Consumption tax increase Reduced tax rate and points "If you use it well, it will be reduced to tax" September 16 14:02
2 weeks until the consumption tax rate is raised to 10%. Experts have pointed out that the benefits of “tax reduction” can be gained by using the reduced tax rate and point reductions introduced together.
Benefit from using the system
In line with this tax increase, a “reduced tax rate” will be introduced for “food and drink excluding liquor and eating out”, and food items such as meat, fish, and seasonings will remain at the 8% rate after the tax increase. . In addition, a cashless payment point return system will be implemented, and small stores will receive a maximum of 5%.
In that case, the actual payment may be cheaper than it is now. In addition, depending on the product, prices are likely to drop due to sales after October after the tax increase.
Taro Saito, Director of Economic Research, Nissei Basic Research Institute, said, “The system is quite complicated, so consumers may get wrong if they do n’t study properly. However, this time there is no change because the food is a reduced tax rate, and there is a point reduction, so if you use it properly, you can benefit from “tax reduction” after the tax increase. "Judgment is required on the spot."
Some people say "complex" or "too difficult to understand"
During this holiday, I asked people who visited Ginza in Tokyo that they were conscious of shopping.
A man in his 30s said, “I don't shop with a special tax increase. I feel that the point return is complicated, so I want it to be simpler.”
A man in his 60s said, “I still don't feel whether the 2% increase rate is high or low. I don't think I will use it because I don't know how the point reduction system works.”
A woman in her 30s who is raising a child said, “There are various measures such as a reduced tax rate, but I don't know in detail. I would like to investigate and make use of the system.”