Alcohol high liquor Resale due to high prices National Tax Agency strengthened monitoring April 24 5:00
While the alcoholic disinfectant solution is running short due to the spread of new coronaviruses, there are many cases where alcohol with a high alcohol concentration, which the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved to use instead of the disinfectant solution, is resold at a high price on the Internet. I will. The NTA is strengthening its scrutiny, as unlicensed resales may violate the law.
The supply of the alcoholic disinfectant required to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infections has not been able to keep up, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will only make alcohol such as alcohol with a high alcohol concentration produced by a brewer if the medical institution is unavoidable. We have issued a notice authorizing the use of "high-concentration ethanol products" in place of disinfectants.
In response to this, breweries in various regions have begun to sell "high-concentration ethanol products", but there are many cases where flea apps on the Internet and auction sites are resold at a price that is twice to three times the list price. is.
In order to operate a liquor sales business, a license based on the Liquor Tax Law is required, but the National Tax Agency monitors that if an unlicensed individual purchases many products and resells it may violate the law Is strengthening.
Takahiko Inagaki, director of "Wakatsuru Sake Brewery" in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture, which began selling high-concentration ethanol products this month, said, "It is very unfortunate that there are people who are willing to make a profit from resale. We want to reach the people who really need it. "
The National Tax Agency Large-scale listing is also against the law
According to the National Tax Agency, a liquor sales license requires a license under the Liquor Tax Law, and if you sell without a license, you will be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
As a general rule, it is said that it is a violation of the law to sell sake without license in a “repeat / continue” manner, and in the case of selling sake received at the end of a year etc. only once in the flea app, there is a possibility of breaking the law. It is low.
However, even if it is a single listing that is not "repeated and continued", resale of many items may violate the law.
The NTA is strengthening its scrutiny of such resales, saying, "We are keeping an eye out for information collection at the national tax bureaus and tax offices nationwide."
Sake brewer, same as mask
"Wakatsuru Sake Brewery" in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture, has begun selling highly concentrated ethanol products with an alcohol content of 77 degrees on the 13th of this month. We received over 1,000 inquiries one after another from the start of the sale to the medical institutions and nursing homes with the highest priority, and some of them are limited to one household, one household at a directly managed store. It is sold at.
However, recently it has been confirmed on several auction sites on the Internet that they are being resold at a price that is about twice the list price.
Takahiko Inagaki, director of “Wakatsuru Sake Brewing,” said, “There were a lot of inquiries from medical institutions, and I strongly felt that alcohol for disinfection was not available on-site, so some people would try to make a profit from resale. It's very disappointing. We want to reach the people who really need it, and we have to regulate resale like masks. "