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| Above, a Tokyo supermarket. The new tourist tax-free system will cover groceries. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Foreign visitors to Japan will benefit from a new system of tax-free shopping beginning on October 1.
According to Japan Today:
TOKYO —The Japan Shopping Tourism Organization has announced that starting Oct 1, 2014, Japan will be expanding the tax exemption benefits allotted to foreign non-resident tourists (anyone who has lived in Japan less than six months) from general goods to also include consumables. These tax-free stores are different from duty-free shops which deal with custom or border taxes.
From Oct 1, the tax-free system will be expanded from general goods such as home electrical appliances, clothing (kimonos) and handbags to also include consumables including groceries, beverages (sake, alcohol), medicine, cosmetics, etc. The monetary range for consumables falls between 5,000 yen and 500,000 yen purchased on the same day in the same store for one non-resident.
The article includes a chart of the differences of the tax-free and duty-free stores.
To read the full article, go here.
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