Tax-Free Eligibility
Tax-Free Eligibility: Conditions and Requirements to Receive Tax Exemption
・ Passport Identification
・ Non-resident of Japan (only short-term stay visitors).
- Within 6 months from the date of entry into Japan. ※Landing permission labeled "re-entry" is not permitted.
- Only exemptible for goods (general items, expendable items) usually provided for daily life.
・ Purchase for business or for sale will be exempted from duty-free sales.
・ General goods (other than consumables) where the total sales amount (minus tax) is 5,000 yen or more per day. (Amount after Discounted payment)
If the total sales amount exceeds 1 million yen, store copies of passports, etc. in the tax-paying place of the company operating the tax-free shop, or at the location of the sales area
・ Consumables must be between 5,000 yen and 500,000 yen in total excluding tax to receive tax exemption.
• Sellers pledge to export consumables within 30 days of the date of purchase.
- Packages cannot be charged.
・ General goods as well as consumables must be between 5,000 yen-500,000 yen total for tax exception.
・Products consumed in Japan as well as shipping and handling fees are exempt from tax exemption.
Precautions (Please Read)
・ Please take your consumables out of Japan within 30 days without opening the bag in Japan.
・ Please open all general goods after returning home.
・ If you have received tax exemption with general goods and consumables, please seal all items. It cannot be used in Japan.
Please leave Japan within 30 days after buying/receiving duty-free items.
・ Please submit the purchase record slip/ receipt to customs when you leave the country.
・ If you do not carry a phone, etc., you will be taxed after returning to your country.
・ Please be aware that liquids exceeding 100 ml (g), such as alcohol and cosmetics, cannot be brought into the aircraft.
・When putting items in a suitcase etc., and checking in at the airport, inform the airline staff of your products purchased duty-free.
・ If you use an automated gate, your passport will not be stamped.
Please note that you cannot receive tax exemption if you do not have a stamp. For details, please ask the person in charge at each airport when passing the departure gate.