青色申告書を提出することにつき税務署長の承認を受けている居住者と生計を一にする配偶者その他の親族(年齢十五歳未満である者を除く。)で専らその居住者の営む前条に規定する事業に従事するもの(以下この条において「青色事業専従者」という。)が当該事業から次項の書類に記載されている方法に従いその記載されている金額の範囲内において給与の支払を受けた場合には、前条の規定にかかわらず、その給与の金額でその労務に従事した期間、労務の性質及びその提供の程度、その事業の種類及び規模、その事業と同種の事業でその規模が類似するものが支給する給与の状況その他の政令で定める状況に照らしその労務の対価として相当であると認められるものは、その居住者のその給与の支給に係る年分の当該事業に係る不動産所得の金額、事業所得の金額又は山林所得の金額の計算上必要経費に算入し、かつ、当該青色事業専従者の当該年分の給与所得に係る収入金額とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if the spouse or other relative (other than one under 15 years of age) whose living expenses are paid from the same resources as a Resident that the director of the district tax office has approved to file a Blue Return, who works exclusively in a business as prescribed in the preceding Article which is run by the Resident (hereinafter referred to as a "relative employed only by a blue-return filer" in this Article) is paid a salary by the business of up to the amount stipulated in the document referred to in the following paragraph and in the way that is stipulated in that document, the part of the salary that, in light of the period, nature, and extent of the relative's service; the type and size of the business; salaries ordinarily paid in the same type and similar size of business; and any other circumstances provided for by Cabinet Order, is found to be appropriate as consideration for the relative's work, is included in the necessary expenses that are used to calculate the real property income, business income, or timber income from the Resident's business for the year in which the salary is paid, and is treated as the annual revenue constituting salary income of the relative employed only by the blue-return filer.