# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)

- Law: 租税特別措置法 (Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation), 昭和三十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)（所得税の額から控除される特別控除額の特例に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4221-6/art-56`
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### 第五十六条（所得税の額から控除される特別控除額の特例に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Provisions on the Amount of Special Credit to Be Deducted from the Amount of Income Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4221-6/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4221-6/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4221-6/art-56</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定の適用がある場合における新租税特別措置法第十条の六の規定の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる同条の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第一項	次の各号に掲げる規定	次の各号に掲げる規定（所得税法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十二年法律第六号）附則第五十五条の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる同法第十八条の規定による改正前の租税特別措置法（以下この条において「旧効力措置法」という。）第十条の六第三項又は第四項の規定を含む。以下この条において同じ。）
当該各号に定める金額を	当該各号に定める金額（旧効力措置法第十条の六第三項又は第四項の規定にあつては、それぞれ同条第三項に規定する税額控除限度額のうち同項の規定による控除をしても控除しきれない金額を控除した金額又は同条第四項に規定する繰越税額控除限度超過額のうち同項の規定による控除をしても控除しきれない金額を控除した金額とする。第三号を除き、以下この条において同じ。）を
第二項	又は前条第四項	、前条第四項又は旧効力措置法第十条の六第四項
第三項	若しくは前条第五項	、前条第五項若しくは旧効力措置法第十条の六第五項
<sup>suppl-4221-6/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4221-6/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4221-6/art-56/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 10-6 of the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation in the case where the provisions of the preceding Article apply, the terms and phrases listed in the middle column of the following table that appear in the provisions of that Article listed in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the terms and phrases listed in the right-hand column of that table.
Paragraph (1)	provisions listed in the following items	provisions listed in the following items (including the provisions of Article 10-6, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation prior to the amendment by Article 18 of the Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 6 of 2010), which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 55 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (referred to as the "Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Kept in Force" in this Article); the same applies hereinafter in this Article)
the amount specified in each of those items	the amount specified in each of those items (for the provisions of Article 10-6, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Kept in Force, the amount obtained by deducting, from the maximum tax credit prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article, the amount that remains undeducted even after the deduction under the provisions of that paragraph, or the amount obtained by deducting, from the carried-over excess of the tax credit limit prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article, the amount that remains undeducted even after the deduction under the provisions of that paragraph, respectively; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, except in item (iii))
Paragraph (2)	or paragraph (4) of the preceding Article	, paragraph (4) of the preceding Article or Article 10-6, paragraph (4) of the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Kept in Force
Paragraph (3)	or paragraph (5) of the preceding Article	, paragraph (5) of the preceding Article or Article 10-6, paragraph (5) of the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Kept in Force
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4221-6/art-56/par-1: 前条 → 租税特別措置法 附則第五十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55), suppl-4221-6/art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4221-6/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4221-6/art-55

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 租税特別措置法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/332AC0000000026/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-07
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3132/tb), retrieved 2026-10-07
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch special-taxation-measures-act-20261007T211206-503, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 租税特別措置法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-07
