# Article 23-4, paragraph (3), item (ii), (b), its wordings — Regulation for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 23-4, paragraph (3), item (ii), (b) (第二十三条の四第三項第二号ロ) 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 (3), item (ii), (b) (第二十三条の四第三項第二号ロ) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-23-4/par-3/item-2/sub-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-23-4/par-3/item-2/sub-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:

> 当該添付書類記載事項が記載された書類をスキャナにより読み取る方法その他これに類する方法により作成した情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）第三条第七号（定義）に規定する電磁的記録（これらの方法により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五条第二項各号（電子情報処理組織による申請等）に掲げる要件を満たすように読み取り、又は作成したものに限る。）を電子情報処理組織を使用して送信する方法（イに掲げる方法につき国税庁の使用に係る電子計算機において用いることができない場合に限る。）

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

> the method of transmitting, using an electronic data processing system, an electronic or magnetic record prescribed in Article 3, item (vii) (Definitions) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002) that has been created by reading a document stating those matters stated in attached documents with a scanner or by a similar method (limited to one that has been read or created by those methods so as to satisfy the requirements set out in the items of Article 5, paragraph (2) (Applications, etc. by Means of Electronic Data Processing System) of the Ministerial Order on the Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology Pertaining to National Tax Laws and Regulations, etc.) (limited to the case where the method set out in (a) cannot be used on the computer used by the National Tax Agency).

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

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

Japanese:

(none: the provision is not in the law at this point)

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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)