# Article 23-4, paragraph (2), its wordings — Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 23-4, paragraph (2) (第二十三条の四第二項) 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 23-4, paragraph (2) (第二十三条の四第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-23-4/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-23-4/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:

> 前項の規定によりその例によるものとされる国税関係法令に係る情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する省令第四条第一項の届出は、事業者（法第十五条第三項に規定する受託事業者を除く。）が次の各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつた場合には、当該各号に定める日から一月以内（第三号に掲げる場合にあつては、二月以内）に行わなければならない。

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

> The notification under Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order on the Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology Pertaining to National Tax Laws and Regulations, etc. the provisions of which are followed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, must be made, where a business operator (excluding a trustee business operator prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Act) comes to fall under a case set out in the following items, within one month (within two months in the case set out in item (iii)) from the day specified in the relevant item:

## 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:

> 法第四十六条の三第二項に規定する財務省令で定める書類は、電気通信回線の故障、災害その他の理由により電子情報処理組織を使用することが困難であることを明らかにする書類とする。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> The documents specified by Ministry of Finance Order prescribed in Article 46-3, paragraph (2) of the Act are documents that make clear that it is difficult to use an electronic data processing system due to a failure of a telecommunications line, a disaster or any other reason.

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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)