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Japanese government wants to remove tax-exemption limit for foreign tourists on consumables
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Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2024 - Tweet
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Japan’s easy foreign tourist tax exemptions may be getting harder in order to stop fraud, resales
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Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2024
Skipping tax payments by showing your passport may become a thing of the past as government finds billions of yen have been improperly waived.
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