# 法人税法 / Corporation Tax Act — 第二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 29)

- Law: 法人税法 (Corporation Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十四号
- English title "Corporation Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 29)（外国法人に係る各事業年度の所得に対する法人税の税率に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4281-15/art-29`
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### 第二十九条（外国法人に係る各事業年度の所得に対する法人税の税率に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Tax Rate for Corporation Tax on Income for Each Business Year of a Foreign Corporation
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4281-15/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4281-15/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4281-15/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  外国法人の施行日から平成三十年三月三十一日までの間に開始する事業年度の所得に係る新法人税法その他法人税に関する法令の規定の適用については、新法人税法第百四十三条第一項中「百分の二十三・二」とあるのは、「百分の二十三・四」とする。
<sup>suppl-4281-15/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4281-15/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4281-15/art-29/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of the New Corporation Tax Act and other laws and regulations concerning corporation tax concerning income for a business year of a foreign corporation beginning during the period from the Effective Date to March 31, 2018, the phrase "23.2 percent" in Article 143, paragraph (1) of the New Corporation Tax Act is deemed to be replaced with "23.4 percent".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 法人税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000034/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-08
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Corporation Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3115/tb), retrieved 2026-10-08
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch corporation-tax-act-20261008T111236-127, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 法人税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-08