The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau said that the Japanese corporation of the American IT giant Apple, which is suspected of having the purpose of reselling duty-free sales of iPhones and other products that are not exempted from consumption tax, amounted to about 140 billion yen in the two years until September last year. It was pointed out by the interview with the person concerned that about 14 billion yen in consumption tax was collected.
It is believed to be the largest additional tax imposed on tax-free sales.
The additional tax was imposed on Apple Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of American IT giant Apple.
The consumption tax has a system that allows duty-free sales when selling souvenirs and daily necessities to foreign tourists, etc., but not for the purpose of resale.
However, according to people involved, a tax investigation by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has confirmed a series of duty-free sales suspected of being resold at directly managed stores of Japanese corporations, and among them, there are hundreds of tourists from China alone. It is said that there were cases where the iPhone was purchased tax-free, and resellers solicited travelers on SNS and paid them tax-free purchases.
It seems that the fact that the selling price of the iPhone in Japan is cheaper than overseas is the reason for the successive purchases for resale.
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau pointed out that about 140 billion yen of sales over the two years up to September last year were not eligible for duty-free sales, and added tax of about 14 billion yen, including additional tax for underreporting. about it.
It is believed to be the largest additional tax imposed on tax-free sales.
Apple Japan corporation "cannot comment"
Apple's Japanese corporation commented that duty-free sales at the Apple Store ended in June this year, and commented, "We apologize for the inconvenience caused by not being able to sell duty-free."
On the other hand, he said he could not comment on additional taxation.