Reduced tax rate “Not in time” More than 20% of small and medium-sized enterprises September 28, 11:21
A survey of credit unions nationwide found that small and medium-sized enterprises that are not in time to respond to the reduced tax rate that keeps the tax rate of food etc. in time as the consumption tax rate increases are over 20% as of the middle of this month It was.
Shinkin Central Bank, a central organization of credit unions nationwide, surveyed about 15,000 small and medium-sized business partners such as restaurants and retailers in the middle of this month, and surveyed 14,260 companies to increase the consumption tax rate Did.
When asked about the status of preparations such as the introduction of cash registers and display of prices corresponding to the reduced tax rate of 8% food and drink excluding alcoholic beverages,
▽ 17.7% of the companies responded that they should respond, but not
▽ 3.2% of respondents started responding but could not make it in time.
Furthermore, 11.5% of respondents said that the reduced tax rate was “I do n’t know if it ’s related to my company”.
In addition, the number of companies that saw sales decline due to the tax rate increase was 23.2%, compared with 39% in the survey conducted at the time of the tax increase five years ago.
“Since many small and medium-sized enterprises are not ready even immediately before, the mess may continue for a while after the tax increase,” said Nobuhiko Minoru, Senior Researcher of the Shinkin Central Bank Area and SME Research Institute.