Tax-free management apparatus, tax-free management method, and tax-free management program

The tax exemption management system addresses the challenge of separate refunds by aggregating consumption taxes across duty-free shops for a single lump-sum refund, reducing administrative burden and fraud risks through passport-linked verification and diverse payment methods.

JP2026031310AActive Publication Date: 2026-02-24BILLING SYST CORP
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2024172371
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-01
Publication Date
2026-02-24
Estimated Expiration
2044-08-07

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Technical Problem

Existing tax exemption systems fail to aggregate and refund consumption taxes to applicants in a lump sum, leading to increased administrative burden and fraud risks due to separate refunds at multiple duty-free shops.

Method used

A tax exemption management system that aggregates tax-exempt consumption tax amounts across multiple duty-free shops into a consolidated account, allowing for a single lump-sum refund to the applicant, verified by passport data, and supports various refund methods including bank transfers and credit card payments.

Benefits of technology

Reduces administrative burden on duty-free shops, prevents fraud, and simplifies tax processing by enabling consolidated refunds, while ensuring accurate tracking and verification of tax-exempt transactions.

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Abstract

To provide a tax-free management device, a tax-free management method, and a tax-free management program capable of collecting all consumption taxes scheduled to be refunded to a refund applicant and executing tax-free refunds to the refund applicant at a time.SOLUTION: When the tax-free shopping detail data of the refund applicant in each tax-free store is acquired, the total amount of the tax-free target consumption tax of the refund applicant is aggregated in the aggregate account of the financial institution based on the financial institution data and the tax-free shopping detail data, and the completion of customs clearance for the tax-free shopping and the departure of the refund applicant is confirmed, and the tax-free shopping detail data of the tax-free refund target is determined, the refund applicant is refunded with the total refund amount of the tax-free target consumption tax based on the refund applicant data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
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