# Article 16, paragraph (2), its wordings — Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 16, paragraph (2) (第十六条第二項) 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 (2) (第十六条第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-2)
- 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:

> 法第三十一条第二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、同項に規定する資産の輸出をした事業者が、当該資産の輸出につき第五条第一項第一号に定める書類（関税法第七十六条第一項（郵便物の輸出入の簡易手続）に規定する郵便物として当該資産を輸出した場合には、第五条第一項第二号に定める書類）を整理し、当該資産の輸出をした日の属する課税期間の末日の翌日から二月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等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 (2) of the Act is the case where a business operator that has exported the assets prescribed in that paragraph has provided proof, with respect to that export of assets, by organizing the documents specified in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i) (or, where the assets were exported as a postal item prescribed in Article 76, paragraph (1) (Simplified Procedures for Export and Import of Postal Items) of the Customs Act, the documents specified in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), and retaining them at the place for tax payment or the location of the office or similar place relating to the transaction for seven years from the day on which two months have elapsed from the day following the last day of the taxable period that includes the day on which the assets were exported.

## 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:

> 法第三十一条第二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、同項に規定する資産の輸出をした事業者が、当該資産の輸出につき第五条第一項第一号に定める書類（関税法第七十六条第一項（郵便物の輸出入の簡易手続）に規定する郵便物として当該資産を輸出した場合には、第五条第一項第二号に定める書類とし、これらの書類に係る電磁的記録を含む。）を整理し、当該資産の輸出をし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等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 (2) of the Act is the case where a business operator that has exported the assets prescribed in that paragraph has provided proof, with respect to that export of assets, by organizing the documents specified in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i) (or, where the assets were exported as a postal item prescribed in Article 76, paragraph (1) (Simplified Procedures for Export and Import of Postal Items) of the Customs Act, the documents specified in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii); including electronic or magnetic records relating to these documents), and retaining them at the place for tax payment or the location of the office or similar place relating to the transaction 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 assets were exported.

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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)