は帳簿を整理し、当該非課税資産の譲渡等を行つた日の属する課税期間の末日の翌日から二月（清算中の法人について残余財産が確定した場合には一月とする。次項及び第三項において同じ。）を経過した日から七年間、これを納税地又はその取引に係る事務所、事業所その他これらに準ずるもの（次項において「事務所等」という。）の所在地に保存することにより証明がされたときとする。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> The case where proof has been provided as specified by Ministry of Finance Order prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act is the case where a business operator that has made a non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets prescribed in that paragraph that falls under an export transaction, etc. prescribed in that paragraph has provided proof, with respect to that non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets, by organizing the documents or books specified in the items of Article 5, paragraph (1) in accordance with the categories of cases set out in those items, and retaining them at the place for tax payment or the location of the office, place of business, or similar place relating to the transaction (referred to as "office or similar place" in the following paragraph) for seven years from the day on which two months (one month where the residual assets of a corporation in liquidation have been determined; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) have elapsed from the day following the last day of the taxable period that includes the day on which the non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets was made.

## 2. 1 April 2028 — Ministry of Finance Order No. 19 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 April 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Ministry of Finance Order No. 19 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20280401_508M60000040019

Japanese:

> 法第三十一条第一項に規定する財務省令で定めるところにより証明がされたときは、同項に規定する非課税資産の譲渡等のうち同項に規定する輸出取引等に該当するものを行つた事業者が、当該非課税資産の譲渡等につき、第五条第一項各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ当該各号に定める書類（当該書類に係る電磁的記録を含む。）又は帳簿を整理し、当該非課税資産の譲渡等を行つた日の属する課税期間に係る確定申告書の提出期限の翌日から七年間、これを納税地又はその取引に係る事務所、事業所その他これらに準ずるもの（次項において「事務所等」という。）の所在地に保存することにより証明がされたときとする。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> The case where proof has been provided as specified by Ministry of Finance Order prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act is the case where a business operator that has made a non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets prescribed in that paragraph that falls under an export transaction, etc. prescribed in that paragraph has provided proof, with respect to that non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets, by organizing the documents (including electronic or magnetic records relating to those documents) or books specified in the items of Article 5, paragraph (1) in accordance with the categories of cases set out in those items, and retaining them at the place for tax payment or the location of the office, place of business, or similar place relating to the transaction (referred to as "office or similar place" in the following paragraph) for seven years from the day following the deadline for filing the final return for the taxable period that includes the day on which the non-taxable transfer, etc. of assets was made.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363M50000040053)
- 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/363M50000040053/20271001_508M60000040019)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363M50000040053/20280401_508M60000040019)