"Cash instead of gifts for hometown tax payment" apology from the trader to full refund

The company, which started a web service that accepts 20% of the donation amount in cash instead of the hometown tax refund, apologized for posting the name of the local government on the site without permission as the donation destination.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to interview the company and consider how to deal with it, saying that the service itself is different from the purpose of the system.

A website called "Cash Furu" operated by a company in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which started accepting applications on the 8th.

The company will handle the donation procedure for hometown tax payment on your behalf, and instead of not receiving the gifts, you will give 20% of the donation amount in cash to the person who donated.

Cash is said to give "the right to receive gifts" after deducting a commission from the sales sold to another person, and the donated money is subject to donation deduction.

Initially, the site said that donations would be solicited up to 3 million yen, and the names of ▽ Kamimine Town, Saga Prefecture, ▽ Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, and ▽ Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture were posted.

However, there was no prior notice to any of the local governments, and the name of the local government was deleted in response to a protest from the local government on the 8th, and an apology was posted on the homepage on the 9th.

The operating company said to NHK's interview, "I deleted it because I thought that some viewers misunderstood that it was affiliated with the local government, but I did not think that such a reaction would occur. I should have thought about the risk." I'm talking.

According to the operating company, donations have already reached the upper limit, so we are currently not accepting donations, but we will refund if you misunderstand the person who donated.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, "As far as the content of the service is concerned, it is different from the purpose of hometown tax payment, which is to send local products as a thank-you to the person who donated. Is unexpected. ”In the future, we will interview the company and consider how to deal with it.