# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79)

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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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人） — address `art-79`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第七十九条（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人） — Tax Agent for the Golf Course Use Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79</sup>

    **第一項**  ゴルフ場利用税の特別徴収義務者は、納入義務を負う道府県内に住所、居所、事務所又は事業所（以下この項において「住所等」という。）を有しない場合においては、納入に関する一切の事項を処理させるため、当該道府県の条例で定める地域内に住所等を有する者のうちから納税管理人を定めてこれを道府県知事に申告し、又は当該地域外に住所等を有する者のうち当該事項の処理につき便宜を有するものを納税管理人として定めることについて道府県知事に申請してその承認を受けなければならない。納税管理人を変更し、又は変更しようとする場合においても、また、同様とする。
    <sup>art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-1</sup>
    A special collection agent for the golf course use tax who does not have an address, residence, office or place of business (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "address, etc.") in the prefecture to which the obligation to remit is owed must, in order to have all matters relating to remittance handled, either appoint a tax agent from among persons who have an address, etc. within an area specified by the Prefectural Ordinance of that prefecture and report the appointment to the prefectural governor, or apply to the prefectural governor for, and obtain, approval to appoint as a tax agent a person who has an address, etc. outside that area and who is in a convenient position to handle those matters. The same applies where the tax agent is changed or is about to be changed.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、当該特別徴収義務者は、当該特別徴収義務者に係るゴルフ場利用税の徴収の確保に支障がないことについて道府県知事に申請してその認定を受けたときは、納税管理人を定めることを要しない。
    <sup>art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a special collection agent referred to in that paragraph is not required to appoint a tax agent if the agent has applied to the prefectural governor for, and obtained, certification that there is no impediment to securing the collection of the golf course use tax pertaining to the agent.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-79/par-1: この項 → 地方税法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-1
- art-79/par-2: 前項 → 地方税法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 地方税法 第七十九条第一項（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-1
- 地方税法 第七十九条第二項（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-79/par-2
- 地方税法 第八十条第一項（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人に係る虚偽の申告等に関する罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-80/par-1
- 地方税法 第八十一条第一項（ゴルフ場利用税の納税管理人に係る不申告に関する過料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-81/par-1
- 地方税法 附則第七条第三項（ゴルフ場利用税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3631-110/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3631-110/art-7/par-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-20261027T214204-085, 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