# 所得税法 / Income Tax Act — 第二百四十条 (Article 240)

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- Law: 所得税法 (Income Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十三号
- English title "Income Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第二百四十条 (Article 240) — address `art-240`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第二百四十条
<sup>art-240 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240</sup>

**第一項**  第百八十一条（利子所得及び配当所得に係る源泉徴収義務）、第百八十三条（給与所得に係る源泉徴収義務）、第百九十条（年末調整に係る源泉徴収義務）、第百九十二条（年末調整に係る不足額の源泉徴収義務）、第百九十九条（退職所得に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百三条の二（公的年金等に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百四条第一項（報酬、料金等に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百七条（生命保険契約等に基づく年金に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百九条の二（定期積金の給付補塡金等に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百十条（匿名組合契約等の利益の分配に係る源泉徴収義務）、第二百十二条（非居住者又は法人の所得に係る源泉徴収義務）又は第二百十六条（源泉徴収に係る所得税の納期の特例）の規定により徴収して納付すべき所得税を納付しなかつた者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-240/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-1</sup>
A person who fails to pay income tax that is to be withheld and paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 181 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Interest Income and Dividend Income), Article 183 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Salary Income), Article 190 (Obligation to Withhold Tax in Year-End Adjustments), Article 192 (Obligation to Withhold Shortfalls Found in Year-End Adjustments), Article 199 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Retirement Income), Article 203-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Public Pensions and Retirement Packages), Article 204, paragraph (1) (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation, Fees, and Similar Payments), Article 207 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Pensions Based on Life Insurance Policies and Similar Contracts), Article 209-2 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Compensation for Periodic Deposits under Installment Savings and Similar Payments), Article 210 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on Distributions of Profits under Silent Partnership Agreements and Similar Agreements), Article 212 (Obligation to Withhold Tax on the Income of Nonresidents or Corporations), or Article 216 (Special Provisions on the Payment Deadline for Income Tax Subject to Withholding) is punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 2,000,000 yen, or both.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の納付しなかつた所得税の額が二百万円を超えるときは、情状により、同項の罰金は、二百万円を超えその納付しなかつた所得税の額に相当する金額以下とすることができる。
<sup>art-240/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-2</sup>
If the amount of income tax not paid as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 2,000,000 yen, the fine referred to in that paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, be more than 2,000,000 yen but not more than an amount equivalent to the amount of income tax not paid.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第百八十一条、第百八十三条、第百九十条、第百九十二条、第百九十九条、第二百三条の二、第二百四条第一項、第二百七条、第二百九条の二、第二百十条又は第二百十二条に規定する支払をした場合において、支払を受けた者ごとの支払金額を知ることができないときは、その金額の総額に対し百分の五十の割合を乗じて計算した金額を、徴収して納付すべき所得税の額とみなして、前二項の規定を適用する。
<sup>art-240/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-3</sup>
Where a payment prescribed in Article 181, Article 183, Article 190, Article 192, Article 199, Article 203-2, Article 204, paragraph (1), Article 207, Article 209-2, Article 210, or Article 212 has been made, if the amount paid to each recipient cannot be ascertained, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply by deeming the amount calculated by multiplying the total of those amounts by 50 percent to be the amount of income tax that is to be withheld and paid.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-240/par-1: 第百八十一条 → 所得税法 第百八十一条 (Article 181), art-181 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-181
- art-240/par-1: 第百八十三条 → 所得税法 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-183
- art-240/par-1: 第百九十条 → 所得税法 第百九十条 (Article 190), art-190 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-190
- art-240/par-1: 第百九十二条 → 所得税法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-192
- art-240/par-1: 第百九十九条 → 所得税法 第百九十九条 (Article 199), art-199 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-199
- art-240/par-1: 第二百三条の二 → 所得税法 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2), art-203-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-203-2
- art-240/par-1: 第二百四条第一項 → 所得税法 第二百四条第一項 (Article 204, paragraph (1)), art-204/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-204/par-1
- art-240/par-1: 第二百七条 → 所得税法 第二百七条 (Article 207), art-207 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-207
- art-240/par-1: 第二百九条の二 → 所得税法 第二百九条の二 (Article 209-2), art-209-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-209-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-209-2
- art-240/par-1: 第二百十条 → 所得税法 第二百十条 (Article 210), art-210 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-210 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-210
- art-240/par-1: 第二百十二条 → 所得税法 第二百十二条 (Article 212), art-212 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-212
- art-240/par-1: 第二百十六条 → 所得税法 第二百十六条 (Article 216), art-216 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-216 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-216
- art-240/par-2: 前項 → 所得税法 第二百四十条第一項 (Article 240, paragraph (1)), art-240/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-1
- art-240/par-3: 第百八十一条 → 所得税法 第百八十一条 (Article 181), art-181 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-181
- art-240/par-3: 第百八十三条 → 所得税法 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-183
- art-240/par-3: 第百九十条 → 所得税法 第百九十条 (Article 190), art-190 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-190
- art-240/par-3: 第百九十二条 → 所得税法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-192
- art-240/par-3: 第百九十九条 → 所得税法 第百九十九条 (Article 199), art-199 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-199
- art-240/par-3: 第二百三条の二 → 所得税法 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2), art-203-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-203-2
- art-240/par-3: 第二百四条第一項 → 所得税法 第二百四条第一項 (Article 204, paragraph (1)), art-204/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-204/par-1
- art-240/par-3: 第二百七条 → 所得税法 第二百七条 (Article 207), art-207 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-207
- art-240/par-3: 第二百九条の二 → 所得税法 第二百九条の二 (Article 209-2), art-209-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-209-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-209-2
- art-240/par-3: 第二百十条 → 所得税法 第二百十条 (Article 210), art-210 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-210 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-210
- art-240/par-3: 第二百十二条 → 所得税法 第二百十二条 (Article 212), art-212 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-212
- art-240/par-3: 前二項 → 所得税法 第二百四十条第一項 (Article 240, paragraph (1)), art-240/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-1
- art-240/par-3: 前二項 → 所得税法 第二百四十条第二項 (Article 240, paragraph (2)), art-240/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-2

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 所得税法 第二百四十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-2
- 所得税法 第二百四十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-240/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-240/par-3
- 所得税法 第二百四十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-242/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-242/par-1
- 所得税法 第二百四十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-243/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-243/par-1
- 所得税法 第二百四十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-243/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-243/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 所得税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000033/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Income Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3120/tb), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch income-tax-act-20260918T180319-043, translated 2026-09-18
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch income-tax-act-20260918T182609-001, translated 2026-09-18
- This site's parser, version 223 — 所得税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05