from my previous post about
tax-free shopping at GU
one good thing about
tax refund in Japan
they can do it on the spot
as long as you have a passport
10k is usually the
minimum amount of purchase
to qualify for tax-free shopping
the same goes to shopping at
health & beauty stores
and certain stores in outlet malls
however certain lux brands
have a higher minimum amount
but of course
there’s no way that
you will not qualify for it
as long as you are buying a
standard item such as a bag
from a lux outlet
look out for this sign or
confirm with the staff
because certain stores are not tax-free
this is a sign board
i “borrowed” from Bershka
do take note that
certain store has different policies
as to tax-free and non tax-free items
e.g. in a cosmed store
snacks and beverages are not tax-free
since you gonna eat/drink it anyway
yet in a tourist souvenir store
food are tax-free but
and non-food souvenirs are not
the Halloween snack box is tax-free
but the rest are not and
I don’t get why
I actually didn’t manage to enter
were rushing to find Disney store
to find that…
at 8:50 PM
tax-free or not?
another borrowed picture
basically the price on top
the pre-tax price is the one on top
and the one below is of course..
while some will simply display it as
the pre-ta [price] + 8% VAT tax
thumbs up for this : )
i have a question here?
to qualify for tax exemption
does the 10k minimum amount
is inclusive of tax or pre-tax
if my memory doesn’t fail me
and from the example below
I think the amount is inclusive of tax
that’s why i ended up paying
9530 Yen in GU instead of 10k+
i didn’t know GU is
tax-free in the first place
so it just happened that
our shopping exceeded 10k
so it’s save to
calculate your total amount in
tax-inclusive price if you
want to know if qualify for
tax exemption or not