Six months have passed since the invoice system was launched in October last year, and according to the National Tax Agency, more than 4 million businesses have benefited from the invoice system, a tax deduction system aimed at accurately understanding consumption tax payments. I am registering.


On the other hand, some small businesses who have newly assumed tax liability due to registration under the system are having their businesses and lives affected.

An "invoice" is a new type of bill or receipt issued for transactions between businesses, and it includes information such as the consumption tax amount for each tax rate of 10% and 8%.



The system started on October 1st last year with the aim of accurately understanding the amount of tax paid, and when businesses receive deductions or refunds for consumption tax paid to business partners for purchases, etc., invoices are issued. It became a condition that there be one.



In order to issue an invoice, it is necessary to register with the government, and according to the National Tax Agency, approximately 4.41 million businesses have registered as of the end of February this year.



On the other hand, small businesses with annual sales of 10 million yen or less are now required to pay consumption tax, which had previously been exempted.



In some cases, this has led to a substantial decrease in income, affecting business and lifestyle.

Freelance engineers who have registered with the system are

Mr. Atsushi Mukai

Atsushi Mukai (45) from Fukuoka Prefecture, who works as a freelance data engineer and creates websites for companies, says that unless he registers with the system, the companies he does business with cannot receive tax deductions. I decided to register for the system because I thought,



Measures are in place to reduce the tax burden for a certain period of time, but a reduction in income of at least tens of thousands of yen per month is unavoidable, and Mr. Yuki has decided to significantly increase his work hours so that he can handle more orders. I'm doing it.

Considering the end of the transitional measures, he has decided to move from the rental apartment he currently lives in to his parents' home in the prefecture soon, citing financial concerns.



Mr. Mukai said, ``Right now, we are in a grace period, so I don't feel that urgent, but as sales increase, the amount of taxes we pay will increase, and we are in an industry where it is difficult to pass on tax costs, so I think it will become difficult in the future.''