# 法人税法 / Corporation Tax Act — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 法人税法 (Corporation Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十四号
- English title "Corporation Tax Act": 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（趣旨） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-1
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### 第一条（趣旨） — Purpose
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-1</sup>

  **第一項**  この法律は、法人税について、納税義務者、課税所得等の範囲、税額の計算の方法、申告、納付及び還付の手続並びにその納税義務の適正な履行を確保するため必要な事項を定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-1/par-1</sup>
  This Act is to prescribe, with regard to corporation tax, the taxpayers, the scope of taxable income, the method of calculation of tax amount, the procedures for filing returns, payment and refunds, and the particulars necessary for ensuring the proper fulfillment of the tax liability.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 法人税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000034/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-08
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Corporation Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3115/tb), retrieved 2026-10-08
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch corporation-tax-act-20261008T111236-001, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 法人税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-08