# Article 1, paragraph (2), item (ii), its wordings — 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

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How the wording of Article 1, paragraph (2), item (ii) (第一条第二項第二号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: 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 (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) — https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation
- Provision: Article 1, paragraph (2), item (ii) (第一条第二項第二号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-2/item-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-2/item-2)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Ministry of Finance Order No. 28 of 2025

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 納税地等　保存義務者が、国税関係帳簿書類に係る国税の納税者（国税通則法（昭和三十七年法律第六十六号）第二条第五号（定義）に規定する納税者をいう。以下この号及び第五条第五項第二号ホにおいて同じ。）である場合には当該国税の納税地をいい、国税関係帳簿書類に係る国税の納税者でない場合には当該国税関係帳簿書類に係る対応業務（国税に関する法律の規定により業務に関して国税関係帳簿書類の保存をしなければならないこととされている場合における当該業務をいう。）を行う事務所、事業所その他これらに準ずるものの所在地をいう。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> Place for tax payment, etc.: means, where a person required to preserve is a taxpayer of national tax relating to books and documents related to national tax (meaning a taxpayer prescribed in Article 2, item (v) (Definitions) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes (Act No. 66 of 1962); the same applies hereinafter in this item and in Article 5, paragraph (5), item (ii), (e)), the place for tax payment for that national tax, and where the person is not a taxpayer of national tax relating to books and documents related to national tax, the location of the office, place of business, or other equivalent facility at which the corresponding business relating to those books and documents related to national tax (meaning, where the person is required by the provisions of laws concerning national tax to preserve books and documents related to national tax in connection with business, that business) is conducted.

## 2. 1 January 2027 — Ministry of Finance Order No. 28 of 2025

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 January 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Ministry of Finance Order No. 28 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20270101_507M60000040028

Japanese:

> 納税地等　保存義務者が、国税関係帳簿書類に係る国税の納税者（国税通則法（昭和三十七年法律第六十六号）第二条第五号（定義）に規定する納税者をいう。以下この号及び第五条第四項第二号ホにおいて同じ。）である場合には当該国税の納税地をいい、国税関係帳簿書類に係る国税の納税者でない場合には当該国税関係帳簿書類に係る対応業務（国税に関する法律の規定により業務に関して国税関係帳簿書類の保存をしなければならないこととされている場合における当該業務をいう。）を行う事務所、事業所その他これらに準ずるものの所在地をいう。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> Place for tax payment, etc.: means, where a person required to preserve is a taxpayer of national tax relating to books and documents related to national tax (meaning a taxpayer prescribed in Article 2, item (v) (Definitions) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes (Act No. 66 of 1962); the same applies hereinafter in this item and in Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii), (e)), the place for tax payment for that national tax, and where the person is not a taxpayer of national tax relating to books and documents related to national tax, the location of the office, place of business, or other equivalent facility at which the corresponding business relating to those books and documents related to national tax (meaning, where the person is required by the provisions of laws concerning national tax to preserve books and documents related to national tax in connection with business, that business) is conducted.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/410M50000040043)
- 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/410M50000040043/20250401_507M60000040028)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/410M50000040043/20270101_507M60000040028)