法第二百二十五条第三項(支払通知書)に規定する支払をする者は、同項本文の規定により同項に規定する通知書に記載すべき事項を同項に規定する支払を受ける者に対し提供しようとするときは、財務省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該支払を受ける者に対し、その用いる電磁的方法(同項に規定する電磁的方法をいう。以下この条、次条及び第三百五十六条(給与等、退職手当等又は公的年金等の支払明細書に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法による提供の承諾等)において同じ。)の種類及び内容を示し、書面又は電磁的方法による承諾を得なければならない。
A person who makes the payment prescribed in Article 225, paragraph (3) (Payment Reports and Notice of Payment) of the Act must, when intending to provide the person receiving the payment prescribed in that paragraph with the matters to be stated in the written notice prescribed in that paragraph pursuant to the main clause of that paragraph, in advance, in accordance with Ministry of Finance Order, indicate to the person receiving the payment the type and content of the electronic or magnetic means to be used (meaning the electronic or magnetic means prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, the following Article and Article 356 (Consent to Provision by Electronic or Magnetic Means of Matters to Be Stated in Payment Slips for Salary or Other Wage, Severance Pay or Other Such Compensation, or Public Pension or Retirement Package, etc.)), and obtain consent in writing or by electronic or magnetic means.