Introduction.
Cross-border e-commerce (E-commerce) has been expanding worldwide with Amazon, eBay, Rakuten, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Corona Vortex, and is now the focus of attention by all companies. Cross-border e-commerce has been introduced with the positive aspects of being able to start selling within minutes of creating a site, and new sales opportunities from markets around the world. On the other hand, local taxes and various other costs are not shared much: local taxes such as VAT are levied and collected by the seller on the local buyer, but even in the case of cross-border e-commerce, there are cases of taxation, collection, and reporting.
Not all tax accountants, lawyers, and other domestic professionals have knowledge of overseas tax and legal affairs.
IN THIS COLUMN, OPTI CORPORATION, WHICH HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE TAX ASPECTS OF CROSS-BORDER EC, PROVIDES A "CROSS-BORDER EC TAX NAVIGATOR" IN A Q&A FORMAT. WE HOPE THAT THIS CROSS-BORDER EC TAX NAVIGATOR WILL BE OF HELP TO VARIOUS COMPANIES CONSIDERING CROSS-BORDER EC.
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VAT還付は100%確実なコスト削減手法です。
その一方、多くの国ではVAT還付には「インボイスの原本」が必要となります。そしてインボイスの原本の取得には大変な労力が掛かります。
加えて、「どの程度の金額が還付出来るか」が分からない場合があります。
この点、当社および当社パートナーのタックスバックインターナショナル社のAPIを利用することにより、経費精算システムのデータからデータを抽出し、コスト削減額を算出することが出来ます。
その一つの例が、米国Concur Technologies社のConcur Expenseです。
Concur Expenseとのデータ連係によるVAT還付につきましては、まずはお問い合わせくださいませ。
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