# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)
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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
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- Provision: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（事業税に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-15/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第四条（事業税に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Enterprise Tax
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suppl-4111-15/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-4111-15/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4111-15/art-4
**第一項** 新法第七十二条の十八第一項及び第二項の規定は、平成十一年度分の個人の事業税から適用し、平成十年度分までの個人の事業税については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-1
The provisions of Article 72-18, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Act apply beginning with individual enterprise tax for fiscal year 1999, and for individual enterprise tax up to fiscal year 1998, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項** 旧法附則第九条の二の規定は、施行日前に開始した事業年度分の法人の事業税については、なおその効力を有する。
suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-2
The provisions of Article 9-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act remain in force with respect to corporate enterprise tax for business years that began before the Effective Date.
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## Cites
- suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-1: 新法第七十二条の十八第一項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の十八第一項 (Article 72-18, paragraph (1)), art-72-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-72-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-18/par-1
- suppl-4111-15/art-4/par-1: 第二項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の十八第二項 (Article 72-18, paragraph (2)), art-72-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-72-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-18/par-2
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 地方税法 附則第十五条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-4111-15/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4111-15/art-15/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-20261027T202151-311, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-240, 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