Registration and license tax

Japanese: 登録免許税 - とうろくめんきょぜい
Registration and license tax

A national tax levied at the time of registration or registration based on the Registration and License Tax Law (Law No. 35 of 1967). It has a nature similar to a fee, but as the tax amount and tax rate vary depending on the price of the rights and the reasons for their acquisition, loss, or change, it is a type of circulation tax levied in recognition of the tax-bearing capacity of changes in property or rights. The predecessor of the Registration and License Tax was the Registration Tax established by the Registration Tax Law enacted in 1896 (Meiji 29), and in 1967 (Showa 42), the Registration Tax Law was completely revised and the new Registration and License Tax Law came into effect.

Taxpayers are those who are registered, and the main taxable items are registrations of real estate and factory foundations, ship and aircraft registrations, commercial and corporate registrations, copyright or publishing rights registrations, patent rights, design rights, utility model rights, or trademark rights registrations, mining rights and fishing rights registrations, and registrations of personal qualifications such as lawyers and doctors. The tax base is either the value, as in the case of real estate, or the number of items, as in the case of personal qualification registrations. In the former case, the tax rate is a fixed percentage of the value, and in the latter case, a fixed amount per item. Payment is generally made in cash, but in cases where the tax amount is 30,000 yen or less, payment by stamp is also permitted. From a policy perspective, the Special Taxation Measures Act provides for many reductions and exemptions, such as a reduction in the tax rate for the registration of new homes built by individuals.

[Masatoshi Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

登録免許税法(昭和42年法律35号)に基づいて登記または登録の際に課される国税。手数料に類似した性質を有するが、権利の価格やその得喪・変更の原因いかんによって税額や税率を異にすることからもわかるように、財産または権利の変動に担税力を認めて課される一種の流通税である。登録免許税の前身は1896年(明治29)に制定された登録税法によって設けられた登録税であり、1967年(昭和42)に登録税法が全文改正されて新しい登録免許税法が施行された。

 納税義務者は登記などを受ける者で、おもな課税物件は、不動産や工場財団などの登記、船舶や航空機の登録、商業登記および法人登記、著作権または出版権の登録、特許権・意匠権・実用新案権または商標権の登録、鉱業権や漁業権の登録、弁護士・医師など人の資格の登録である。課税標準は、不動産のように価額の場合と、人の資格の登録のように件数の場合とがある。税率は前者の場合には価額の一定率であり、後者の場合には一件当りの一定額である。納付は原則として現金納付であるが、税額が3万円以下などの場合は印紙納付も認められる。なお、政策的見地から、租税特別措置法によって、個人の新築住宅の登記の税率軽減措置など、多くの軽減、免除が行われている。

[林 正寿]

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