# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第五百三十七条 (Article 537)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
- English title "Local Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第五百三十七条 (Article 537)（鉱産税の重加算金） — address `art-537`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第五百三十七条（鉱産税の重加算金） — Substantial Additional Charge on the Mineral Product Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-537 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の規定に該当する場合において、納税者が課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実の全部又は一部を隠蔽し、又は仮装し、かつ、その隠蔽し、又は仮装した事実に基づいて申告書又は第二十条の九の三第三項に規定する更正請求書（次項において「更正請求書」という。）を提出したときは、市町村長は、政令で定めるところにより、前条第一項に規定する過少申告加算金額に代えて、その計算の基礎となるべき更正による不足税額に百分の三十五の割合を乗じて計算した金額に相当する重加算金額を徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-1</sup>
  In the case falling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if a taxpayer conceals or disguises all or part of the facts that are to be the basis for calculating the amount of the tax base, and submits a return or the written request for reassessment prescribed in Article 20-9-3, paragraph (3) (referred to as the "written request for reassessment" in the following paragraph) based on the facts so concealed or disguised, the mayor of the municipality must, as provided by Cabinet Order, collect, in lieu of the amount of additional charge for understatement prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an amount of substantial additional charge equivalent to the amount calculated by multiplying the tax deficiency resulting from the reassessment that is to be the basis for that calculation by a rate of 35 percent.
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  **第二項**  前条第二項の規定に該当する場合（同項ただし書の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）において、納税者が課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実の全部又は一部を隠蔽し、又は仮装し、かつ、その隠蔽し、又は仮装した事実に基づいて申告書の提出期限までにこれを提出せず、又は申告書の提出期限後にその提出をし、若しくは更正請求書を提出したときは、市町村長は、同項に規定する不申告加算金額に代えて、その計算の基礎となるべき税額に百分の四十の割合を乗じて計算した金額に相当する重加算金額を徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2</sup>
  In the case falling under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (excluding the case where the proviso to that paragraph applies), if a taxpayer conceals or disguises all or part of the facts that are to be the basis for calculating the amount of the tax base, and, based on the facts so concealed or disguised, does not submit a return by the deadline for filing the return, or submits a return after the deadline for filing the return or submits a written request for reassessment, the mayor of the municipality must, in lieu of the amount of additional charge for failure to file prescribed in that paragraph, collect an amount of substantial additional charge equivalent to the amount calculated by multiplying the tax amount that is to be the basis for that calculation by a rate of 40 percent.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定に該当する場合において、次の各号のいずれか（第一項の規定に該当する場合にあつては、第一号）に該当するときは、前二項に規定する重加算金額は、これらの規定にかかわらず、これらの規定により計算した金額に、第一項の規定に該当するときは同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき更正による不足税額に、前項の規定に該当するときは同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき税額に、それぞれ百分の十の割合を乗じて計算した金額を加算した金額とする。
  <sup>art-537/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3</sup>
  In the case falling under the preceding two paragraphs, if any of the following items (item (i) in the case falling under paragraph (1)) applies, the amount of substantial additional charge prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs is, notwithstanding those provisions, to be the amount obtained by adding, to the amount calculated under those provisions, the amount calculated by multiplying, by a rate of 10 percent, the tax deficiency resulting from the reassessment that is to be the basis for calculation prescribed in paragraph (1) in the case falling under paragraph (1), or the tax amount that is to be the basis for calculation prescribed in the preceding paragraph in the case falling under the preceding paragraph, respectively.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  前二項に規定する課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実で隠蔽し、又は仮装されたものに基づき申告書の提出期限後のその提出又は第五百三十三条第一項から第三項までの規定による更正若しくは決定があつた日の前日から起算して五年前の日までの間に、鉱産税について、不申告加算金等を徴収されたことがある場合
    <sup>art-537/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3/item-1</sup>
    where, during the period up to the day five years before the day preceding the day on which, based on the concealed or disguised facts that are to be the basis for calculating the amount of the tax base prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the return was filed after the deadline for filing the return, or a reassessment or determination under Article 533, paragraphs (1) through (3) was made, an additional charge for failure to file, etc. has been collected with respect to the mineral product tax;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  申告書の提出期限後のその提出又は第五百三十三条第一項から第三項までの規定による更正若しくは決定に係る鉱産税の納税義務が成立した日の属する年の前年及び前々年に納税義務が成立した鉱産税について、特定不申告加算金等を徴収されたことがあり、又は特定不申告加算金等に係る決定をすべきと認める場合
    <sup>art-537/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3/item-2</sup>
    where a specified additional charge for failure to file, etc. has been collected with respect to the mineral product tax for which tax liability arose in the year preceding, and the year before the year preceding, the year containing the day on which tax liability arose for the mineral product tax relating to the return filed after the deadline for filing the return, or the reassessment or determination under Article 533, paragraphs (1) through (3), or where it is found that a determination should be made regarding a specified additional charge for failure to file, etc.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  市町村長は、前二項の規定に該当する場合において、申告書の提出について前条第六項に規定する事由があるときは、当該申告に係る税額を基礎として計算した重加算金額を徴収しない。
  <sup>art-537/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-4</sup>
  In the case falling under the preceding two paragraphs, if there are grounds prescribed in paragraph (6) of the preceding Article with respect to the submission of the return, the mayor of the municipality does not collect the amount of substantial additional charge calculated on the basis of the tax amount relating to that return.
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  **第五項**  市町村長は、第一項又は第二項の規定により徴収すべき重加算金額を決定した場合には、遅滞なく、これを納税者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-537/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-5</sup>
  When the mayor of the municipality has determined the amount of substantial additional charge to be collected under paragraph (1) or (2), the mayor must, without delay, notify the taxpayer.
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## Cites
- art-537/par-1: 前条第一項 → 地方税法 第五百三十六条第一項 (Article 536, paragraph (1)), art-536/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-536/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-536/par-1
- art-537/par-1: 第二十条の九の三第三項 → 地方税法 第二十条の九の三第三項 (Article 20-9-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-9-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-20-9-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-20-9-3/par-3
- art-537/par-1: 次項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第二項 (Article 537, paragraph (2)), art-537/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2
- art-537/par-2: 前条第二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十六条第二項 (Article 536, paragraph (2)), art-536/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-536/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-536/par-2
- art-537/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第一項 (Article 537, paragraph (1)), art-537/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-1
- art-537/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第二項 (Article 537, paragraph (2)), art-537/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2
- art-537/par-3: 第一号 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第三項第一号 (Article 537, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-537/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3/item-1
- art-537/par-3/item-1: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第一項 (Article 537, paragraph (1)), art-537/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-1
- art-537/par-3/item-1: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第二項 (Article 537, paragraph (2)), art-537/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2
- art-537/par-3/item-1: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第一項 (Article 533, paragraph (1)), art-533/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-1
- art-537/par-3/item-1: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第二項 (Article 533, paragraph (2)), art-533/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-2
- art-537/par-3/item-1: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第三項 (Article 533, paragraph (3)), art-533/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-3
- art-537/par-3/item-2: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第一項 (Article 533, paragraph (1)), art-533/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-1
- art-537/par-3/item-2: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第二項 (Article 533, paragraph (2)), art-533/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-2
- art-537/par-3/item-2: 第五百三十三条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第五百三十三条第三項 (Article 533, paragraph (3)), art-533/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-533/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-533/par-3
- art-537/par-4: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第二項 (Article 537, paragraph (2)), art-537/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2
- art-537/par-4: 前二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第三項 (Article 537, paragraph (3)), art-537/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3
- art-537/par-4: 前条第六項 → 地方税法 第五百三十六条第六項 (Article 536, paragraph (6)), art-536/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-536/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-536/par-6
- art-537/par-5: 第一項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第一項 (Article 537, paragraph (1)), art-537/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-1
- art-537/par-5: 第二項 → 地方税法 第五百三十七条第二項 (Article 537, paragraph (2)), art-537/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-2

## Cited by

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- 地方税法 第五百三十六条第五項第一号（鉱産税の過少申告加算金及び不申告加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-536/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-536/par-5/item-1
- 地方税法 第五百三十六条第五項第二号（鉱産税の過少申告加算金及び不申告加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-536/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-536/par-5/item-2
- 地方税法 第五百三十七条第一項（鉱産税の重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-1
- 地方税法 第五百三十七条第三項（鉱産税の重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3
- 地方税法 第五百三十七条第三項第一号（鉱産税の重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-3/item-1
- 地方税法 第五百三十七条第四項（鉱産税の重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-4
- 地方税法 第五百三十七条第五項（鉱産税の重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-537/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-537/par-5
- 地方税法 附則第十条第一項（過少申告加算金額、不申告加算金額又は重加算金額に関する規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-3381-80/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3381-80/art-10/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第三条第一項（過少申告加算金、不申告加算金又は重加算金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-3621-94/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3621-94/art-3/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第二十二条第一項（鉱産税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4281-13/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4281-13/art-22/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第二十条第一項（鉱産税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-5051-1/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-5051-1/art-20/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第二十四条第一項（鉱産税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-5061-4/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-5061-4/art-24/par-1

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## Sources

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