# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第七百三十三条 (Article 733)

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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
- English title "Local Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第七百三十三条 (Article 733)（総務大臣の同意） — address `art-733`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733
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### 第七百三十三条（総務大臣の同意） — Consent of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-733 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733</sup>

  **第一項**  総務大臣は、第七百三十一条第二項の規定による協議の申出を受けた場合には、当該協議の申出に係る法定外目的税について次に掲げる事由のいずれかがあると認める場合を除き、これに同意しなければならない。
  <sup>art-733/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1</sup>
  Where the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has received a request for consultation under the provisions of Article 731, paragraph (2), the Minister must consent to it, except where the Minister finds that any of the following grounds exists with respect to the non-statutory earmarked tax relating to the request for consultation:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  国税又は他の地方税と課税標準を同じくし、かつ、住民の負担が著しく過重となること。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-1</sup>
    that the tax base is the same as that of a national tax or another local tax, and the burden on residents would become markedly excessive;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  地方団体間における物の流通に重大な障害を与えること。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-2</sup>
    that it would seriously hinder the distribution of goods among local governments;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるものを除くほか、国の経済施策に照らして適当でないこと。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-3</sup>
    that, apart from what is listed in the preceding two items, it is inappropriate in light of the economic policy of the State.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-733/par-1: 第七百三十一条第二項 → 地方税法 第七百三十一条第二項 (Article 731, paragraph (2)), art-731/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-731/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-731/par-2
- art-733/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 地方税法 第七百三十三条第一項第一号 (Article 733, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-733/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-1
- art-733/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 地方税法 第七百三十三条第一項第二号 (Article 733, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-733/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 地方税法 第七百三十三条第一項第三号（総務大臣の同意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-733/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-733/par-1/item-3

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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-20261027T214204-100, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-174, 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
