Consumption tax rate increase for 1 week Point reduction use increases, but the problem is 18:28 on October 8
One week has passed since the consumption tax rate was raised to 10%. The use of point returns for cashless payments, which started as an economic measure, is increasing, but there are problems such as the lack of registration in the system and the inability to start services.
The consumption tax rate was raised to 10% on the 1st of this month, and as a measure against the economy, a system was started in which a maximum of 5% can be returned in points when paying cashlessly at small and medium-sized stores.
Of these, at the supermarket in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, the percentage of customers paying without cash reached 36% in the 7 days up to the 7th, almost double that of before the tax increase.
On the other hand, in the supermarkets in Fukushima City, where almost half of the customers are elderly, many continue to choose cash payments, and sales for the past week have fallen by about 15% compared to the same period last year.
In addition, there are cases where cashless payments cannot be registered even after several months from the store's application due to the work of payment companies such as credit card companies.
Furthermore, in the 7 days up to 7th, there is an error that the return rate is originally 2%, an error that is erroneously displayed as 5%, and an app that displays the target store on the map. It means that about 20,000 errors were confirmed, such as incorrect display.
As you can see, cashless payments will focus on whether users can grow and issues will arise, and will continue to improve and support consumption.