Products purchased in Japan can be refunded 8% consumption tax, excluding food, medicine, alcohol and cigarettes. Passport and shopping invoice are required for tax refund, so the shopping invoice must be kept well.
1. Buy a bag in Ginza LV, Tokyo, and you can use UnionPay cards. Pay the duty-paid price first, then go to the tax refund counter in the mall with the list (ask the clerk's address) and get a full tax refund (8%).
2. If you buy a bag in a LV store, you can buy it directly with UnionPay card at a tax-free price, without paying the tax-included price first and then refunding the tax. If you bought it at the counter of a department store, you need to apply for a new tax refund, and a handling fee may be charged (1. 1%).
3. Buy it at Shinjuku LV store, and charge it directly at the duty-free price. UnionPay credit card and debit card are both acceptable.
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Tax refund conditions:
1. Buy tax refund items in designated stores, and get tax refund certificates such as tax refund application form according to regulations when the shopping amount reaches the starting point.
2. Go through the departure formalities at the departure port, and the tax refund items have not been activated or consumed before departure.
3. The departure date is no more than 90 days from the purchase date of tax refund items.
4. The purchased tax refund items are carried or checked out by overseas passengers themselves.
5. The purchased tax refund items are reviewed by the customs and signed on the tax refund application form.
6. Apply for tax refund at the designated tax refund agency.
Departure tax refund Baidu encyclopedia