# Article 16, paragraph (5), its wordings — Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 16, paragraph (5) (第十六条第五項) 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 (5) (第十六条第五項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-5 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-16/par-5)
- 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:

> 第一項又は第二項の規定により前項に規定する電磁的記録を保存する事業者は、当該電磁的記録を、電子計算機を使用して作成する国税関係帳簿書類の保存方法等の特例に関する法律施行規則第四条第一項各号（電子取引の取引情報に係る電磁的記録の保存）に掲げる措置のいずれかを行い、同項に規定する要件に準ずる要件に従つて保存するものとする。

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

> A business operator that retains the electronic or magnetic records prescribed in the preceding paragraph pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) is to retain those electronic or magnetic records by taking any of the measures set out in the items of Article 4, paragraph (1) (Retention of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Transaction Information of Electronic Transactions) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers, and in accordance with requirements equivalent to the requirements prescribed in that paragraph.

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

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 April 2028
- The amendment: Moved to paragraph (4) and reworded (Ministry of Finance Order No. 19 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20280401_508M60000040019

Japanese:

> 第一項又は第二項の規定によりこれらの規定に規定する書類に係る電磁的記録を保存する事業者は、当該電磁的記録を、電子計算機を使用して作成する国税関係帳簿書類の保存方法等の特例に関する法律施行規則第四条第一項各号（電子取引の取引情報に係る電磁的記録の保存）に掲げる措置のいずれかを行い、同項に規定する要件に準ずる要件に従つて保存するものとする。

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

> A business operator that, pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), retains the electronic or magnetic records relating to the documents prescribed in those provisions is to retain those electronic or magnetic records by taking any of the measures set out in the items of Article 4, paragraph (1) (Retention of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Transaction Information of Electronic Transactions) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers, and in accordance with requirements equivalent to the requirements prescribed in that paragraph.

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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)