For certain types of income, the payer of the income is required to pay income tax withheld at the time the income is paid under the “withholding tax system.”

特定の所得については、その所得の支払の際に支払者が所得税を徴収して納付する源泉徴収制度が採用されています。

Under the withholding tax system, (1) a payer of certain types of income, such as salary, interest, dividends and tax accountants’ fees, (2) calculates the amount of income tax payable pursuant to prescribed methods at the time the income is paid, and (3) withholds the amount of income tax from the income payment and pays it to the government.

この源泉徴収制度は、①給与や利子、配当、税理士報酬などの所得を支払う者が、②その所得を支払う際に所定の方法により所得税額を計算し、③支払金額からその所得税額を差し引いて国に納付するというものです。

With regard to special income tax for reconstruction, the withholding tax system has been adopted for the income subject to income tax withholding among the income arising between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2037, in which special income tax for reconstruction is withheld when withholding income tax and is paid with the income tax withheld.

復興特別所得税においても、平成25年１月１日から令和19年12月31日までの間に生じる所得のうち、所得税の源泉徴収の対象とされている所得については、所得税を徴収する際に、復興特別所得税を併せて徴収し、徴収した所得税と併せて納付する源泉徴収制度が採用されています。

Under the withholding tax system, persons are obliged to withhold income tax and special income tax for reconstruction subject to withholding, and pay it to the government are called “withholding agents.”

源泉徴収制度においては、源泉徴収に係る所得税や復興特別所得税を徴収して国に納付する義務のある者を「源泉徴収義務者」といいます。