# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
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### 第二百七十七条（道府県法定外普通税に係る不足金額及びその延滞金の徴収） — Collection of Shortfall Amount and Delinquency Charge Relating to Prefectural Non-Statutory Ordinary Tax
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<sup>art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277</sup>

  **第一項**  道府県の徴税吏員は、前条第一項から第三項までの規定による更正又は決定があつた場合において、不足金額（更正に因る税金若しくは納入金の不足金額又は決定に因る税額若しくは納入金額をいう。以下道府県法定外普通税について同様とする。）があるときは、同条第四項の通知をした日から一月を経過した日を納期限として、これを徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-1</sup>
  Where a reassessment or determination has been made under paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article and there is a shortfall amount (meaning the shortfall in the tax or remittance resulting from a reassessment, or the tax amount or amount of remittance resulting from a determination; the same applies hereinafter to prefectural non-statutory ordinary tax), a prefectural tax collection official must collect it, with the day on which one month has passed from the day on which the notice under paragraph (4) of that Article was given as the due date for payment.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の場合においては、その不足金額に第二百七十四条の二第一項又は第二百七十五条第二項の納期限（納期限の延長があつたときは、その延長された納期限とする。以下道府県法定外普通税について同様とする。）の翌日から納付又は納入の日までの期間の日数に応じ、年十四・六パーセント（前項の納期限までの期間又は当該納期限の翌日から一月を経過する日までの期間については、年七・三パーセント）の割合を乗じて計算した金額に相当する延滞金額を加算して徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-2</sup>
  In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the shortfall amount must be collected with the addition of an amount of delinquency charge equivalent to the amount calculated by multiplying the shortfall amount by a rate of 14.6 percent per annum (7.3 percent per annum for the period up to the due date for payment referred to in the preceding paragraph or the period until the day on which one month has elapsed from the day following that due date for payment), according to the number of days in the period from the day following the due date for payment under Article 274-2, paragraph (1) or Article 275, paragraph (2) (where there has been an extension of the due date for payment, the extended due date for payment; the same applies hereinafter to prefectural non-statutory ordinary tax) until the date of payment or remittance.
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  **第三項**  道府県知事は、納税者又は特別徴収義務者が前条第一項又は第二項の規定による更正又は決定を受けたことについてやむを得ない事由があると認める場合においては、前項の延滞金額を減免することができる。
  <sup>art-277/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-3</sup>
  A prefectural governor may reduce or exempt the amount of delinquency charge referred to in the preceding paragraph if the governor finds that there were unavoidable grounds for the taxpayer or special collection agent having received the reassessment or determination under paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-277/par-1: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第一項 (Article 276, paragraph (1)), art-276/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-1
- art-277/par-1: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第二項 (Article 276, paragraph (2)), art-276/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-2
- art-277/par-1: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第三項 (Article 276, paragraph (3)), art-276/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-3
- art-277/par-1: 同条第四項 → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第四項 (Article 276, paragraph (4)), art-276/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-4
- art-277/par-2: 前項 → 地方税法 第二百七十七条第一項 (Article 277, paragraph (1)), art-277/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-1
- art-277/par-2: 第二百七十四条の二第一項 → 地方税法 第二百七十四条の二第一項 (Article 274-2, paragraph (1)), art-274-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-274-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-274-2/par-1
- art-277/par-2: 第二百七十五条第二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十五条第二項 (Article 275, paragraph (2)), art-275/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-275/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-275/par-2
- art-277/par-3: 前条第一項 → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第一項 (Article 276, paragraph (1)), art-276/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-1
- art-277/par-3: 第二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十六条第二項 (Article 276, paragraph (2)), art-276/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-276/par-2
- art-277/par-3: 前項 → 地方税法 第二百七十七条第二項 (Article 277, paragraph (2)), art-277/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-2

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 地方税法 第二百七十七条第二項（道府県法定外普通税に係る不足金額及びその延滞金の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-2
- 地方税法 第二百七十七条第三項（道府県法定外普通税に係る不足金額及びその延滞金の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-277/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-277/par-3
- 地方税法 附則第三条の二第一項（延滞金及び還付加算金の割合等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3251-226/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3251-226/art-3-2/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第三十項（延滞金額及び延滞加算金額に関する規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3301-112/par-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3301-112/par-30
- 地方税法 附則第八条第一項（延滞金額に関する規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3381-80/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3381-80/art-8/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 地方税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-16 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20261016_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-102, translated 2026-10-28
- This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27
