China News Service, December 6, According to Kyodo News, on the 5th, the Japanese government and the ruling party decided that foreign students and other long-term residents will no longer allow tax-free shopping for the consumption tax exemption system for foreigners visiting Japan.
Data map: Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan. A passenger is in the boarding area of the international flight terminal.
According to the report, due to the cumbersome task of confirming whether foreign students are eligible for tax exemption and the proliferation of foreign students reselling duty-free goods, Japan will adjust the system when the tax system is revised in 2022 to improve this situation.
The specific approach is to reduce the tax-free shopping conditions stipulated by the Foreign Exchange Law so far as long as "non-residents" are allowed to shop, to "short-term stay" tourists within 90 days of their status of residence, etc.
According to reports, in April 2020, the National Tax Agency of Japan adopted a mechanism of electronic customer information and found that many international students had suspicious "explosive buying" phenomena.
The reason may be that international students buy duty-free goods in large quantities, and then resell them at prices including consumption tax to make a difference.
According to the current system, long-term international students, except those with part-time jobs, are allowed to shop tax-free within half a year of entry.
When selling duty-free shops, it is necessary to confirm whether international students are working part-time, which requires a lot of manpower. Therefore, there are suggestions for improvement.
In addition, shops that are not carefully confirmed are more popular, and some people express dissatisfaction with this unfair phenomenon.
In addition, it is reported that due to the emergence of a mutant strain of the new coronavirus, Omi Keron, it is currently impossible to predict when Japan will re-accept tourists to Japan. However, in order to meet the recovery period of tourism demand, Japan will adjust the system to facilitate proper use.