青色申告者(法第百二十五条第一項から第三項まで(年の中途で死亡した場合の確定申告)の規定の適用がある場合には、同条第一項の規定による申告書を提出すべき者又は同条第二項若しくは第三項の規定による申告書を提出することができる者)は、毎年十二月三十一日(同条又は法第百二十七条(年の中途で出国をする場合の確定申告)の規定の適用がある場合には、青色申告者の死亡の日又は出国の時。次条において同じ。)において棚卸資産の棚卸しその他決算のために必要な事項の整理を行い、その事績を明瞭に記録しなければならない。
A blue-return filer (in the case where the provisions of Article 125, paragraphs (1) through (3) (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Has Died Partway Through the Year) of the Act apply, a person who is to file a return under paragraph (1) of that Article or a person who may file a return under paragraph (2) or (3) of that Article) must, on December 31 of each year (in the case where that Article or Article 127 (Filing a Tax Return If the Taxpayer Will Become Absent From Japan Partway Through the Year) of the Act applies, the date of the blue-return filer's death or the time of the start of the blue-return filer's Absence From Japan; the same applies in the following Article), take stock of Inventory and otherwise organize the matters necessary for the settlement of accounts, and clearly record the results.