# Article 747-2, paragraph (1), its wordings — Local Tax Act This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/history/art-747-2/par-1. 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 747-2, paragraph (1) (第七百四十七条の二第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change. - Law: Local Tax Act (地方税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act - Provision: Article 747-2, paragraph (1) (第七百四十七条の二第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-747-2/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/local-tax-act/art-747-2/par-1) - The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/amendments - 2 wordings, oldest first. ## 1. Before Act No. 7 of 2025 - State: In force Japanese: > 地方税関係申告等（第七百六十二条第一号イに掲げる通知をいう。次条第一項において同じ。）のうち、この法律又はこれに基づく命令若しくは条例若しくは規則（以下この条から第七百四十七条の五までにおいて「地方税関係法令」という。）の規定において書面等（書面、書類、文書その他文字、図形その他の人の知覚によつて認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次条から第七百四十七条の五までにおいて同じ。）により行うことその他のその方法が規定されているもの（次に掲げるものを除く。次項及び第七百四十七条の十三において「書面等地方税関係申告等」という。）については、当該方法により行う場合又は情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用する方法により行う場合を除き、地方税関係法令の規定にかかわらず、総務省令で定めるところにより、地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織（同号に規定する地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織をいう。以下この条から第七百四十七条の五までにおいて同じ。）を使用し、かつ、地方税共同機構（以下この章において「機構」という。）を経由する方法により行うことができる。 English (Machine translation, not official): > With regard to local tax filing, etc. (meaning the notices listed in Article 762, item (i), (a); the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article), those for which the method of making them, such as by documents, etc. (meaning paper or other tangible objects on which information recognizable by human perception, such as written documents, papers, writings, characters and figures, is recorded; the same applies in the following Article through Article 747-5), is prescribed in the provisions of this Act or orders, ordinances or rules based on it (hereinafter in this Article through Article 747-5 referred to as "local tax laws and regulations") (excluding the following; hereinafter in the following paragraph and Article 747-13 referred to as "local tax filing, etc. in documents, etc."), unless they are made by that method or by the method of using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology pursuant to that paragraph, they may be made, notwithstanding the provisions of local tax laws and regulations, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, by the method of using the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures (meaning the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures prescribed in Article 762, item (i); the same applies hereinafter in this Article through Article 747-5) and passing through the Local Tax Joint Organization (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the "Organization"). ## 2. 1 April 2027 — Act No. 7 of 2025 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: 1 April 2027 - The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 7 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/amendments/20270401_507AC0000000007 Japanese: > 地方税関係申告等（第七百六十二条第一号イに掲げる通知をいう。次条第一項において同じ。）のうち、この法律又はこれに基づく命令若しくは条例若しくは規則（以下この条から第七百四十七条の五の二までにおいて「地方税関係法令」という。）の規定において書面等（書面、書類、文書その他文字、図形その他の人の知覚によつて認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次条から第七百四十七条の五までにおいて同じ。）により行うことその他のその方法が規定されているもの（次に掲げるものを除く。次項及び第七百四十七条の十三において「書面等地方税関係申告等」という。）については、当該方法により行う場合又は情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用する方法により行う場合を除き、地方税関係法令の規定にかかわらず、総務省令で定めるところにより、地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織（同号に規定する地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織をいう。以下この条から第七百四十七条の五の二までにおいて同じ。）を使用し、かつ、地方税共同機構（以下この章において「機構」という。）を経由する方法により行うことができる。 English (Machine translation, not official): > With regard to local tax filing, etc. (meaning the notices listed in Article 762, item (i), (a); the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article), those for which the method of making them, such as by documents, etc. (meaning paper or other tangible objects on which information recognizable by human perception, such as written documents, papers, writings, characters and figures, is recorded; the same applies in the following Article through Article 747-5), is prescribed in the provisions of this Act or orders, ordinances or rules based on it (hereinafter in this Article through Article 747-5-2 referred to as "local tax laws and regulations") (excluding the following; hereinafter in the following paragraph and Article 747-13 referred to as "local tax filing, etc. in documents, etc."), unless they are made by that method or by the method of using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology pursuant to that paragraph, they may be made, notwithstanding the provisions of local tax laws and regulations, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, by the method of using the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures (meaning the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures prescribed in that item; the same applies hereinafter in this Article through Article 747-5-2) and via the Local Tax Joint Organization (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the "Organization"). --- ## Sources - The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226) - English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487) - 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/325AC0000000226/20270401_506AC0000000060) - The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20270401_507AC0000000007)