# 法人税法 / Corporation Tax Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- Law: 法人税法 (Corporation Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十四号
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- Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（法人税法の一部改正に伴う経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-4151-8/art-8`
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### 第八条（法人税法の一部改正に伴う経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Corporation Tax Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-8/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4151-8/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、新法人税法の規定は、法人（新法人税法第二条第八号に規定する人格のない社団等を含む。以下附則第十四条までにおいて同じ。）の施行日以後に開始する事業年度（法人税法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十四年法律第七十九号。以下この条において「平成十四年改正法」という。）附則第三条第一項の規定の適用を受けて第二条の規定による改正前の法人税法（以下「旧法人税法」という。）第四条の二の承認を受ける同項に規定する内国法人（以下この条において「経過措置適用親法人」という。）、同項の規定の適用を受けて旧法人税法第四条の二の承認を受ける平成十四年改正法附則第三条第三項に規定する他の内国法人（以下「経過措置適用子法人」という。）及び当該経過措置適用親法人の各連結事業年度の連結所得に対する法人税を課される最初の連結親法人事業年度（旧法人税法第十五条の二第一項に規定する連結親法人事業年度をいう。）において当該経過措置適用親法人との間に旧法人税法第四条の二に規定する完全支配関係を有することとなった同条に規定する他の内国法人（以下「経過措置期間加入法人」という。）の平成十四年改正法附則第三条第一項に規定する経過措置対象年度（同項に規定する最初の連結事業年度としようとする期間に限る。以下「経過措置対象年度」という。）の期間内の各事業年度を除く。）の所得に対する法人税、連結法人の施行日以後に開始する連結事業年度（経過措置適用親法人、経過措置適用子法人及び経過措置期間加入法人の経過措置対象年度の期間内の連結事業年度を除く。）の連結所得に対する法人税、特定信託の受託者である法人の施行日以後に開始する計算期間の所得に対する法人税及び法人の施行日以後の解散（合併による解散を除く。以下この条において同じ。）による清算所得に対する法人税（清算所得に対する法人税を課される法人の清算中の事業年度の所得に係る法人税及び残余財産の一部分配により納付すべき法人税を含む。以下この条において同じ。）について適用し、法人の施行日前に開始した事業年度並びに経過措置適用親法人、経過措置適用子法人及び経過措置期間加入法人の経過措置対象年度の期間内の各事業年度の所得に対する法人税、連結法人の施行日前に開始した連結事業年度並びに経過措置適用親法人、経過措置適用子法人及び経過措置期間加入法人の経過措置対象年度の期間内の連結事業年度の連結所得に対する法人税、特定信託の受託者である法人の施行日前に開始した計算期間の所得に対する法人税並びに法人の施行日前の解散による清算所得に対する法人税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1</sup>
Unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the New Corporation Tax Act apply to corporation tax on income for a business year of a corporation (including an association or foundation without juridical personality prescribed in Article 2, item (viii) of the New Corporation Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter up to Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions) beginning on or after the Effective Date (excluding each business year within the period of the business year subject to the transitional measures prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2002 Amendment Act (limited to the period intended to be the first consolidated business year prescribed in that paragraph; hereinafter referred to as the "business year subject to the transitional measures") of a domestic corporation prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Corporation Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 79 of 2002; referred to as the "2002 Amendment Act" in this Article) that receives the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Corporation Tax Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Corporation Tax Act") upon receiving the application of the provisions of that paragraph (referred to as a "parent corporation under the transitional measures" in this Article), of an other domestic corporation prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2002 Amendment Act that receives the approval referred to in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act upon receiving the application of the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary corporation under the transitional measures"), and of an other domestic corporation prescribed in Article 4-2 of the Former Corporation Tax Act that has come to have a full controlling interest prescribed in that Article with the parent corporation under the transitional measures in the first consolidated parent corporation business year (meaning a consolidated parent corporation business year prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act) for which corporation tax on consolidated income for each consolidated business year of the parent corporation under the transitional measures is imposed (hereinafter referred to as a "corporation joining during the transitional period")), to corporation tax on consolidated income for a consolidated business year of a consolidated corporation beginning on or after the Effective Date (excluding a consolidated business year within the period of the business year subject to the transitional measures of a parent corporation under the transitional measures, a subsidiary corporation under the transitional measures or a corporation joining during the transitional period), to corporation tax on income for a calculation period beginning on or after the Effective Date of a corporation that is the trustee of a specified trust, and to corporation tax on liquidation income resulting from a dissolution (excluding a dissolution due to a merger; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) of a corporation on or after the Effective Date (including corporation tax pertaining to income for a business year during liquidation of a corporation subject to corporation tax on liquidation income and corporation tax to be paid upon a partial distribution of residual assets; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), and with regard to corporation tax on income for a business year of a corporation that began before the Effective Date and for each business year within the period of the business year subject to the transitional measures of a parent corporation under the transitional measures, a subsidiary corporation under the transitional measures or a corporation joining during the transitional period, corporation tax on consolidated income for a consolidated business year of a consolidated corporation that began before the Effective Date and for a consolidated business year within the period of the business year subject to the transitional measures of a parent corporation under the transitional measures, a subsidiary corporation under the transitional measures or a corporation joining during the transitional period, corporation tax on income for a calculation period of a corporation that is the trustee of a specified trust that began before the Effective Date, and corporation tax on liquidation income resulting from a dissolution of a corporation before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1: 附則第十四条 → 法人税法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4151-8/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4151-8/art-14
- suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1: 法人税法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十四年法律第七十九号。以下この条において「平成十四年改正法」という。）附則第三条第一項 → 法人税法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1: この条 → 法人税法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4151-8/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4151-8/art-8
- suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1: 平成十四年改正法附則第三条第三項 → 法人税法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4141-79/art-3/par-3

## Cited by

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- 法人税法 附則第八条第一項（法人税法の一部改正に伴う経過措置の原則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4151-8/art-8/par-1

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## Sources

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- 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-20261008T111236-096, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 190 — 法人税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-08
