# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第二百七十九条 (Article 279)

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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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### 第二百七十九条（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — Substantial Additional Charge Relating to Prefectural Non-Statutory Ordinary Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-279 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の規定に該当する場合において、納税者又は特別徴収義務者が課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実の全部又は一部を隠蔽し、又は仮装し、かつ、その隠蔽し、又は仮装した事実に基づいて納入申告書、修正申告書又は第二十条の九の三第三項に規定する更正請求書（次項において「更正請求書」という。）を提出したときは、道府県知事は、政令で定めるところにより、前条第一項に規定する過少申告加算金額に代えて、その計算の基礎となるべき更正による不足金額又は修正申告により増加した税額に百分の三十五の割合を乗じて計算した金額に相当する重加算金額を徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-1</sup>
  In the case falling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, where a taxpayer or special collection agent has concealed or disguised all or part of the facts that are to form the basis of calculating the amount of the tax base, and has filed a remittance return, an amended return, or the written request for reassessment prescribed in Article 20-9-3, paragraph (3) (referred to as a "written request for reassessment" in the following paragraph) based on the concealed or disguised facts, the prefectural governor is to, as provided by Cabinet Order, collect, in place of the amount of additional charge for understatement prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an amount of substantial additional charge equivalent to the amount calculated by multiplying the shortfall resulting from the reassessment, or the amount of tax increased by the amended return, that is to form the basis of its calculation, by a rate of 35 percent.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前条第二項の規定に該当する場合（同項ただし書の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）において、納税者又は特別徴収義務者が課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実の全部又は一部を隠蔽し、又は仮装し、かつ、その隠蔽し、又は仮装した事実に基づいて納入申告書の提出期限までにこれを提出せず、又は納入申告書の提出期限後にその提出をし、修正申告書を提出し、若しくは更正請求書を提出したときは、道府県知事は、同項に規定する不申告加算金額に代えて、その計算の基礎となるべき税額に百分の四十の割合を乗じて計算した金額に相当する重加算金額を徴収しなければならない。
  <sup>art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2</sup>
  In the case falling under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (excluding the case where the proviso to that paragraph applies), where a taxpayer or special collection agent has concealed or disguised all or part of the facts that are to form the basis of calculating the amount of the tax base, and, based on the concealed or disguised facts, has failed to file a remittance return by the deadline for filing it, or has filed it after the deadline for filing a remittance return, has filed an amended return, or has filed a written request for reassessment, the prefectural governor is to collect, in place of the amount of additional charge for failure to file prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, an amount of substantial additional charge equivalent to the amount calculated by multiplying the amount of tax that is to form the basis of its calculation by a rate of 40 percent.
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  **第三項**  前二項の規定に該当する場合において、次の各号のいずれか（第一項の規定に該当する場合にあつては、第一号）に該当するときは、前二項に規定する重加算金額は、これらの規定にかかわらず、これらの規定により計算した金額に、第一項の規定に該当するときは同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき更正による不足金額又は修正申告により増加した税額に、前項の規定に該当するときは同項に規定する計算の基礎となるべき税額に、それぞれ百分の十の割合を乗じて計算した金額を加算した金額とする。
  <sup>art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3</sup>
  In the case falling under the preceding two paragraphs, when any of the following items applies (item (i) only, in the case falling under paragraph (1)), the amount of substantial additional charge prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs is, notwithstanding those provisions, the amount calculated under those provisions plus the amount calculated by multiplying, at a rate of 10 percent in each case, the shortfall resulting from the reassessment or the amount of tax increased by the amended return that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in paragraph (1), when the case falls under paragraph (1), or the amount of tax that is to form the basis of the calculation prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when the case falls under the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  前二項に規定する課税標準額の計算の基礎となるべき事実で隠蔽し、又は仮装されたものに基づき納入申告書の提出期限後のその提出、修正申告書の提出又は第二百七十六条第一項から第三項までの規定による更正若しくは決定があつた日の前日から起算して五年前の日までの間に、道府県法定外普通税について、不申告加算金等を徴収されたことがある場合
    <sup>art-279/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3/item-1</sup>
    Where additional charge for failure to file, etc. has been collected in respect of a prefectural non-statutory ordinary tax during the period up to the day five years before, counted from the day before the day on which, based on the concealed or disguised facts that are to form the basis of calculating the amount of the tax base prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the remittance return was filed after the deadline for filing, the amended return was filed, or the reassessment or determination under Article 276, paragraphs (1) to (3) was made
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  納入申告書の提出期限後のその提出、修正申告書の提出又は第二百七十六条第一項から第三項までの規定による更正若しくは決定に係る道府県法定外普通税の納税義務又は特別徴収義務が成立した日の属する年の前年及び前々年に納税義務又は特別徴収義務が成立した道府県法定外普通税について、特定不申告加算金等を徴収されたことがあり、又は特定不申告加算金等に係る決定をすべきと認める場合
    <sup>art-279/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3/item-2</sup>
    Where specified additional charge for failure to file, etc. has been collected in respect of a prefectural non-statutory ordinary tax for which the tax liability or special collection obligation arose in the year preceding, or the year before the year preceding, the year that includes the day on which the tax liability or special collection obligation arose for the prefectural non-statutory ordinary tax pertaining to the filing of a remittance return after the deadline for filing, the filing of an amended return, or the reassessment or determination under Article 276, paragraphs (1) to (3), or where it is found that a determination of specified additional charge for failure to file, etc. should be made
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  **第四項**  道府県知事は、第二項の規定に該当する場合において、納入申告書又は修正申告書の提出について前条第六項に規定する事由があるときは、当該納入申告に係る税額又は修正申告により増加した税額を基礎として計算した重加算金額を徴収しない。
  <sup>art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-4</sup>
  In the case falling under paragraph (2), where there are grounds prescribed in paragraph (6) of the preceding Article regarding the filing of the remittance return or amended return, the prefectural governor does not collect the amount of substantial additional charge calculated on the basis of the amount of tax pertaining to that remittance return or the amount of tax increased by the amended return.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  道府県知事は、第一項又は第二項の規定により徴収すべき重加算金額を決定した場合には、遅滞なく、これを納税者又は特別徴収義務者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-279/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-5</sup>
  When the prefectural governor has determined the amount of substantial additional charge to be collected under paragraph (1) or (2), the governor must notify the taxpayer or special collection agent of it without delay.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-279/par-1: 前条第一項 → 地方税法 第二百七十八条第一項 (Article 278, paragraph (1)), art-278/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-278/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-278/par-1
- art-279/par-1: 第二十条の九の三第三項 → 地方税法 第二十条の九の三第三項 (Article 20-9-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-9-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-20-9-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-20-9-3/par-3
- art-279/par-1: 次項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第二項 (Article 279, paragraph (2)), art-279/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2
- art-279/par-2: 前条第二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十八条第二項 (Article 278, paragraph (2)), art-278/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-278/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-278/par-2
- art-279/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第一項 (Article 279, paragraph (1)), art-279/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-1
- art-279/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第二項 (Article 279, paragraph (2)), art-279/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2
- art-279/par-3: 第一号 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第三項第一号 (Article 279, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-279/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3/item-1
- art-279/par-3/item-1: 前二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第一項 (Article 279, paragraph (1)), art-279/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-1
- art-279/par-3/item-1: 前二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第二項 (Article 279, paragraph (2)), art-279/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2
- art-279/par-3/item-1: 第二百七十六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-279/par-3/item-1: 第二百七十六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-279/par-3/item-1: 第二百七十六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-279/par-3/item-2: 第二百七十六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-279/par-3/item-2: 第二百七十六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-279/par-3/item-2: 第二百七十六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-279/par-4: 第二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第二項 (Article 279, paragraph (2)), art-279/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2
- art-279/par-4: 前条第六項 → 地方税法 第二百七十八条第六項 (Article 278, paragraph (6)), art-278/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-278/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-278/par-6
- art-279/par-5: 第一項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第一項 (Article 279, paragraph (1)), art-279/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-1
- art-279/par-5: 第二項 → 地方税法 第二百七十九条第二項 (Article 279, paragraph (2)), art-279/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-2

## Cited by

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- 地方税法 第二百七十八条第五項第一号（道府県法定外普通税に係る過少申告加算金及び不申告加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-278/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-278/par-5/item-1
- 地方税法 第二百七十八条第五項第二号（道府県法定外普通税に係る過少申告加算金及び不申告加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-278/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-278/par-5/item-2
- 地方税法 第二百七十九条第一項（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-1
- 地方税法 第二百七十九条第三項（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3
- 地方税法 第二百七十九条第三項第一号（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-3/item-1
- 地方税法 第二百七十九条第四項（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-4
- 地方税法 第二百七十九条第五項（道府県法定外普通税に係る重加算金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-279/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-279/par-5
- 地方税法 附則第十条第一項（過少申告加算金額、不申告加算金額又は重加算金額に関する規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3381-80/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3381-80/art-10/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第三条第一項（過少申告加算金、不申告加算金又は重加算金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3621-94/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3621-94/art-3/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第十五条第一項（道府県法定外普通税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-4281-13/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4281-13/art-15/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第十三条第一項（道府県法定外普通税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-5051-1/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-5051-1/art-13/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第十七条第一項（道府県法定外普通税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-5061-4/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-5061-4/art-17/par-1

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