Accepted major credit cards and electronic money
Credit cards
Electronic code payment
Electronic Money
Kitaca/PASMO/TOICA/manaka/ICOCA/ SUGOCA/nimoca/HAYAKAKEN
Barcode payment cannot be used in conjunction with coupons or gift certificates.
Shoppers eligible for tax-free treatment
Non-residents who have made purchases
＊Purchaser only.
＊Those working in Japan or who have stayed more than 6 months in Japan are not eligible.
※At ecute, you are not eligible for tax-free treatment if you do not have a landing permit verification seal because you passed through the automated gates at the airport.
Tax-free Items
General Merchandise
Consumables
※Service and repair fees, dining costs, and other intangible expenditures are not eligible for tax-free treatment.
※At ecute, food products with a set expiration date are not eligible for tax-free treatment.
Qualifying Amounts for Tax-free Treatment
General Merchandise
5,000 JPY or more purchased at this commercial facility in a day (before tax).
Consumables
Between 5,000 JPY and 500,000 JPY purchased at this commercial facility in a day (before tax).
※A limit is set on the maximum amount of consumables eligible for tax-free purchase.
※The purchase prices of general merchandise and consumables can be combined if you have general merchandise specially wrapped, just like you would for consumables.
Cautions when Purchasing
General Merchandise
- 1) Purchased items must be taken out of Japan within 6 months from your date of entry into Japan.
- 2) A copy of your passport is required for single-day purchases exceeding 1,000,001 JPY (before tax).
Consumables
- 1) Purchased items must be taken out of Japan within 30 days after purchase.
- 2) Consumables will be specially wrapped at the tax-free counter. Do not remove this wrapping before leaving Japan. Otherwise, you may have to pay tax for unwrapped tax-exempted items.
Procedures
- After making a purchase at ecute, come to the ecute tax-free counter in person on the day of purchase.
- Provide items 1 through 4 at the counter.
1) Purchased items
2) Receipts（Handwritten receipts are not acceptable）
3) Passport（Immigration stamp required）
4) Credit card used for purchase（If applicable）※The name on the passport, receipts, and credit card must be the same.
※Consumables will be specially wrapped at the counter.
- Sign the "Covenant of Purchaser of Consumption Tax-Exempt of Ultimate Export".
- Receive the difference (between the tax-included price and tax-free price).
- When leaving Japan, present the "Record of Purchase of Consumption Tax-Exempt for Export" attached to your passport to Customs.