10% start of consumption tax Start retail business with reduced tax rate for the first time at 11:57 on October 1
The consumption tax rate was raised to 10% a day, and a reduced tax rate was introduced for the first time to keep the tax rate for food and drinks excluding alcoholic beverages and restaurants at 8%. At retail stores in various regions, we have started preparations such as switching cash register systems and starting operations under new tax rates.
The consumption tax rate was raised from 8% to 10% per day.
In this tax rate increase, a reduced tax rate was introduced for the first time, with the tax rate of food and beverages excluding alcoholic beverages and restaurants set at 8%, and up to 5% of points will be returned in points when paying cashlessly at small and medium-sized stores. The system has started.
At supermarkets in Tokyo, employees check the cash register's work, such as whether the tax rate is correctly printed on receipts, and explain to the shoppers about the cashless payment point return system when the business starts. We were busy with correspondence.
In addition, the Gyudon chain in Tokyo was welcoming customers by switching the 4 cash register system to 10:00 am to accommodate the new tax rate.
This time around the newly introduced reduced tax rate and point return system, there are a number of voices that are complicated and difficult to understand, and the focus will be on dealing with the system without confusion at retail stores in various places.