# 法人税法 / Corporation Tax Act — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)

- 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: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)（貸倒引当金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4311-6/art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4311-6/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4311-6/art-18
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### 第十八条（貸倒引当金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Bad Debt Reserves
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4311-6/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4311-6/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4311-6/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  新法人税法第五十二条第十二項の規定は、施行日後に公益法人等に該当することとなる普通法人及び協同組合等について適用し、施行日以前に公益法人等に該当することとなった特定普通法人等については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4311-6/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4311-6/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4311-6/art-18/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 52, paragraph (12) of the New Corporation Tax Act apply to ordinary corporations and cooperatives, etc. that come to fall under public interest corporations, etc. after the Effective Date, and with regard to specified ordinary corporations, etc. that came to fall under public interest corporations, etc. on or before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4311-6/art-18/par-1: 新法人税法第五十二条第十二項 → 法人税法 第五十二条第十二項 (Article 52, paragraph (12)), art-52/par-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/art-52/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-52/par-12

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 法人税法 附則第十四条第一項（課税所得の範囲の変更等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4311-6/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4311-6/art-14/par-1

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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-20261008T111236-133, 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
