# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（個人のプログラム等準備金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4141-15/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4141-15/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4141-15/art-8
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### 第八条（個人のプログラム等準備金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Reserves for Programs, etc. of Individuals
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-15/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4141-15/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4141-15/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  新租税特別措置法第二十条の二の規定は、平成十五年分以後の所得税について適用し、平成十四年分以前の所得税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4141-15/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4141-15/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4141-15/art-8/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 20-2 of the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation apply to income tax for 2003 and subsequent years, and with regard to income tax for 2002 and prior 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-20261007T211206-417, 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