Consumption Tax/Sales tax/Goods and Services Tax
- Japanese
- 消費税
Shouhi zei
Consumption tax is on almost all products, sales and/or services that consumers pay for.
Benefits, Systems
Items or situations that do not have consumption tax applied:
- Renting and purchasing land
- Interest from banks, guarantee fee, insurance fee
- Administrative fee
- Foreign exchange
- Medical bills
- Rent of residential housing
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Reduction, Examption, Deduction
Exemption
You can shop for goods without consumption tax added if you go to tax-free shops.
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Payment Amount
Tax rate
Between 8-10% for the following items:
- Food and beverages excluding alcohol and eating out *8% for take-out and delivery of eating out
- Newspapers that have a subscription contract and are published at least twice a week (10% when purchased at shops and the same for electronic distribution).