Article 18Tax-Free Sale Procedures, etc. at Tax-Free Shops
The persons specified by Cabinet Order as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following persons:
法第八条第一項に規定する政令で定める者は、次に掲げる者とする。
a person who has Japanese nationality and whose domicile or residence outside Japan for a continuous period of two years or more has been confirmed by documents specified by Ministry of Finance Order (including electronic or magnetic records pertaining to such documents (meaning electronic or magnetic records provided for in Article 2, item (iii) (Definitions) of the Act on Special Provisions concerning Preservation Methods for Books and Documents Related to National Tax Prepared by Means of Computers (Act No. 25 of 1998); the same applies in paragraph (6)); the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph);
日本国籍を有する者であつて、国内以外の地域に引き続き二年以上住所又は居所を有することにつき財務省令で定める書類(当該書類に係る電磁的記録(電子計算機を使用して作成する国税関係帳簿書類の保存方法等の特例に関する法律(平成十年法律第二十五号)第二条第三号(定義)に規定する電磁的記録をいう。第六項において同じ。)を含む。次項第二号において同じ。)により確認がされた者
members of the United States armed forces and the civilian component provided for in Article 1 of the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan, and their families.
日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の相互協力及び安全保障条約第六条に基づく施設及び区域並びに日本国における合衆国軍隊の地位に関する協定第一条に規定する合衆国軍隊の構成員及び軍属並びにこれらの家族
The method specified by Cabinet Order as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act is a method by which a person eligible for tax-free purchase (meaning a person eligible for tax-free purchase provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies through Article 18-3) satisfies the requirements listed in item (i) (in the case of a person listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the requirements listed in items (i) and (ii)) on the day on which the person takes delivery of tax-exempt goods (meaning tax-exempt goods provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies through Article 18-3) at a tax-free shop (meaning a tax-free shop provided for in Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Act (including one deemed to be a tax-free shop pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article); the same applies through Article 18-4 and in Article 18-5, paragraph (2), item (i), (b)).
presenting the passport held by the person (in the case of a person who stays in Japan with permission for landing provided for in Article 14-2 or Articles 16 through 18 (Permission for Landing) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), the passport and the ship tourist landing permit, crew landing permit, emergency landing permit or shipwreck landing permit provided for in Article 14-2, paragraph (4), Article 16, paragraph (4), Article 17, paragraph (3) or Article 18, paragraph (4) of that Act; referred to as "passport, etc." in this item), or the display screen of a communications terminal device (including input/output devices) used by the person eligible for tax-free purchase on which information pertaining to the passport, etc. is displayed through an information system established and managed by the Digital Agency, to the business operator who operates the tax-free shop, and providing information pertaining to the passport, etc. to the business operator;
その所持する旅券(出入国管理及び難民認定法(昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号)第十四条の二又は第十六条から第十八条まで(上陸の許可)に規定する上陸の許可を受けて在留する者にあつては、旅券及び同法第十四条の二第四項、第十六条第四項、第十七条第三項又は第十八条第四項に規定する船舶観光上陸許可書、乗員上陸許可書、緊急上陸許可書又は遭難による上陸許可書。以下この号において「旅券等」という。)又はデジタル庁が整備及び管理をする情報システムにより当該旅券等に係る情報が表示された当該免税購入対象者の使用する通信端末機器(入出力装置を含む。)の映像面を当該輸出物品販売場を経営する事業者に提示し、かつ、当該旅券等に係る情報を当該事業者に提供すること。
presenting the documents specified by Ministry of Finance Order provided for in item (i) of the preceding paragraph to the business operator who operates the tax-free shop, and providing the information stated in the documents to the business operator.
A business operator who operates a tax-free shop must explain to a person eligible for tax-free purchase who purchases tax-exempt goods at the tax-free shop by the method provided for in the preceding paragraph the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order, such as that, in the case where the confirmation of the director-general of the customs house under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act has been received, the tax-exempt goods must be exported without delay.
The amount specified by Cabinet Order as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act is 5,000 yen.
法第八条第一項に規定する政令で定める金額は、五千円とする。
A person eligible for tax-free purchase (including a person who has ceased to fall under a person eligible for tax-free purchase after purchasing by the method provided for in paragraph (2) at a tax-free shop; the same applies in this paragraph) is, when departing from Japan, to present the passport held by the person eligible for tax-free purchase to the director-general of the customs house having jurisdiction over the port of departure, or to provide information pertaining to the passport, and receive the confirmation of the director-general of the customs house under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act.
The electronic or magnetic records specified by Cabinet Order as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act are electronic or magnetic records in which are recorded the information provided for in the items of paragraph (2) that has been provided by a person eligible for tax-free purchase who purchases tax-exempt goods, and the matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order as information on the fact of purchase, such as the date of purchase, the name and the value of the tax-exempt goods.
The provision of purchase record information (meaning purchase record information provided for in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act; the same applies through Article 18-5) that a business operator who operates a tax-free shop makes pursuant to the first sentence of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be made by a method specified by Ministry of Finance Order as a method using an electronic data processing system connecting, by telecommunications lines, the computers (including input/output devices; the same applies in this paragraph) used by the National Tax Agency and customs with the computers used by the business operator. In this case, the purchase record information is deemed to have reached the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency at the time when it is recorded in a file kept in the computers used by the National Tax Agency and customs.
A business operator who operates a tax-free shop must, when providing purchase record information pursuant to the first sentence of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act, take measures to make clear the name of the business operator by the method specified by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency.
The provision of purchase record information that the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency makes pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act, the provision of customs confirmation information (meaning customs confirmation information provided for in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act; the same applies through Article 18-4) that a director-general of a customs house makes pursuant to the first sentence of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act, and the provision of customs confirmation information that the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency makes pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act, are to be made by a method using the electronic data processing system provided for in paragraph (7).
A business operator who operates a tax-free shop and intends to receive the application of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act must organize the purchase record information provided pursuant to the first sentence of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act and the customs confirmation information provided pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act, and retain them (limited to retention by a method specified by Ministry of Finance Order) at its place for tax payment or at the location of an office, place of business or similar place pertaining to the transactions, for seven years from the day on which two months (one month, in the case where the residual assets of a corporation in liquidation have been finalized) have elapsed from the day following the last day of the taxable period that includes the day on which the transfer under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act was made.
Matters concerning the information provided for in the items of paragraph (2) that is to be provided pursuant to the provisions of the items of paragraph (2), and other matters necessary for the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, are specified by Ministry of Finance Order.
Article 18-2Procedures, etc. Concerning Permission for Tax-Free Shops
A business operator who operates a sales outlet for which it intends to obtain the permission under Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Act must submit to the district director having jurisdiction over its place for tax payment a written application stating the location of the sales outlet and other matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order, attaching to it documents describing an outline of the procedures for receiving the application of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act that are carried out at the sales outlet and other documents specified by Ministry of Finance Order.
Where a written application under the preceding paragraph has been submitted, the district director is to examine it without delay and, according to the category of permission for a tax-free shop listed in the following items, grant the permission under Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Act where the application falls under the case specified in the relevant item, and dismiss the application where it does not fall under such case:
permission for a general-type tax-free shop (meaning a tax-free shop other than a vending-machine-type tax-free shop provided for in the following item; the same applies in the following Article and Article 18-5, paragraph (2), item (i)): the case where all of the following requirements are satisfied:
一般型輸出物品販売場(次号に規定する自動販売機型輸出物品販売場以外の輸出物品販売場をいう。次条及び第十八条の五第二項第一号において同じ。)の許可 次に掲げる要件の全てを満たす場合
that it is a sales outlet operated by a business operator that satisfies all of the requirements listed in the items of Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Act;
法第八条第七項各号に掲げる要件の全てを満たす事業者が経営する販売場であること。
that the necessary system for properly carrying out the tax-free sale procedures (meaning, among the procedures carried out by a business operator that operates a tax-free shop for receiving the application of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act, those excluding the provision, etc. of purchase record information (meaning the provision of purchase record information pursuant to the first sentence of paragraph (2) of that Article and the receipt of customs confirmation information pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph (3) of that Article; the same applies through Article 18-5) and the retention of purchase record information and customs confirmation information pursuant to Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Act; the same applies through Article 18-5) has been established;
that the necessary system for properly carrying out the provision, etc. of purchase record information has been established.
permission for a vending-machine-type tax-free shop (meaning a tax-free shop at which the tax-free sale procedures pertaining to tax-exempt goods transferred at that sales outlet to persons eligible for tax-free purchase, and the provision of purchase record information pursuant to the first sentence of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act, are carried out only by vending machines installed at that sales outlet; the same applies in Article 18-5, paragraph (2), item (ii)): the case where all of the following requirements are satisfied:
that the requirement listed in (a) of the preceding item is satisfied;
前号イに掲げる要件を満たすこと。
that the sales outlet has installed only a single vending machine (limited to one designated by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency in consultation with the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency) that satisfies the standards established by the Minister of Finance as the standards for vending machines having the function of carrying out the tax-free sale procedures and the provision of purchase record information.
When the district director makes a disposition under Article 8, paragraph (8) of the Act or a disposition under the preceding paragraph, the district director is to notify the business operator pertaining to the disposition to that effect in writing.
A business operator that has obtained the permission under Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Act must, when it intends to cease receiving the application of paragraph (1) of that Article at the tax-free shop pertaining to the permission, submit to the district director having jurisdiction over its place for tax payment a written notification stating the day on which it intends to cease and other matters specified by Ministry of Finance Order. In this case, when the written notification has been submitted, the permission under paragraph (7) of that Article ceases to be effective as of that day.
定義第十八条第一項第一号・この規定及び第十八条第六項の中だけ
電子計算機を使用して作成する国税関係帳簿書類の保存方法等の特例に関する法律(平成十年法律第二十五号)第二条第三号(定義)に規定する電磁的記録
わかりやすく言うと
電子的方式や磁気的方式など、人の知覚では認識できない方式で作られる記録で、電子計算機による情報処理に使われるもののことです(電子計算機を使用して作成する国税関係帳簿書類の保存方法等の特例に関する法律第二条第三号)。
定義第十八条第二項・この規定及び第十八条から第十八条の三までの中だけ
法第八条第一項に規定する免税対象物品
わかりやすく言うと
免税購入対象者が輸出するために政令で定める方法で購入する物品のことです。消費税に関して不正な目的で購入されるおそれが高い物品として財務省令で定めるものや、消費税が課されない譲渡に当たる物品は除きます(消費税法第八条第一項)。
定義第十八条第二項・この規定及び第十八条から第十八条の三までの中だけ
同項に規定する免税購入対象者
わかりやすく言うと
外国為替及び外国貿易法の非居住者であって、上陸の許可を受けて在留する人、外交・公用・短期滞在の在留資格で在留する人その他政令で定める人のことです(消費税法第八条第一項)。
定義第十八条第二項・この規定の中だけ
法第八条第七項に規定する輸出物品販売場(同条第九項の規定により輸出物品販売場とみなされるものを含む。)
わかりやすく言うと
一定の要件を満たす事業者(消費税を納める義務が免除される事業者を除きます)が経営する販売場で、免税購入対象者に免税対象物品を譲渡できるものとして税務署長の許可を受けたもののことです。輸出物品販売場とみなされる臨時販売場も含みます(消費税法第八条第七項・第九項)。
略称規定第十八条第二項第一号・この号の中だけ
その所持する旅券(出入国管理及び難民認定法(昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号)第十四条の二又は第十六条から第十八条まで(上陸の許可)に規定する上陸の許可を受けて在留する者にあつては、旅券及び同法第十四条の二第四項、第十六条第四項、第十七条第三…
わかりやすく言うと
免税で物品を買う人が持つ旅券のことです。出入国管理及び難民認定法の上陸の許可を受けて在留する人は、旅券と、船舶観光上陸許可書、乗員上陸許可書、緊急上陸許可書又は遭難による上陸許可書のことです。
定義第十八条第七項・この規定及び第十八条から第十八条の五までの中だけ
同項に規定する購入記録情報
わかりやすく言うと
輸出物品販売場で免税購入対象者に免税対象物品を譲渡したときの、その譲渡に関する電磁的記録として政令で定めるものです。販売場を経営する事業者は、これを遅滞なく国税庁長官に提供しなければなりません(消費税法第八条第二項)。
定義第十八条第九項・この規定及び第十八条から第十八条の四までの中だけ
同項に規定する税関確認情報
わかりやすく言うと
税関長が購入記録情報に基づいて確認をしたときに、その確認をした旨を記録して国税庁長官に提供する電磁的記録のことです(消費税法第八条第三項)。
定義第十八条の二第二項第一号・この規定及び第十八条の三及び第十八条の五第二項第一号の中だけ
次号に規定する自動販売機型輸出物品販売場以外の輸出物品販売場
わかりやすく言うと
免税購入対象者に消費税を免除して物品を売ることができるとして税務署長の許可を受けた販売場(輸出物品販売場)のうち、免税販売の手続などをその販売場に置く自動販売機だけで行う自動販売機型のもの以外のことです。
定義第十八条の二第二項第一号ロ・この規定及び第十八条の二から第十八条の五までの中だけ
輸出物品販売場を経営する事業者が行う法第八条第一項の規定の適用を受けるための手続のうち、購入記録情報の提供等(同条第二項前段の規定による購入記録情報の提供及び同条第三項後段の規定による税関確認情報の受領をいう。以下第十八条の五までにおいて同じ。)並びに法第八条第四項の規定による購入記録情報及び税関確認情報の保存を除いたもの
わかりやすく言うと
輸出物品販売場の事業者が、消費税を免除して物品を売るための手続(消費税法第八条第一項)のうち、購入記録情報の国税庁長官への提供と税関確認情報の受領、これらの情報の保存を除いたもののことです。
定義第十八条の二第二項第一号ロ・この規定及び第十八条の二から第十八条の五までの中だけ
同条第二項前段の規定による購入記録情報の提供及び同条第三項後段の規定による税関確認情報の受領
わかりやすく言うと
輸出物品販売場を経営する事業者が、免税で販売した物品の購入記録情報を国税庁長官に提供することと、税関長が確認した旨を記録した税関確認情報を国税庁長官から受け取ることです(消費税法第八条第二項・第三項)。
定義第十八条の二第二項第二号・この規定及び第十八条の五第二項第二号の中だけ
当該販売場において免税購入対象者に対して譲渡する免税対象物品に係る免税販売手続及び法第八条第二項前段の規定による購入記録情報の提供が、当該販売場に設置する自動販売機によつてのみ行われる輸出物品販売場
わかりやすく言うと
免税購入対象者に免税対象物品を売るときの免税販売手続と、購入記録情報を国税庁長官に提供することを、販売場に置いた自動販売機だけで行う輸出物品販売場のことです。
税関長
財務省の地方支分部局として置かれる税関の長です(財務省設置法第十二条第一項)。税関は、関税を徴収し、輸出入される貨物を取り締まるほか(同法第十六条第一項、第四条第一項第二十五号・第二十六号)、法令で任された内国税(消費税など、関税以外の国の税)を課して徴収します(同法第十六条第一項第四号)。消費税では、保税地域(輸入された貨物が通関前に置かれる場所)から課税貨物を引き取ろうとする人は、ほかの法律や条約で免除される場合を除き、税務署長ではなく税関長に申告書を出します(消費税法第四十七条第一項・第二項)。税額を税関の側で決める方式(賦課課税方式)の貨物では、税関長が引取りのときに消費税を徴収します(同法第五十条第二項)。
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税務署長
国税庁の地方支分部局である国税局の事務の一部を分掌するため各地に置かれる税務署の長です(財務省設置法第二十四条)。納税者が通常相対する機関で、所得税の確定申告書は税務署長に提出し(所得税法第百二十条第一項)、更正・決定や国税の徴収は現在の納税地を所轄する税務署長が行います(国税通則法第三十条・第四十三条)。税務署長の処分に不服がある者は、その税務署長に対する再調査の請求か、国税不服審判所長に対する審査請求のいずれかを選べます(同法第七十五条第一項第一号)。ただし、調査が国税局又は国税庁の職員によってされた旨の記載がある書面で通知された処分は、国税局長又は国税庁長官がしたものとみなされ、国税庁長官がしたものとみなされた処分については国税庁長官に対する審査請求のみとなります(同条第二項)。
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国税庁長官
財務省に置かれる国税庁の長です(財務省設置法第十八条)。国税庁は内国税の適正かつ公平な賦課及び徴収の実現などを任務とします(同法第十九条)。国税不服審判所長は、国税庁長官が発した通達に示されている法令の解釈と異なる解釈により裁決をするときは、あらかじめその意見を国税庁長官に通知しなければなりません(国税通則法第九十九条第一項)。国税庁長官がした処分に対する不服申立ては、国税庁長官に対する審査請求です(同法第七十五条第一項第二号)。
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