How the Toritekihou tools work
The Toritekihou (中小受託取引適正化法; in English, roughly the Act on Fair Transactions with Small and Medium-sized Contractors) came into force on 1 January 2026 and replaced the Subcontract Act. The tools on this site apply the calculations and required terms in the Act and the JFTC's documents, in your browser only.
Steps
- On the payment due date page, enter the order date, the receipt date and the payment date that was set, and read the latest date the law allows and the verdict.
- On the coverage page, check from the transaction type, capital and employee counts whether the Toritekihou covers the deal.
- On the order form page, enter the required terms to write the order text, and give it to the other side immediately when you place the order.
- On the payment methods page, check how promissory notes, electronic receivables and bank transfer fees are treated.
What the tools do not cover
- Judgements that depend on the facts: whether the deal is an order to the buyer's specification, its type, whether a service is for the buyer's own use or is construction.
- Special rules for the receipt day (provisional receipt, goods rejected and delivered again, warehouse stock, quality confirmation of information products, the trial shot of a mould). The receipt date is used as typed.
- Closing days other than the month end, and weekly or 15-day closings.
- Tunnel companies, trades with a parent or a subsidiary of over 50%, trading companies, and deals with foreign parties.
- Extra holidays a bank sets for single branches, and bodies under laws other than the Banking Act (shinkin banks, credit cooperatives, agricultural cooperatives).
- Delay interest across 29 February. No source says whether to count 365 or 366 days, so it is not calculated.
Questions
What is the Toritekihou?
The common short name of 中小受託取引適正化法 (in English, roughly the Act on Fair Transactions with Small and Medium-sized Contractors), which amended the Subcontract Act and came into force on 1 January 2026. It sets the payment date, the written terms of an order and the prohibited acts for the buyer (委託事業者).
What changed from the Subcontract Act?
Specified transport orders were added, an employee-count test was added to the capital test, promissory notes are banned, the terms can be sent electronically without the supplier's consent, and unlawful price cuts now also carry delay interest. The payment date of 60 days from receipt and the 14.6% delay interest are the same as before.
Is the result legally correct?
It is a calculation from the text of the Act and JFTC documents, not legal advice. The "latest date the law allows" is a limit; the law asks for as short a period as possible.
Is what I type saved?
No. It is worked out in your browser and is neither sent nor stored. It disappears when you close the page.
Sources
Read on 9 November 2026: the Act, the cabinet order, the JFTC rule on Article 4 terms, the rule setting the rates under Art. 6(1) and (2), and the rule on Article 7 records, on e-Gov 法令検索; the JFTC operating standard, Q&A, textbook (November 2025) and diagnosis tools; and the Cabinet Office list of national holidays.