# Article 5, paragraph (5), item (i), (b), 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 This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/history/art-5/par-5/item-1/sub-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. How the wording of Article 5, paragraph (5), item (i), (b) (第五条第五項第一号ロ) 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 5, paragraph (5), item (i), (b) (第五条第五項第一号ロ) — https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/art-5/par-5/item-1/sub-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/art-5/par-5/item-1/sub-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: > 当該国税関係帳簿に係る電磁的記録の記録事項と関連国税関係帳簿（当該国税関係帳簿に関連する第二条国税関係帳簿（法第二条第二号に規定する国税関係帳簿をいう。）をいう。ロにおいて同じ。）の記録事項（当該関連国税関係帳簿が、法第四条第一項の規定により当該関連国税関係帳簿に係る電磁的記録の備付け及び保存をもって当該関連国税関係帳簿の備付け及び保存に代えられているもの又は法第五条第一項若しくは第三項の規定により当該電磁的記録の備付け及び当該電磁的記録の電子計算機出力マイクロフィルムによる保存をもって当該関連国税関係帳簿の備付け及び保存に代えられているものである場合には、当該電磁的記録又は当該電子計算機出力マイクロフィルムの記録事項）との間において、相互にその関連性を確認することができるようにしておくこと。 English (Machine translation, not official): > to make it possible to confirm the mutual relationship between the recorded matters of the electronic or magnetic records relating to those books related to national tax and the recorded matters of associated books related to national tax (meaning the books related to national tax prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act that are associated with those books related to national tax; the same applies in (b)) (where those associated books related to national tax are ones for which the keeping and preservation of the electronic or magnetic records relating to them have been substituted for the keeping and preservation of those associated books related to national tax pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, or ones for which the keeping of those electronic or magnetic records and their preservation by computer output microfilm have been substituted for the keeping and preservation of those associated books related to national tax pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act, the recorded matters of those electronic or magnetic records or that computer output microfilm); ## 2. 1 January 2027 — Ministry of Finance Order No. 28 of 2025 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: 1 January 2027 - The amendment: Moved to paragraph (4), item (i), (b); its words stay the same (Ministry of Finance Order No. 28 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/electronic-books-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20270101_507M60000040028 Japanese: > 当該国税関係帳簿に係る電磁的記録の記録事項と関連国税関係帳簿（当該国税関係帳簿に関連する第二条国税関係帳簿（法第二条第二号に規定する国税関係帳簿をいう。）をいう。ロにおいて同じ。）の記録事項（当該関連国税関係帳簿が、法第四条第一項の規定により当該関連国税関係帳簿に係る電磁的記録の備付け及び保存をもって当該関連国税関係帳簿の備付け及び保存に代えられているもの又は法第五条第一項若しくは第三項の規定により当該電磁的記録の備付け及び当該電磁的記録の電子計算機出力マイクロフィルムによる保存をもって当該関連国税関係帳簿の備付け及び保存に代えられているものである場合には、当該電磁的記録又は当該電子計算機出力マイクロフィルムの記録事項）との間において、相互にその関連性を確認することができるようにしておくこと。 English (Machine translation, not official): > to make it possible to confirm the mutual relationship between the recorded matters of the electronic or magnetic records relating to those books related to national tax and the recorded matters of associated books related to national tax (meaning the books related to national tax prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act that are associated with those books related to national tax; the same applies in (b)) (where those associated books related to national tax are ones for which the keeping and preservation of the electronic or magnetic records relating to them have been substituted for the keeping and preservation of those associated books related to national tax pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, or ones for which the keeping of those electronic or magnetic records and their preservation by computer output microfilm have been substituted for the keeping and preservation of those associated books related to national tax pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act, the recorded matters of those electronic or magnetic records or that computer output microfilm); --- ## 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)