# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)（地価税の特例に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4091-22/art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十八条（地価税の特例に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Provisions on Land Value Tax
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<sup>suppl-4091-22/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4091-22/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4091-22/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  新租税特別措置法第七十一条の七の規定は、平成九年以後の各年の課税時期において個人又は法人が有する同条第一項から第三項までに規定する土地等に係る地価税について適用し、平成八年以前の各年の課税時期において個人又は法人が有していた土地等に係る地価税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4091-22/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4091-22/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4091-22/art-18/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 71-7 of the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation apply to land value tax on land, etc. prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of that Article held by an individual or corporation at the taxation time of each year of 1997 and subsequent years, and with regard to land value tax on land, etc. held by an individual or corporation at the taxation time of each year of 1996 and earlier years, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261007T211206-385, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 租税特別措置法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-07