Replacing price tags etc. by raising the consumption tax rate October 1: 2:35

In response to the consumption tax rate being raised to 10%, stores and other places are busy with exchanging price tags.

convenience store

At convenience stores in Tokyo, employees were busy dealing with replacement of price tags. At the Lawson store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the number of employees was increased by one, and when the date changed at midnight, the price tag was being replaced.

Employees in the food and drink corners that were subject to the reduced tax rate were replaced with new price tags with the word “light” representing the reduced tax rate.

On the other hand, products subject to the consumption tax rate increase, such as alcoholic beverages, were replaced with new price tags with black marks.

If you eat and drink in a convenience store, it is considered a restaurant and the tax rate is 10%. However, at this store, posters were posted near the eat-in corner and cash register to encourage you to apply for in-store eating and drinking when accounting.

The three major convenience stores use a cashless payment point reduction system that is implemented in conjunction with the increase in the consumption tax rate.

For example, if a total of 360 yen is settled without cash, 7 yen will be returned and the actual amount paid will be 353 yen.

A 22-year-old woman who bought liquor in cash said, “I was surprised to see a receipt that says 10%. The amount of money is small once, but it feels great when stacked.” It was.

Shingo Nakajima, manager of Lawson Toshima Nishiikebukuro 5-chome, said, “The work involved in raising the tax rate is difficult, but I want to study hard so that I can explain it to customers in an easy-to-understand manner.”

Restaurant chain

In line with the increase in the consumption tax rate, a major restaurant chain store in Mitaka City, Tokyo, changed its menu to a price that corresponds to the new tax rate on the 30th night.

At the store, around 5pm at 11:00 pm on the 30th, about five employees worked to replace store food samples and old menu tables with new tax rates one after another.

In this restaurant chain, after the consumption tax rate is raised, the demand for take-out, which is subject to the reduced tax rate, will increase.

Mr. Tomohisa Ikenoue from Otoya said, “We are working while making sure that there are no mistakes. We have been providing take-out lunches, but we expect to increase the number of bento boxes by introducing a reduced tax rate. I also want to promote sales using services. "

Train

With the increase in the consumption tax rate, the railway fare will change from the first day.

When the last train arrived before midnight, Seibu Railway's Seibu stadium station in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture started working on a new fare schedule. The station staff had to remove the old fare table and switch to the new one.

Satoshi Uchida, General Manager of Seibu Railway Public Relations Department, said, “I want to switch systems before the first train and do everything I can to avoid confusion.”

highway

The 10% consumption tax rate was applied from midnight on the highway, and the price was raised in increments of 10 yen.

Along with this, each highway company has changed its tariff schedule such as interchanges after the date changes on the 1st. Of these, at the “Kandabashi Entrance” tollgate on the Metropolitan Expressway in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, I started working from around 1 o'clock.

At this toll booth, a tariff with a tax rate of 10% was created, and a sticker was attached to the tariff part until 30th, but as the tax rate increased, workers removed the seal and switched to a new tariff It was.

Workers were also checking to see if ETC fees were switched.

On the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, we will carry out such switching work at 178 tollgates by the morning of the day.