# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)

- Law: 租税特別措置法 (Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation), 昭和三十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)（合併の場合の清算所得等の課税の特例に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3461-22/art-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3461-22/art-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3461-22/art-16
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### 第十六条（合併の場合の清算所得等の課税の特例に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Provisions on Taxation on Liquidation Income, etc. in the Case of Mergers
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3461-22/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3461-22/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3461-22/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  新法第六十六条の二第一項第一号並びに第六十六条の四第一項第一号及び第二項の規定は、法人が施行日以後にされたこれらの規定に規定する承認に係る合併又は出資をした場合における法人税について適用し、同日前にされた旧法第六十六条の二第一項第一号又は第六十六条の四第一項第一号に規定する承認に係る合併又は出資をした場合における法人税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3461-22/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3461-22/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3461-22/art-16/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 66-2, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 66-4, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (2) of the New Act apply to corporation tax in the case where a corporation has carried out a merger or made a capital contribution relating to an approval prescribed in those provisions that was given on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern corporation tax in the case where a merger was carried out or a capital contribution made relating to an approval prescribed in Article 66-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or Article 66-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Former Act that was given before that date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 租税特別措置法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/332AC0000000026/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-07
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3132/tb), retrieved 2026-10-07
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch special-taxation-measures-act-20261007T211206-280, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 190 — 租税特別措置法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-07
