The yen exchange rate has depreciated sharply, and tourists from all over the world have gone to Japan to start buying mode, and Chinese tourists have become the main force of shopping spree in Japan during this May Day Golden Week.
However, unlike the explosion of cosmeceuticals and small household appliances in the past, Chinese tourists today go to Japan to focus on luxury goods. It is understood that a LV carryall medium-sized handbag with a price of 21,500 on the domestic official website, as long as you use all kinds of points cashback (Ctrip + UnionPay + credit card), plus a tax refund of about 1.6~1.68W, you can buy it, save more than 5,000 in situ, and other styles are at least 20% cheaper.
In this past Golden Week, LV, Van Cleef & Arpels, and mikimoto were bought by Chinese tourists as a three-piece set of Japanese specialties. As a result, many stores have to queue for up to two hours just to enter the store......
But even so, everyone is still happy, and some friends who went to Japan posted: "Japan's fairy exchange rate, it's a crime not to buy it."
But it's cool to buy things for a while, and it's sad to return home.
According to the latest news obtained by the editor, whether it is leaving Japan or returning to China, it has been strictly investigated.
Some netizens joked: Accidentally, the yen exchange rate wool that was finally picked up was "taxed back" by the customs.
Let's talk about Japan's customs clearance first!
Due to Japan's tax refund policy, many duty-free items may be resold. In order to prevent foreign passengers from abusing the current duty-free system, the airport will conduct spot checks from time to time.
For example, two days ago, Kansai Airport was strictly inspecting duty-free goods purchased in Japan by outbound passengers.
Of course, if it is a duty-free product brought back to China normally, there is no need to panic, but if it is to help people to brush up on duty-free goods, it will pay a high amount of taxes.
For example, the following netizen shared his experience of leaving the customs in Japan:
"When you leave Japan, the customs will scan your passport, and you can see all the duty-free goods you have bought, and the customs will ask you to show him a few items of high value. I bought an LV and a VCA for my passport and wore them all on my body. Japanese customs mainly look at whether you have resold it, and there is no problem in unpacking it for your own use. ”
At present, all of Japan's tax-free systems are connected to the national tax system, and all the purchase information will be displayed if you scan the passport. If you do not take the duty-free goods you purchased abroad, Japan Customs will ask you to pay the taxes on the relevant goods. In addition, some people with abnormally high consumption tax exemption records will also be focused on inspection.
It's not that easy to return to China and enter the country!
This year is a year for China Customs to strengthen tax collection and management. At the beginning of the year, the General Administration of Customs of China publicly stated that it would strengthen its efforts and go all out to achieve the tax budget target.
Last year, China's customs tariff revenue was 2.21 trillion yuan, and this year it can only be more, not less......
According to the regulations of mainland customs, the duty-free quota for each passenger entering the country is only 5,000 yuan, and more than 5,000 yuan needs to be taxed, and the proportion of tax is divided according to the category, and the tax on luxury goods will reach up to 60%.
The personal experience of netizens shows that the customs inspection has been very strict recently, especially for flights from Japan.
"Recently, Hangzhou has been very strict, one or two of our ten flights have been posted, and then my object was unfortunately checked, he has a YSL in his box, I also have a YSL in my box, and there is a Dior in his bag that has not been found, and he also brought a Sony camera to his classmates in his hand, but fortunately, in the end he paid a bag of money, which can only be said to be ruined.
"Cry to death, the mikimoto pearl necklace I bought at Narita Airport today was taxed at Fuzhou Changle Airport! The customs said that more than 10,000 ...... should be paid for the back tax."
"When I arrived in China, I pushed this cart and walked alone, and I was asked to open all the boxes. Fortunately, most of the boxes have lost everything, and there are a lot of things hanging on the bag for personal use. They saw that I bought a lot of shoes to see if they were luxuries, and there was a VCA box that I was reluctant to throw away and was found. Customs logically says that more than 5,000 yuan will be taxed, but this time it will be counted. They left work after checking on me, and the time was twelve o'clock in the evening, and finally it was a thrilling pass. The box is something outside the body, so if you can lose it, you can lose it, and you almost have to pay a few thousand yuan in taxes for a box. ”
In fact, if the customs is really strict, even if the box is lost, it will not escape the eyes of the customs staff. Here's a reminder to friends, although the exchange rate is fragrant, don't be greedy.