Consumption tax increase What is the tax rate across the month? [Telephone, electricity, gas] September 24, 12:45
The call charges for landline and mobile phones vary depending on the company at which point the 10% tax rate is applied.
For NTT East and West Japan, the monthly fee calculation period varies from the first day to the last day, from the sixth day to the fifth day of the following month, and so on.
The tax rate is 8% if the calculation period starts in September, and 10% applies when the calculation period starts in October.
At mobile phone companies, NTT Docomo and au KDDI will be charged the consumption tax rate at the end of the call if they are making phone calls across the day. If it ends on the first day of the month, a 10% tax rate will apply.
On the other hand, Softbank says that if the period for calculating the charge is closed at the end of the month, the tax rate will be applied at the beginning of the call. % Tax rate applies.
Transitional measures apply to electricity and gas charges. If you continue to contract from September, the meter reading in October includes September in the period of use.
In such cases, the consumption tax rate remains at 8%. The 10% consumption tax will be fully reflected in the charges for November for both electricity and gas.