青色申告書を提出する法人で新事業開拓事業者(産業競争力強化法第二条第六項に規定する新事業開拓事業者をいう。以下この項において同じ。)と共同して特定事業活動(同条第二十八項に規定する特定事業活動をいう。以下この項及び第九項において同じ。)を行うものとして財務省令で定めるもの(以下この項及び第十五項において「対象法人」という。)が、令和二年四月一日から令和十年三月三十一日までの期間(以下この項において「指定期間」という。)内の日を含む各事業年度(解散の日を含む事業年度及び清算中の各事業年度並びに被合併法人の合併(適格合併を除く。)の日の前日を含む事業年度を除く。)の指定期間内において特定株式(特別新事業開拓事業者(新事業開拓事業者のうち特定事業活動に資する事業を行うものとして財務省令で定める法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。)の株式のうち次に掲げる株式のいずれかに該当するものであることその他の要件を満たすものとして政令で定めるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。)を取得し、かつ、これをその取得の日を含む事業年度(以下この条において「対象事業年度」という。)終了の日まで引き続き有している場合において、当該特定株式の取得価額(当該取得価額が二百億円(当該特定株式が第一号に掲げる株式に該当する場合には、五十億円)を超える場合には、二百億円(当該特定株式が同号に掲げる株式に該当する場合には、五十億円)とする。)の百分の二十五(当該特定株式が第三号に掲げる株式に該当する場合には、百分の二十)に相当する金額(当該対象事業年度において当該特定株式の帳簿価額を減額した場合には、その減額した金額のうち当該対象事業年度の所得の金額の計算上損金の額に算入された金額に係る部分の金額として政令で定めるところにより計算した金額を控除した金額)以下の金額を当該対象事業年度の確定した決算において各特別新事業開拓事業者別及び次の各号に掲げる株式の種類別に特別勘定を設ける方法(当該対象事業年度の決算の確定の日までに剰余金の処分により積立金として積み立てる方法を含む。)により経理したときは、その経理した金額に相当する金額は、当該対象事業年度の所得の金額の計算上、損金の額に算入する。この場合において、当該相当する金額が当該対象事業年度の所得の金額として政令で定めるところにより計算した金額(当該計算した金額が百二十五億円を超える場合には、百二十五億円。以下この項において「所得基準額」という。)を超えるときは、その損金の額に算入する金額は、当該所得基準額を限度とする。
Where a corporation filing a blue return that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Finance as one that conducts, jointly with a new business developer (meaning a new business developer prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), a specified business activity (meaning a specified business activity prescribed in paragraph (28) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (9)) (hereinafter referred to as a "covered corporation" in this paragraph and paragraph (15)) has acquired, within the designated period in each business year that includes a day within the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2028 (hereinafter referred to as the "designated period" in this paragraph) (excluding a business year that includes the date of dissolution, each business year during liquidation, and a business year that includes the day before the date of a merger (excluding a qualified merger) of a merged corporation), specified shares (meaning, of the shares of a special new business development operator (meaning a corporation specified by Order of the Ministry of Finance as a new business developer that conducts a business contributing to a specified business activity; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), those specified by Cabinet Order as satisfying requirements including that they fall under any of the shares listed below; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), and continues to hold them until the end of the business year that includes the date of the acquisition (hereinafter referred to as the "covered business year" in this Article), then, if the covered corporation has accounted for an amount not exceeding the amount equivalent to 25 percent (where the specified shares fall under the shares listed in item (iii), 20 percent) of the acquisition price of the specified shares (where the acquisition price exceeds 20 billion yen (where the specified shares fall under the shares listed in item (i), 5 billion yen), 20 billion yen (where the specified shares fall under the shares listed in that item, 5 billion yen)) (where the book value of the specified shares has been reduced in the covered business year, the amount after deducting, from that equivalent amount, the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order as the amount of the portion of the amount so reduced that pertains to the amount included in deductible expenses in calculating the amount of income for the covered business year), by the method of setting up a special account for each special new business development operator and for each class of shares listed in the following items in the settlement of accounts finalized for the covered business year (including the method of setting it aside as a reserve through the appropriation of surplus by the day on which the settlement of accounts for the covered business year is finalized), an amount equivalent to the amount so accounted for is included in deductible expenses in calculating the amount of income for the covered business year. In this case, if that equivalent amount exceeds the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order as the amount of income for the covered business year (where the amount so calculated exceeds 12.5 billion yen, 12.5 billion yen; hereinafter referred to as the "income-based limit" in this paragraph), the amount to be included in deductible expenses is limited to the income-based limit.