JP6742016B2 - Product sales data processing device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device and program.

A technique is known in which transaction information processed by a product sales data processing device is retrieved and the retrieved transaction information is corrected (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP, 2005-52946, A

There is a tax exemption system where non-residents (such as foreign tourists who temporarily stay in Japan and have a passport (passport) etc.) are exempt from consumption tax under certain conditions. When a non-resident receives tax exemption for a product that he/she purchases, he/she presents his/her passport to the clerk and declares that the tax exemption will be applied. However, for example, when the non-resident's passport is presented or declared late, the clerk may perform the tightening operation without applying the tax exemption. In this case, although the tax exemption was possible, the transaction with the tax rate applied was concluded.
However, the search correction supports re-accounting in response to cancellation of registered products, but does not support changing tax exemption. For this reason, if there is a transaction that the salesclerk closed without applying the tax exemption, even though the tax exemption conditions were satisfied as described above, cancel the completed transaction itself. It took time and effort because it was necessary to re-account and re-calculate the clerk.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to correct a change in the applicability of tax exemption regarding a transaction for which an accounting process has been performed.

In order to solve the above problems, one aspect of the present invention is a transaction search means for searching a transaction for which an accounting process has been performed, and a tax exemption applicability for declaring whether or not a tax exemption is applicable to a transaction searched by the transaction search means. It is a product sales data processing device including a declaring means.

Further, according to an aspect of the present invention, a computer is used as transaction search means for searching for transactions for which accounting processing has been performed, and as tax exemption availability declaration means for declaring whether or not tax exemption is applicable to the transactions retrieved by the transaction search means. It is a program to make it function.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect that it becomes possible to correct a change in whether or not tax exemption can be applied to a transaction for which an accounting process has been performed.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a POS system to which a POS register that is an embodiment (first embodiment) of the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is a schematic external plan view of the POS register in the first embodiment. It is a perspective view showing an example of appearance of a POS register in a 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the POS register in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the goods information table stored in the store controller in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the goods registration screen of the display part with a touch panel of the POS register in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the goods return screen of the display part with a touch panel of the POS register in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the attachment statement of the purchase record slip which the printing part in 1st Embodiment prints. It is a figure which shows the example of the attachment statement of the purchaser oath printed by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the customer copy statement printed by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the English pasting statement of the purchase record slip which the printing part in 1st Embodiment prints. It is a figure which shows the example of the sticking statement in English of the purchaser oath written by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the English customer copy statement printed by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the packing list specification printed by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt printed by the printing part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the total report which the printing part in 1st Embodiment prints. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of the POS register in the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of the POS register in the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the POS register which is other embodiment (2nd Embodiment) of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a mode of the tax exemption object amount shortage notification screen in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows the example of a processing procedure which a POS register in a 3rd embodiment performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment statement of the purchase record slip in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment statement of a purchaser pledge in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a packing list statement in a 4th embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the customer copy statement in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment statement of the purchase record slip in the modification of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment statement of the purchase record slip in the modification of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the present plan surface regarding the transaction mentioned in the example of the 1st tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the transaction search screen corresponding to a 1st tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search correction screen before correction corresponding to a 1st tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search correction screen after correction corresponding to a 1st tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the denomination change screen corresponding to a 1st tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the message window displayed during execution of the closing process corresponding to transaction correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the present plan surface regarding the transaction mentioned in the example of the 2nd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search correction screen before correction corresponding to a 2nd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search correction screen after correction corresponding to a 2nd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the denomination change screen corresponding to a 2nd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the present plan surface regarding the transaction mentioned in the example of a 3rd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the search correction screen after correction corresponding to a 3rd tax exemption correspondence search correction in 5th Embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows an example of a processing procedure which a POS register in a 5th embodiment performs corresponding to a tax exemption correspondence search amendment. It is a flow chart which shows the example of a processing procedure which a POS register in a 6th embodiment performs in connection with transaction consolidation correspondence accounting processing.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a POS system to which a POS register (product sales data processing device) according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the POS system 1 includes three POS registers 3, a store controller 4, and a local area network (LAN) 5. The three POS registers 3 and the store controller 4 are connected to each other via a LAN 5. Although FIG. 1 shows an example of three POS registers 3, the number of these POS registers 3 is not limited to three.

The POS register 3 is a product registration processing unit that executes a product registration process of a product to be purchased by the customer, and an accounting processing unit that executes an accounting process (settlement process) based on the product sales data registered by the product registration processing unit. And a cash register terminal including. In this embodiment, the customer is a non-resident. Non-residents are foreign tourists, etc. who have a passport (passport), etc. who are temporarily staying in Japan.

Therefore, the POS register 3 executes the merchandise item registration process and the accounting process of the tax exemption target article under a predetermined condition. The tax exemption target goods are classified into, for example, general goods and consumable goods. The general articles are, for example, home appliances, kimonos, clothes, and bags. Tax exemption is applied when the total daily sales of general goods to the same non-resident at the same store exceeds 10,000 yen. The consumables are, for example, foods, beverages, medicines, cosmetics, and other consumables. The tax is exempted when the total daily sales of consumables for the same non-resident at the same store exceeds 5,000 yen and is up to 500,000 yen.

The operator of the POS register 3 (the clerk of the duty-free shop, which is the export merchandise sales area) sets the POS register 3 in the tax-exempt processing mode when a non-resident presents a passport or the like and offers to purchase the tax-exempt item. Set to operate. The POS register 3 set in the tax exemption processing mode has a product statement to be attached to the purchase record slip, a product statement to be attached to the purchaser's pledge, and a product statement for the packing list. And a statement of merchandise for non-resident copies. In addition, you may print the statement of the goods for the copy of the store.

The purchase record form is a form created by the store. The following items (1) to (6) are described on the purchase record slip.
(1) Name of purchaser, nationality, date of birth, status of residence, and date of landing (2) Type and number of passport, etc. possessed by purchaser (3) Name of business operator who manages export goods sales area Or name (4) Tax payment place and jurisdiction tax signature of the business operator of the export goods sales office, location of the export goods sales office (5) Date of purchase (6) Product name, quantity by item name, and value, Total Price and Total Sales Price As (6) above, the description of the product printed by the POS register 3 is used. In other words, by sticking the statement for pasting the purchase record slip to the purchase record slip and tiling it, the description of item (6) on the purchase record slip can be omitted.

The Buyer Pledge is a form signed by a non-resident and kept in the store for at least 7 years. The following items (1) to (6) are described in the purchaser pledge.
(1) Name of purchaser, nationality, date of birth, status of residence, and date of landing (2) Type and number of passport, etc. possessed by purchaser (3) Name of business operator who manages export goods sales area Or Name (4) Date of purchase (5) Product name, quantity and price for each product name, total value of goods, total sales price (6) Pledge to export after purchase (consumables In the case of, a pledge to export within 30 days from the date of purchase) and the signature of the purchaser The statement of the product printed by the POS register 3 is used as (5) above. That is, by attaching the purchase statement to the purchaser's oath and attaching the purchase statement to the purchaser's oath, the item (5) can be omitted from the purchaser's oath.

The packing list is, for example, a form attached or affixed to the packing box when the contents and the number of the consumables cannot be confirmed by packing the consumables in the box. At least the item name of the contents and the quantity of each item name are described in the packing list. As the packing list, the description of the product printed by the POS register 3 or the list printed by extracting the product name and the quantity for each product name from this specification is used.

The store controller 4 is an information processing device that performs office work such as management of product information, collection of sales records of duty-free shops, and management of customers. The store controller 4 stores a product information table that stores product information for each product. For example, a product code of a product and tax exemption type information indicating the tax exemption type of the product are stored in the product information table in association with each other. The tax exemption type information indicates whether the product is a tax exemption target product or a tax exemption target product. Further, the tax exemption type information indicates whether the item is a general item or a consumable item when the item is a tax exempt item.
The LAN 5 is a computer network installed in the store. The LAN 5 may be connected to the Internet.

In the POS system 1, the three POS registers 3 are installed at checkout corners in the store, and the store controller 4 is installed in the backyard (office or the like) of the store.

FIG. 2 is a schematic external plan view of the POS register 3. FIG. 2A is a front view when viewed from the front (operator side), and FIG. 2B is a side view. In addition, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an appearance example of the POS register 3 as viewed from the front right side.
The POS register 3 includes a display unit with a touch panel 14, a key operation unit 15, a customer display unit 16, an automatic change dispenser 17, a scanner unit 18, a printing unit 19, and a drawer 30. The key operation unit 15 and the scanner unit 18 are product code input units. The key operation unit 15 and the automatic change dispenser 17 are payment units. Further, the display unit with a touch panel 14 and the customer display unit 16 are notification units.

The display unit with a touch panel 14 is a display device for an operator (clerk) having a touch panel 14a that allows input operations during product registration processing and transaction processing. A central processing unit (CPU), which will be described later, executes a program to display the touch panel-equipped display unit 14 with a tax exemption mode setting key for setting the POS register 3 in the tax exemption processing mode, and a subtotal in the tax exemption processing mode. A graphical user interface (GUI) image such as a tax exemption designation key (tax exemption key (button)), which is a key, is displayed, and the GUI image portion of the touch panel 14a functions as a key (button). The key operation unit 15 is a keyboard provided with operation keys such as a numerical key for inputting a quantity during product registration processing and a deposit amount received from a customer during accounting processing, and a closing key for closing an account. is there. The customer display unit 16 is a display device for notifying the customer of the product name and price of the product to be purchased. The automatic change dispenser 17 is a change dispenser for discharging at least money out of the change payable to the customer to the change exit 17a, and has at least a deposit slot 17b for depositing money out of the deposits deposited by the customer. Prepare

The scanner unit 18 reads the code information (for example, a bar code) attached to the product to be purchased or the code information written on the product catalog or the product order sheet. The scanner unit 18 may be a reading device that reads not only a barcode but also a two-dimensional code, for example. The printing unit 19 is a printer device that prints out the specification of the product to be purchased as various forms (receipts). The drawer 30 is a storage unit that stores banknotes and coins received from a customer, and is drawn out in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2B according to the operation of the key operation unit 15.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the POS register 3. 4, the blocks corresponding to the configuration shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, the POS register 3 includes a CPU 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a display unit with a touch panel 14, a key operation unit 15, and a customer display unit. 16, an automatic change dispenser 17, a scanner unit 18, a printing unit 19 (printing unit), a communication unit 20, and a drawer 30. CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, display unit with touch panel 14, key operation unit 15, customer display unit 16, automatic change dispenser 17, scanner unit 18, printing unit 19, communication unit 20, The drawer 30 is connected to each of the drawers 30 via an internal bus and a communication line.

The communication unit 20 communicates with the store controller 4. The ROM 12 stores programs to be executed by the CPU 11, GUI image data to be displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14, and the like. The RAM 13 is a memory that expands the programs and work areas read from the ROM 12. The product information table fetched from the store controller 4 is expanded in the RAM 13. The product information includes a product code and tax exemption type information in association with each other. Therefore, the RAM 13 is a tax exemption type information storage unit that stores the product code of the product and the tax exemption type information indicating the tax exemption type of the product in association with each other. The tax exemption type information storage unit may be included in the ROM 12. The CPU 11 controls each unit other than the CPU 11 shown in FIG. 4 by executing the program read from the ROM 12.

When the CPU 11 executes the program read from the ROM 12, the POS register 3 divides the product registration processing unit, the tax exemption designation receiving unit, the control unit, the determination unit, the error information output unit, the print control unit. Realize the function with the department. Further, the CPU 11 executes the program to display the GUI image stored in the ROM 12 or expanded in the RAM 13 on the display unit with a touch panel 14, so that the tax exemption designation key, the selection key, the receipt printing key, and the packing. Functions of a list print key, an additional print key, a language selection key, and a summary report key are realized.

The product registration processing unit registers the product to be purchased based on the product code input by the product code input unit.
The tax exemption designation receiving unit receives designation that a commercial transaction (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “transaction”) is tax exempt. For example, when the operator of the POS register 3 is presented with a passport by a non-resident who is a customer, the operator specifies that the commercial transaction is tax exempt by operating the tax exemption designation key described later. Further, for example, the tax exemption designation receiving section may be a reading device capable of reading the information stored in the IC chip of the passport in which the IC chip (integrated circuit) is embedded. In this, the tax exemption designation receiving unit reads the nationality information from the IC chip of the passport presented by the customer, and when the nationality indicated by the nationality information is not Japan, accepts the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt.

When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the control unit reads the tax exemption type information associated with the product code input by the product code input unit from the tax exemption type information storage unit. The products are registered in the product registration processing unit for each tax exemption type information (for example, general products, consumables, and non-tax exemption target products).

When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the judging unit stores the tax exemption type information associated with the product code input by the scanner unit 18 or the key operation unit 15 in the RAM 13 and the ROM 12. Alternatively, the tax exemption type (for example, general item, consumable item, or non-tax exempt item) of the item corresponding to the item code is acquired based on the tax exemption type information. That is, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the judging unit stores the tax exemption type information associated with the product code input by the product code input unit in the tax exemption type information storage unit. The tax exemption type of the product corresponding to the product code is determined based on the tax exemption type information.

The error information output unit displays the error information when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and the tax exemption type information read by the determination unit indicates a non-tax exempt item. Output. The output method of the error information is, for example, display on the display unit with a touch panel 14. Specifically, the error information output unit causes the display unit with a touch panel 14 to display a message saying "This product is not tax exempt." The display method may be, for example, a message pop-up display. Moreover, the error information output unit may display the error information on the customer display unit 16. Further, the error information output unit may output voice information, which has the content of the error information as voice, from a speaker included in the POS register 3.

However, if the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and the tax exemption type information read by the judging unit indicates a tax exempt item (for example, a general item or a consumable item). The product registration processing unit performs product registration according to a tax exemption rule according to tax exemption type information. For example, the product registration processing unit registers a product so that the consumption tax amount is exempted when the total sales amount of general products on the same day exceeds 10,000 yen. Further, for example, the product registration processing unit registers the product so that the consumption tax amount is exempted when the total sales amount of the consumable items on the same day exceeds 5,000 yen and is within the range of 500,000 yen.

The print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to print the details of the product registered by the product registration processing unit on a paper medium (for example, receipt paper). The item description includes, for example, the item name, price, quantity, tax exemption amount, and total amount for each item to be purchased. A specific example of the item specification will be described later. For example, when the tax exemption designation reception unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is exempt from taxation, the print control unit includes the product details, the purchase record sticker attachment statement, and the purchaser pledge attachment statement. , And as a copy, the printing unit 19 prints on a paper medium.

When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, the print control unit determines, among the item details registered by the product registration processing unit, the item details and transaction of the item corresponding to the consumable item. The number may be printed on the paper medium by the printing unit 19. The transaction number may be a bar code or a two-dimensional code. Even if one transaction does not reach the tax exemption amount, if the combined amount reaches the tax exemption amount due to multiple transactions at the same store on the same day, the tax exemption amount will be exempt. For example, if you purchase a consumable item of 3500 yen (excluding tax) in the first transaction, this purchase amount is outside the tax exemption amount range, so it is not tax exempt, and the customer is 3780 yen including the consumption tax. Pay (for 8% consumption tax). After that, if this same customer purchases consumables for 2000 yen (excluding tax) at the same store on the same day, the total sales amount will be 5500 yen (over 5000 yen), so tax exemption will be applied to the total sales amount. Becomes Therefore, this customer may pay 1720 yen, which is obtained by subtracting 3780 yen already paid from the total sales amount of 5500 yen. The POS register 3 stores the transaction details in relation to the transaction number in the RAM 13 or the store controller 4 and prints the transaction number on a paper medium, so that the sales amount can be calculated from a plurality of transactions based on the transaction number. Can be extracted. Therefore, if the POS register 3 determines that the amount obtained by adding the extracted sales amounts is within the tax exemption amount range (exceeding 5,000 yen but not exceeding 500,000 yen), the POS register 3 performs tax exemption accounting processing. ..
Alternatively, as the accounting when the total amount reaches the tax exemption target amount by a plurality of transactions at the same store on the same day, the following processing may be performed. That is, among multiple transactions at the same store on the same day, transactions that were not tax exempt due to not reaching the tax exemption amount are temporarily canceled by "return", "correction", "cancel", etc. It will be in a state that After that, each transaction up to now in the same store on the same day may be collectively accounted.
By pressing a predetermined key in response to the customer's request, the print control unit transacts the text or marking indicating that there is the intention of the subsequent sum settlement with the statement of the product corresponding to the consumable item. It may be printed on a paper medium together with the number.

In addition, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit prints only the items corresponding to the consumable items among the item details registered by the product registration processing unit. The printing unit 19 may print on a paper medium.

The division unit divides the product details according to the tax exemption type indicated by the tax exemption type information read by the determination unit. For example, the dividing unit divides the product details into general items, consumable items, and tax-exempt items. Alternatively, for example, the dividing unit divides the details of the product for each type (classification) of the product. Alternatively, for example, the dividing unit divides the product details for each predetermined number of products in the product registration order. Then, the print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to print each item of the product divided by the dividing unit on a paper medium for each item. That is, for example, the printing unit 19 prints the details of general items, the details of consumable items, and the items of tax-exempt items on different paper media. The number of pages and the total number of pages may be printed on each paper medium as, for example, “number of pages/total number of pages”.
In addition, the division unit may be configured to perform the above processing in response to the operation of the tax exemption designation key. Also, when a plurality of transactions at the same store on the same day are collectively accounted for, general goods And consumables may be mixed. Therefore, the POS register 3 may be configured as follows in response to such a situation. That is, the POS register 3 selects consumables from a plurality of transactions that have been collected and determines whether or not the tax exemption amount has been reached, and then details of general items and consumables are individually specified. It may be issued. At this time, if it is determined that the tax exemption target amount has been reached, the consumable item is printed so that the result of accounting by applying the tax exemption is shown. With such a configuration, for example, the clerk does not have to perform an operation of sorting general goods and consumable goods and causing the POS register 3 to determine whether or not the consumable goods have reached the tax exemption amount. Is improved.

The printing control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to sort and print each item of the product divided by the dividing unit on a paper medium. That is, the printing unit 19 prints, for example, the details of general items, the details of consumable items, and the items of tax-exempt items on a paper medium. The method of classification may be blank or a dividing line, or information such as advertisement information or store information.

The tax exemption designation key is a GUI key displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 for designating tax exemption sale. For example, the tax exemption designation key may be a key that is pressed by the operator at the beginning or in the middle of registration of a commercial transaction after receiving a passport from a customer, or as a subtotal key when registering a product to be purchased. It may be a key to be used.

The selection key is a GUI key displayed on the touch-panel-equipped display unit 14 for selecting each of the purchase record form, the purchaser pledge, and the copy form. When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to print the product details for the form corresponding to the pressed selection key on the paper medium. To print.

The receipt print key is a GUI key displayed on the touch panel-equipped display unit 14 for printing a receipt. In the case where the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and the receipt print key is pressed, the print control unit causes the print amount of the total amount of the item details, Also, the printing unit 19 prints a receipt showing that the consumption tax is “0 yen” (exemption).

The packing list print key is a GUI key displayed on the touch panel display unit 14 for printing the packing list. When the tax exemption designation reception unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and when the packing list print key is pressed, the print control unit causes the print control unit to specify the product details or the product name and Information indicating the quantity of each product name is printed on a paper medium by the printing unit 19 as a packing list.

The additional print key is a GUI key displayed on the touch panel-equipped display unit 14 for additionally printing the packing list. When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and the additional print key is pressed, the print control unit displays the item description and the page number information indicating the page number. Is printed on the paper medium by the printing unit 19 as an additional packing list.
The page number information includes, for example, a page number starting from "1" and a total page number as "page number/total page number". The print control unit causes the print unit 19 to print the page number information near the lower end or the upper end of the paper medium, for example. Note that, for example, a “□” mark may be printed on the left side of the product name. As a result, when checking the contents of the package, it is possible to use by marking the "□" mark.

The language selection key is a GUI key displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 for selecting a language to be printed on a paper medium. As the language selection key, keys of each language (for example, Japanese key, English key, Chinese key, Korean key) may be displayed side by side on the display unit with a touch panel 14, or the language selection key is pressed (tap). In such a case, the selection key for each language may be pop-up displayed on the screen of the display unit with touch panel 14. When the tax exemption designation reception unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit prints the details of the product corresponding to the consumable item in the language associated with the pressed language selection key. The section 19 prints on a paper medium. Alternatively, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, the print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to display the product details in the language associated with the pressed language selection key. Print on a paper medium. When printing the details for a store copy, the print control unit causes the details of the product to be printed in Japanese on a paper medium. When the receipt print key is pressed, the print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to print the receipt on the paper medium in the language associated with the pressed language selection key.

If the tax exemption designation reception unit is a reading device capable of reading the information stored in the IC chip of the passport in which the IC chip is embedded, the tax exemption designation reception unit specifies that the commercial transaction is tax exempt. Upon receipt, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the details of the item corresponding to the consumable item on the paper medium by the foreign language corresponding to the nationality read from the IC chip of the passport by the tax exemption designation receiving unit. ..

In addition, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit uses the printing unit 19 to describe the details of the product corresponding to the consumable item in both foreign language and Japanese. It may be printed on a paper medium. As a method of writing a foreign language and Japanese together, for example, two lines may be written together, or a foreign language may be written after Japanese, or a Japanese may be written after a foreign language.

The tally report key is a GUI key displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 for printing a tally report after closing such as day closing. If the total report key is pressed after closing the accounting process, the print control unit displays the total report including the total sales amount of the products for a predetermined period (for example, one day), the tax exemption amount, the tax exemption amount, etc. The printing unit 19 prints on a paper medium.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the product information table stored in the store controller 4. The product information table includes product information for each product. As shown in FIG. 5, the product information is associated with, for example, a product code, a product name, a large classification, a middle classification, a small classification, a tax classification, a tax rate, a tax exemption type, and a price. Including. The product code is identification information that identifies a product. The product name is information indicating the name of the product. The large classification is information indicating the highest classification (product category) of the product. The middle classification is information indicating the middle classification of the product. The small classification is information indicating the lowest classification of the product. The tax classification is information indicating whether the tax is external tax or internal tax. The tax rate is information indicating the consumption tax rate. The tax exemption type is information indicating whether the product is a general item, a consumable item, or a non-tax exempt item. The price is the price of the item. If the tax classification is tax exempt, the tax exempt price is the price itself, and if the tax classification is internal tax (for example, 8%), the tax exempt price is the price obtained by dividing the price by 1.08 (decimal point). The following is rounded up).

In the product information table of FIG. 5, the product code is “12345678”, the product name is “cosmetics”, the major category is “lifestyle goods”, the middle category is “general goods”, the minor category is “cosmetics”, and the tax category is “outside”. ”(Excluding tax), the tax rate is “8%”, the tax exemption type is “consumables”, and the price is “5500” (5500 yen). In the product information table of FIG. 5, the product code is “34567890”, the product name is “dress”, the major classification is “clothing”, the middle classification is “ladies' clothes”, the minor classification is “dress”, and the tax classification is Is "outside" (external tax), the tax rate is "8%", the tax exemption type is "general goods", and the price is "23000" (23000 yen).

The large classification, the middle classification, and the small classification may be blank (“null” null).
The product information table may include items in foreign languages in addition to Japanese for each item of product name, large classification, middle classification, and small classification. Alternatively, a table for each language in which the product code, the product name, the large classification, the middle classification, and the small classification are associated with each other may be provided. In this case, the product name in the desired language can be read using the product code as a key.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a product registration screen of the display unit 14 with a touch panel of the POS register 3. The product registration screen 50 of FIG. 6 is a screen for registering a product “cosmetics” of 5,500 yen (8% tax included). When the tax exemption designation key (tax exemption key) 51 is pressed, 407 yen, which is the 8% tax amount of 5500 yen, is displayed in the tax exemption column, and 5093 yen excluding the tax amount is displayed in the billing amount column (insufficient column) It

The product registration screen 50 also displays an English key 52, which is a language selection key, a Chinese key 53, and a Korean key 54. When the English key 52 is pressed, the specification of the product printed by the printing unit 19 is written in English. Similarly, when the Chinese key 53 is pressed, the specification of the product printed by the printing unit 19 is displayed in Chinese. Similarly, when the Korean key 54 is pressed, the product description printed by the printing unit 19 is written in Korean.

A reissue key 55 for reissuing the statement is displayed on the product registration screen 50. When the reissue key 55 is pressed after the tax-free transaction, for example, the customer copy statement, purchase record voucher statement, purchaser pledge statement statement, and sticker list statement can be selected. Selection screen is displayed. When a desired statement is selected on this selection screen, the POS register 3 causes the statement selected by the printing unit 19 to be printed and reissued. It should be noted that the reissued specification may have a notation (for example, “reissue”) indicating that the specification is reissued.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a product return screen on the display unit 14 with a touch panel of the POS register 3. The merchandise return screen 60 of FIG. 7 is a screen for registering a merchandise “cosmetics” of 5,500 yen (8% tax included) as a merchandise return. When the tax exemption designation key (tax exemption key) 61 is pressed, −407 yen, which is the 8% tax amount of −5500 yen, is displayed in the tax exemption column, and -5093 yen excluding the tax amount is the refund amount column (remaining amount column). Is displayed in. In addition, the minus sign represents a refund due to a return. Also on the product return screen 60, the statement can be reissued by pressing the reissue key 62.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a statement for pasting a purchase record slip printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 8A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 8B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the title of “purchase record slip (for attachment)” is printed on the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip. Further, in the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip of FIG. 8A, the product name is “cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the tax amount is It is printed that 407 yen, 1 purchase point, total 5500 yen, tax exemption 407 yen, current total 5093 yen, change 0 yen. In addition, in the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip of FIG. 8B, the product name is “cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the taxable items are It is printed that 5500 yen, consumption tax is 440 yen, purchase point is 1 point, total is 5940 yen, tax exemption is 440 yen, current total is 5500 yen, and change is 0 yen. 8A and 8B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sticker statement of a purchaser pledge written by the printing unit 19. FIG. 9A is an example of the case of internal tax, and FIG. 9B is an example of the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the title “Purchaser pledge (for attachment)” is printed on the sticker statement of the purchaser pledge, for example. Further, in the sticker statement of the purchaser pledge in FIG. 9A, the product name is “cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the tax amount is included. 407 yen, the purchase point is 1, the total is 5500 yen, the tax exemption is 407 yen, the current total is 5093 yen, the change is 0 yen, and the signature column for the signature is printed. Also, in the sticker statement of the purchaser pledge in Fig. 9(b), the product name is "cosmetics", the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and taxable Is 5500 yen, consumption tax is 440 yen, purchase point is 1 point, total is 5940 yen, tax exemption is 440 yen, current total is 5500 yen, change is 0 yen, and a signature column for signature is printed ing. In FIGS. 9A and 9B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a customer copy statement (receipt) printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 10A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 10B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the title “customer copy” is printed on the customer copy statement, for example. In the customer copy statement of FIG. 10A, the product name is “cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the tax amount is 407 yen, It is printed that the number of points purchased is 1, the total is 5500 yen, the tax exemption is 407 yen, the current total is 5093 yen, and the change is 0 yen. In the customer copy statement of FIG. 10B, the product name is “cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the taxable object is 5500 yen. It is printed that the consumption tax is 440 yen, the purchase point is 1, the total is 5940 yen, the tax exemption is 440 yen, the current total is 5500 yen, and the change is 0 yen. In FIGS. 10A and 10B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an English statement for pasting a purchase record slip printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 11A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 11B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the title "Record of Purchase Card" is printed on the English sticker statement of the purchase record slip. In addition, in the English sticker statement of the purchase record slip of FIG. 11A, the product name is “Cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal (Subtotal) is 5500. Yen, tax included 407 yen, purchase number (Number of Item) 1 point, total (Total) 5500 yen, tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) 407 yen, current amount (Amount Paid) 5093 yen , Change is printed at 0 yen. In addition, in the English sticker statement of the purchase record slip of FIG. 11B, the product name is “Cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal (Subtotal) is 5500. Yen, taxable (taxable) 5500 yen, consumption tax (tax) 440 yen, purchase number (Number of Items) 1 point, total (Total) 5940 yen, tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) 440 yen, current It is printed that the total amount (Amount Paid) is 5500 yen and the change amount is 0 yen.
In FIGS. 11A and 11B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an English attachment statement of a purchaser pledge written by the printing unit 19. FIG. 12A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 12B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 12( a) and 12 (b ), the title “Covenant of Purchaser” is printed on the English sticker statement of the purchaser pledge, for example. In addition, the English sticker statement of the purchaser pledge in FIG. 12(a) shows that the product name is “Cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal (Subtotal) is included. 5500 yen, tax included 407 yen, purchase number (Number of Item) 1 point, total (Total) 5500 yen, tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) 407 yen, current total (Amount Paid) 5093 It is printed that the yen and change are 0 yen. Further, in the sticker statement in English of the purchaser pledge in FIG. 12B, the product name is “Cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal (Subtotal) is included. 5500 yen, taxable (taxable) 5500 yen, consumption tax (tax) 440 yen, purchase number (Number of Items) 1 point, total (Total) 5940 yen, tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) 440 yen, It is printed that the current total (Amount Paid) is 5500 yen and the change (Change) is 0 yen. In FIGS. 12A and 12B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an English customer copy statement printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 13A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 13B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the title “Customer's Copy” (customer copy) is printed on the customer copy in English. Also, in the English customer copy statement of FIG. 13(a), the product name is "Cosmetics", the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal (Subtotal) is 5500 yen. Tax (tax included) is 407 yen, purchase point (Number of Items) is 1 point, total (Total) is 5500 yen, tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) is 407 yen, current amount (Amount Paid) is 5093 yen, and change ( It is printed that the Change) is 0 yen. In addition, in the English customer copy statement of FIG. 13B, the product name is “Cosmetics”, the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, the subtotal is 5500 yen, and the tax is levied. The target (taxable) is 5500 yen, the consumption tax (tax) is 440 yen, the number of purchases (Number of Items) is 1 point, the total (Total) is 5940 yen, the tax exemption (Tax-Exempt) is 440 yen, the current total (Amount) It is printed that the Paid is 5500 yen and the change is 0 yen. In FIGS. 13A and 13B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a packing list statement printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 14A shows an example in the case of internal tax, and FIG. 14B shows an example in the case of external tax. As shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the packing list statement is printed with the title "packing list", for example. In the packing list specification of FIG. 14A, the product name is “cosmetics” and “Cosmetics” (also shown), the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal is 5500 yen. It is printed that the internal tax amount is 407 yen, the purchase point is 1, the total is 5500 yen, the tax exemption is 407 yen, the current total is 5093 yen, and the change is 0 yen. On the left side of the product name, a check box with a □ mark (a check box with a writing instrument) is printed. In the packing list specification of FIG. 14B, the product names are “cosmetics” and “Cosmetics” (also listed), the price is 5500 yen, the unit price is 5500 yen, the number of combinations is 1, and the subtotal is 5500 yen. It is printed that the taxable object is 5500 yen, the consumption tax is 440 yen, the purchase point is 1 point, the total is 5940 yen, the tax exemption is 440 yen, the current total is 5500 yen, and the change is 0 yen. On the left side of the product name, a check box with a □ mark (a check box with a writing instrument) is printed.
Since it is sufficient for the packing list to include the product name of the contents and the quantity for each product name, the sub-columns below the subtotal of the packing list statement can be omitted in FIGS. 14A and 14B. Good. 14A and 14B, when the number of combinations is one, the unit price and the number of combinations may be omitted.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a receipt printed by the printing unit 19. The receipt shown in FIG. 15 prints that the current amount is 5093 yen and the consumption tax amount is 0 yen (indicating that tax is exempted).

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a total report printed by the printing unit 19. FIG. 16 is an example of a total report for the number of customers is “2”, the score is “2”, and the total sales is “10593 yen”. As shown in FIG. 16, the tax exemption amount “10593” (10593 yen) and the tax exemption amount “847” ( 847 yen) is described.

Next, the operation of the POS register 3 will be described.
17 and 18 are flowcharts showing an example of the processing procedure of the POS register 3. When the CPU 11 reads and executes the program stored in the ROM 12 and presses the tax exemption mode setting key, the POS register 3 is set to the tax exemption processing mode, and the processing according to this flowchart is executed.

The control unit waits until the key of the key operation unit 15 is pressed or the barcode of the scanner unit 18 is scanned. When the scanner 18 scans the barcode associated with the product to be purchased (step S1: scan), the process proceeds to step S2, and the key of the key operation unit 15 is pressed (step S1). : Key) moves to the processing of step S5.

In step S2, the control unit captures the product code supplied by the scanner unit 18 that has read the barcode.
Next, in step S3, the control unit searches the product information table acquired in advance from the store computer using the product code as a key, and the product information (product name, large classification, middle classification, small classification, tax classification) for the product code. , Tax rate, tax exemption type, price, etc.).
Next, in step S4, the control unit displays the purchase information (for example, product name, tax classification, tax rate, price, etc.) among the product information on the display unit with a touch panel 14. The control unit may also display the purchase information on the customer display unit 16. Next, the control unit returns to the process of step S1.

On the other hand, in step S5, the control unit acquires the operation information from the key operation unit 15, and based on the operation information, when it is determined that the numeric key is pressed (step S5: YES), the control unit proceeds to the process of step S6. When it is determined that a key other than the numeric keys has been pressed (step S5: NO), the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S6, the control unit acquires the quantity based on the operation information (number information) and causes the display unit with a touch panel 14 to display the quantity. The controller may display the quantity on the customer display unit 16. Then, the process returns to step S1.

In step S7, if the control unit determines that the tax exemption specifying key (tax exemption key) is pressed based on the operation information (step S7: YES), the process proceeds to step S8, and a key other than the tax exemption specifying key is pressed. If it is determined that it is (step S7: NO), the process returns to step S1.

In step S8, the control unit causes the customer display unit 16 to display the accounting information.
Next, in step S9, the control unit waits until a bill and/or a coin is inserted into the automatic change dispenser 17 (step S9: NO).

When a bill and/or a coin is inserted into the automatic change machine 17 in step S10, the control unit displays the accounting start screen on the touch panel display unit 14 and waits until the accounting key is pressed (step S10). : NO). The process from step S1 to step S10: NO is the product registration process.

When the accounting key is pressed by the operator (step S10: YES), the control unit starts execution of accounting processing in step S11. The accounting key may be used as a tax exemption designation key.

Next, in step S12, if there is a difference between the deposit amount and the total amount (step S12: YES), the process proceeds to step S13, and if there is no difference (step S12: NO), the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S<b>13, the control unit discharges the bills and/or coins corresponding to the difference to the automatic change dispenser 17. The automatic change dispenser 17 detects with a sensor whether a bill and a coin have been removed from the bill outlet and the coin outlet, and notifies the control unit of the detection result. The control unit moves to the processing of step S14 in accordance with the detection result that the banknotes and coins have been removed.

Next, in step S14, the print control unit causes the printing unit 19 to print the product details on the paper medium as a purchase record voucher sticky statement, a purchaser pledge sticky statement, and a copy, respectively. The printed paper medium is output from the discharge port. Step S10: The processing from YES to step S14 is the accounting processing.

Note that the flowcharts of FIGS. 17 and 18 show the flow of processing according to the operation of pressing the number key indicating the quantity and scanning the barcode, but for example, by pressing the number key, the number of discounts or discounts can be set. Then, a predetermined preset key (“×”, “%”, “yen discount”) may be pressed to specify a discount or a discount.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the POS register which is the second embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram shown in FIG. 19 is obtained by adding a label printer 40 (printing unit) to the communication unit 20 in addition to the block diagram of FIG. 4 in the above-described embodiment. The label printer 40 may be a printer that prints on a label with a mount or a printer that prints on a label without a mount (roll label paper). The label is a paper medium. The label used by the label printer 40 is preferably a weak-adhesive type so that it can be easily peeled off after application. When the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, the print control unit displays the item of the item corresponding to the consumable item among the item items registered by the item registration processing unit as the label printer. 40 to print on the label. Alternatively, the print control unit may cause the label printer 40 to print the content to be printed by the printing unit 19 on the label.

The POS register may have a selection unit that selects either the printing unit 19 that is the printing unit of the receipt or the label printer 40 that is the printing unit of the label. In this case, the print control unit causes the printing unit (the printing unit 19 or the label printer 40) selected by the selection unit to print the details of the product corresponding to the consumable item. Thereby, for example, the sticking statement of the purchase record slip and the packing list statement can be printed on the label, and the sticker statement of the purchaser pledge and the customer copy statement can be printed on the receipt.
In addition, a general printer (for example, a laser printer or an inkjet printer) is connected to the POS register, and the POS register prints the purchase record slip and the purchaser's oath based on the transaction data including the product name and quantity. Data may be embedded in and printed. Further, the selection unit may be capable of selecting the printing unit 19 which is a printing unit of the receipt, the label printer 40, and the general printer described above, which are different in printing form, according to the type of the form. .. Further, the POS register may be connected to a computer device, and the POS register may perform printing via the computer device.

Since the purchase record slip is attached to the passport, the label as the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip should be smaller than the spread size of the passport. Further, since the purchaser pledge is a form that is stored in the store for at least 7 years, it is preferable to print it using the above-mentioned general printer. Since the packing list is not obligated to be stored for a long time (about 30 days from the purchase even at the longest), it is better to print it with a printer or label printer that uses a heat-sensitive receipt, especially with a label printer. Is preferred.

Although the above-described embodiment is the POS register including the product registration processing unit and the transaction processing unit, the embodiment can be applied to a POS system in which the product registration processing unit and the transaction processing unit are separated. This POS system includes a product registration device that realizes the function of a product registration processing unit and a settlement device that realizes the function of an accounting processing unit. In this POS system, the product registration device transmits information on the registered product (product sales data) directly or to the settlement device via the store controller 4. The settlement device that has received the product sales data executes accounting processing and also prints various forms (a detailed statement for pasting a purchase record sheet, a detailed statement for pasting a purchaser pledge, a copy, a packing list, etc.).

Alternatively, the merchandise registration device issues an accounting receipt on which a two-dimensional code recording the merchandise sales data is printed, and the settlement device reads the two-dimensional code of this accounting receipt, so that the settlement device acquires the merchandise sales data. However, the accounting process may be executed and various forms may be printed.

The print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the purchase record slip itself, instead of the statement for sticking the purchase record slip. Specifically, the print content of the purchase record sheet includes the description fields of the items (1) to (5) below in addition to the product description.
(1) columns for the purchaser's name, nationality, date of birth, status of residence, and date of landing (2) columns for the type and number of the passport, etc. owned by the purchaser (3) (4) Tax payment place and jurisdiction tax signature of the business operator who manages the export goods sales office, and entry field of the location of the export goods sales office (5) Field of purchase date

Further, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the purchaser oath itself instead of the statement of attachment of the purchaser oath. Specifically, the printed contents of the purchaser's pledge includes a description column of the item and the description columns of the following items (1) to (5).
(1) columns for the purchaser's name, nationality, date of birth, status of residence, and date of landing (2) columns for the type and number of the passport, etc. owned by the purchaser (3) Name of business operator's name or name column (4) Date of purchase column (5) Pledge to export after purchase (For consumables, export within 30 days from the date of purchase) That you pledge that) and the field of the purchaser's signature

If the tax exemption designation receiving unit is a reading device capable of reading the information stored in the IC chip of the passport in which the IC chip (integrated circuit) is embedded, the IC chip of the customer's passport becomes the tax exemption designation receiving unit. By reading the information, the print control unit may print the information such as the customer's name, nationality, date of birth, and passport number read from the IC chip on the purchase record slip or the purchaser pledge.

[Third Embodiment]
Subsequently, a third embodiment will be described.
Although it was specified that tax exemption should be applied to one transaction, the registered product calculated by the POS register 3 according to the operation (subtotal operation) on the subtotal key due to misunderstanding of the customer (non-resident), for example. There is a possibility that the subtotal amount of has not reached the minimum tax exemption amount. Here, the lower limit tax exemption target amount is the minimum amount within the purchase amount range determined as the tax exemption target amount. Specifically, the lower limit of tax exemption target amount of general goods is 10001 yen, and the lower limit of tax exemption target amount of consumables is 5001 yen.

If the subtotal amount is less than the minimum tax exemption amount, the commercial transaction cannot be exempted except in some cases (described later). However, even in the case of some of the above cases, the customer needs to prove that the customer is already shopping for the tax exemption at the same store on the same day. For this reason, it is avoided that the POS register 3 unconditionally performs tax exemption-related accounting because the subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption amount but the tax exemption target is specified. Preferably.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, in a commercial transaction designated as a tax exemption target, if the subtotal amount obtained according to the subtotal operation does not reach the lower limit tax exemption target amount, the subtotal amount must not reach the lower limit tax exemption target amount. Is configured to notify. Specifically, on the display unit with a touch panel 14 of the POS register 3, an error screen (tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen) is displayed to notify that the subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount.

FIG. 20 shows a mode example of the tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen. The tax exemption amount shortage notification screen shown in the figure is displayed as a dialog box DLB1 that is arranged so as to be superimposed on the product registration screen. The dialog box DLB1 in the figure is displayed when the subtotal operation is performed and the subtotal amount at this time is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount.
In the dialog box DLB1 as the tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen, a message for notifying the clerk that the subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount is displayed. The figure shows an example in which a message "The tax exemption amount has not been reached" is displayed.

Further, in the dialog box DLB1, a product addition button BT1, a tax exemption invalid button BT2, and a tax exemption valid button BT3 are arranged. These buttons are buttons for selecting the accounting method according to the case where the subtotal amount is less than the minimum tax exemption amount.
There are three options for accounting when the subtotal amount is less than the minimum tax exemption amount. First, one accounting method is "product addition". In the case of the “addition of merchandise” accounting method, the POS register 3 cancels the last subtotal operation and returns to the mode in which merchandise registration is possible, thereby allowing merchandise to be registered as a purchase target to be added. The accounting method of "addition of product" is selected by operating the product addition button BT1.
Another accounting method is "tax exemption void". In the case of the “tax exemption invalid” accounting method, the POS register 3 cancels (invalidates) the designation as the tax exemption object made earlier for this transaction and applies the regular tax rate without exempting the tax. Accounting is performed after recalculating the subtotal amount. The accounting method of "tax exemption invalidity" is selected by operating the tax exemption invalidation button BT2.
Another accounting method is "tax exemption". At the store where the POS register 3 is arranged, the customer who has performed the commercial transaction this time may already have a commercial transaction equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption amount and be tax exempt. In this case, even if the subtotal amount in the commercial transaction this time is the minimum tax exemption target amount, the purchase amount on the day is already equal to or more than the minimum tax exemption target amount. In this case, for example, if the customer presents a receipt (customer copy) or a receipt certifying that the customer has already purchased more than the minimum tax exemption amount on the day, the subtotal amount will be the lower limit for this commercial transaction. Even if the amount is less than the tax exemption amount, it will be exempted. In this case, the POS register 3 performs the accounting according to the subtotal amount obtained by applying the tax exemption according to the current subtotal operation, as the accounting method of “tax exemption valid”. The accounting method of "tax exemption effective" is selected by operating the tax exemption effective button BT3.

When the tax exemption is specified for one commercial transaction as described above, if the subtotal amount requested in response to the subtotal operation performed in the commercial transaction is less than the minimum tax exemption amount Displays a tax exemption amount shortage notification screen. By displaying the tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen, the clerk can understand that the subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount. As a result, it is possible to prevent the tax exemption from being applied while the subtotal amount is less than the minimum tax exemption amount. In particular, by displaying the tax exemption amount shortage notification screen, it is possible to prevent the screen from shifting to another screen unless a predetermined operation is performed, so that the tax exemption applied accounting without the clerk noticing. It is definitely avoided.
Specifically, on the tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen, it is possible to select an accounting method that can be applied when the subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount. As a result, it is possible to quickly and appropriately respond to the customer's intention and the past shopping record at the same store.

An example of the processing procedure executed by the POS register 3 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It should be noted that in the description of the figure, an example is given in which the operation for designating a commercial transaction as a tax exemption target and the subtotal operation are separated. That is, in the present embodiment, a tax exemption designation key for performing an operation (tax exemption declaration operation) for designating a commercial transaction as a tax exemption target and a subtotal key for performing a subtotal operation are individually provided. In addition, the tax exemption designation key is operated at the beginning of one commercial transaction, or during the period from the start of product registration to the operation of the subtotal key. Therefore, one commercial transaction is started in response to an operation on the tax exemption designation key or an operation for the first product registration (product registration operation). When a subtotal is requested after product registration, a subtotal key different from the tax exemption designation key is operated.

Step S101: The POS register 3 determines whether a product registration operation has been performed.
Step S102: When it is determined in step S101 that the product registration operation has been performed, the POS register 3 performs the product registration process. At this time, the POS register 3 corresponds to the product data corresponding to the mode (normal mode) in which the tax rate is normally applied to the registered merchandise, and the mode in which the tax exemption is applied to the transaction ( The product data corresponding to the tax exemption processing mode) is held in the buffer. Further, when the product registration is performed after the tax exemption processing mode is set, the unit price of the product to which the tax exemption is applied is shown as the product registration content displayed on the product registration screen. On the other hand, when the product registration is performed under the normal mode in which the tax exemption processing mode is not set, the unit price of the product to which the prescribed tax rate is applied is displayed as the product registration content displayed on the product registration screen.
Step S103: When it is determined in step S101 that the product registration operation has not been performed, or after the processing of step S102, the POS register 3 determines whether the tax exemption declaration operation has been performed. The tax exemption declaration operation is an operation on the tax exemption designation key in the state where the normal mode is set.
Step S104: When it is determined in step S103 that the tax exemption declaration operation is performed, the POS register 3 sets the tax exemption processing mode.

Step S105: When it is determined in step S103 that the tax exemption declaration operation has not been performed, or after the processing of step S104, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the subtotal operation has been performed.
When it is determined that the subtotal operation is not performed, the processing is returned to step S101. Even if the subtotal key is operated when the commercial transaction is not started, that is, when neither the first product registration operation nor the tax exemption declaration operation is performed, The operation is treated as an invalid subtotal operation, and the process returns to step S101.

Step S106: When it is determined in step S105 that the subtotal operation is performed, the POS register 3 determines whether the tax exemption processing mode is currently set.
Step S107: When it is determined that the tax exemption processing mode is not set, the POS register 3 calculates the subtotal amount corresponding to the normal mode. In other words, the POS register 3 calculates the subtotal amount by using the product data corresponding to the normal mode checkout among the product data for each product held in the buffer by the product registration process up to now. The subtotal amount calculated in this way is the amount to which the prescribed tax rate is applied.
Step S108: Next, the POS register 3 displays the small plan surface showing the subtotal amount corresponding to the normal mode calculated in step S107.
Step S109: Next, the POS register 3 executes the accounting process corresponding to the normal mode. In the accounting process of step S109, the POS register 3 issues a receipt (customer copy statement) showing the accounting result corresponding to the subtotal amount to which the prescribed tax rate is applied. In this case, the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, the statement of attachment of the purchaser pledge, and the statement of packing list are not issued.

Step S110: When it is determined in step S106 that the tax exemption processing mode is set, the POS register 3 calculates the subtotal amount corresponding to the tax exemption processing mode. That is, the POS register 3 calculates the subtotal amount by using the product data corresponding to the tax exemption processing mode among the product data for each product held in the buffer by the product registration process up to now. The subtotal amount calculated in this way is the amount to which the tax rate is not applied.
Step S111: Next, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the subtotal amount calculated in step S110 is equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption target amount (step S111).
Step S112: When the calculated subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount, the POS register 3 displays the tax exemption target amount shortage notification screen on the touch panel display unit 14 as illustrated in FIG.

Step S113: As described with reference to FIG. 20, when the tax exemption amount shortage notification screen is displayed, the clerk confirms with the customer and selects an appropriate accounting method, and then the product addition button BT1 and tax exemption disabled The button corresponding to the selected accounting method is operated from among the button BT2 and the tax exemption valid button BT3. That is, the clerk performs an operation to specify the accounting method.
Therefore, in the POS register 3, the selected accounting method is "addition of product", "exemption of tax exemption" and "exemption of tax exemption" in response to operation of any one of the product addition button BT1, the tax exemption invalidation button BT2, and the tax exemption effective button BT3. It is determined whether the tax exemption is valid or not.
When it is determined in step S113 that the selected accounting method is “product addition”, the process is returned to step S101. As a result, the product can be registered while the tax exemption processing mode is maintained.

Step S114: When it is determined in step S113 that the selected accounting method is “tax exemption invalid”, the POS register 3 cancels the tax exemption processing mode set in step S104. Then, the processes of steps S107 to S109 are executed. That is, the POS register 3 in this case performs the accounting process after calculating the subtotal amount corresponding to the normal mode again.

Step S115: If it is determined in step S111 that the subtotal amount is greater than or equal to the lower limit tax exemption amount, or if the accounting method of "tax exemption valid" is selected in step S113, the POS register 3 performs the following processing. .. That is, the POS register 3 displays the small plan surface showing the subtotal amount corresponding to the tax exemption processing mode calculated in step S110.
Step S116: Next, the POS register 3 executes the accounting process corresponding to the tax exemption processing mode. In the accounting process of step S116, the POS register 3 has a receipt (customer copy statement) showing the accounting result corresponding to the subtotal amount to which the tax exemption is applied, a statement of attachment of a purchase record slip, and a purchaser oath. Issue a statement for pasting and a statement for packing list.

Although not shown in the figure, the POS register 3 cancels the tax exemption processing mode in response to the operation for canceling the tax exemption processing mode between the start of product registration and the operation of the subtotal key. You can

[Fourth Embodiment]
Subsequently, a fourth embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 11, FIG. 12 and FIG. 14 above, in the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, the statement of attachment of the purchaser pledge and the statement of packing list, the tax rate is And the amount that is deducted from the price due to tax exemption (tax exemption amount) were printed. In addition, the amount of change was printed.
Here, the statement of attachment of the purchase record and the statement of packing list should be checked by the staff at the customs office to check the contents of the packed product, and if the tax exemption should be cancelled, Used to collect. In this respect, the necessary information in the purchase record voucher attachment statement and the packing list statement is the price (at least unit price) and the number of products after the tax rate is applied. From this point of view, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the tax rate applied price is shown as the total amount or the subtotal amount, the tax rate and the tax exemption amount are shown, and the price obtained by subtracting the tax exemption amount from the tax rate applied price is calculated. The format of the actual cost is tedious and may be confusing and difficult to see.
Further, the statement of attachment of the purchaser's pledge written by the store is used when filling in a book in the store, and at this time, the amount to which tax exemption is applied is written. Even in this case, it is not necessary to enter information such as tax rate, tax exemption amount, and change, and since this information is printed, it becomes difficult to immediately recognize the amount of tax exemption applied. there is a possibility.
From this point of view, the format of showing the tax rate applicable price, the tax rate, and the tax exemption amount and then showing the tax exemption applicable price as the current total is the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip and the statement of attachment of the purchaser pledge. It can be considered that it is unsuitable for a written and packing list specification.
Therefore, the POS register 3 in the present embodiment is configured to print the sticking statement of the purchase record slip, the sticking statement of the purchaser's oath, and the packing list statement in the following manner. It

FIG. 22 shows an example of a statement for pasting a purchase record slip in this embodiment. The contents of the sticking statement of the purchase record slip shown in the figure correspond to the case where the product 1, the product 2, and the product 3 are purchased.
For product 1, the unit price due to the tax exemption application (that is, the main unit price to which the tax rate is not applied) is 1019 yen, and the total price due to the tax exemption application is 5,095 yen according to the purchase of 5 pieces. Is shown. Here, the character "exempt" is added to the amount of 5,095 yen, which indicates that the total price is due to the application of tax exemption.
Similarly, for the product 2, the unit price by tax exemption application is 1,112 yen, and the total price by tax exemption application is 1,112 yen when one piece is purchased.
Similarly, it is shown that the unit price of tax exemption applied to the product 3 is 463 yen, and the total price of tax exemption applied to the product 3 is 463 yen.
In addition, the subtotal amount and the number of points purchased are shown in the total column showing the total contents of the accounting under the column of the accounting contents of each product, but the change is not shown. It should be noted that, in addition to the change, the printing of the contents related to the settlement such as the deposit amount given to the store clerk by the customer for the payment is omitted.
As described above, in the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip of the present embodiment, the number of purchases for each product and the price after tax exemption application (unit price and total amount) are shown, but the tax rate, tax exemption amount and The contents related to settlement are omitted.

FIG. 23 shows an example of a sticker statement of a purchaser oath according to this embodiment. This figure corresponds to the case where the product 1, the product 2, and the product 3 are purchased as in the case of FIG. As shown in the figure, the sticker statement of the purchaser pledge also shows the number of purchases for each product and the price after tax exemption (unit price and total amount) in the same format as in FIG. However, the contents regarding tax rate, tax exemption amount and settlement are omitted.

FIG. 24 shows an example of the packing list specification in this embodiment. This figure corresponds to the case where the product 1, the product 2, and the product 3 are purchased as in the case of FIG. As shown in the same figure, the packing list specification also shows the number of purchases for each product and the price after tax exemption (unit price and total amount) in the same format as in FIG. 22, but the tax rate, The contents related to tax exemption and settlement are omitted.

Further, in the present embodiment, as for the receipt (customer copy statement), as shown in FIG. 25, the contents regarding the tax rate and the tax exemption amount may be omitted in the same format as in FIG. However, since the receipt is for the customer to check the accounting content of his/her own shopping, the information such as deposit and change is printed without omission.
Also, considering that it is used to confirm the customer's accounting content as described above, for receipts, the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, the statement of attachment of the purchaser pledge, and the packing list are used. Different from the statement, the tax rate and the tax exemption amount may be printed.

Next, a modified example of the fourth embodiment will be described.
In selling products to non-residents, in addition to tax exemption, it is also possible to offer discounts according to the presentation of coupons as a service unique to the store. FIG. 26(a) shows an example of a statement for pasting a purchase record slip issued by the POS register 3 in the case where the accounting using both tax exemption and discount is performed in this way.

The statement of attachment of the purchase record slip in FIG. 26A corresponds to the case where three products, souvenir 1, souvenir 2, and souvenir 3, are purchased. In the figure, first, for souvenir 1, the unit price by tax exemption is 1,019 yen, the number of purchases is 5, and the total amount of tax exemption for 5 souvenirs 1 is It is shown to be 5,095 yen. That is, also in the example of FIG. 22, the printing of the tax rate, the tax exemption amount, etc. is omitted as in FIG.
In addition, for souvenir 1, the discount rate is 20% according to the discount of 20% per piece, and 20% of the total amount of tax exemption of 5,095 yen. It is shown that the discount amount of 1,020 yen is reduced.
Further, as for the souvenir 2, it is shown that the unit price due to the tax exemption application is 1,112 yen, and the total price due to the tax exemption application is the same 1,112 yen as one piece is purchased.
Similarly, for the souvenir 3, the unit price by tax exemption application is 463 yen, and the total price by tax exemption application is 463 yen when one piece is purchased.
As for the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip in the same figure, as in FIG. 22, the subtotal amount and the purchase points are shown in the totaling column, but the printing of the contents related to settlement such as change is omitted. ing.

Here, as described above, considering that the information necessary for attaching the purchase record slip is the product name, the number of purchases, and the price of each product, the purchase record slip of FIG. It is possible to think that the format showing the discount rate and the discount amount is redundant with respect to the total price to which the tax rate is applied, as shown in Souvenir 1 of the sticky statement. Therefore, it is possible to omit the printing of the discount rate and the discount amount on the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, and to show the unit price and the total amount that reflect both the tax rate application and the discount rate. Good.

FIG. 26B shows an example of the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip of FIG. 26A, in which the printing of the discount rate and the discount amount is omitted as described above.
As can be seen by comparing FIG. 26(a) with FIG. 26(a), it is shown that the number of purchases of souvenir 1 is five, tax exemption is applied, and a 20% discount is also applied. It is shown that the subsequent unit price is 815 yen. Then, the total amount of money of the 5 souvenirs 1 is 4,075 yen (=815 yen×5 pieces) after applying the tax exemption and the 20% discount.

In addition, in the present embodiment, either the format of FIG. 26A or the format of FIG. 26B may be adopted. In addition, although illustration is omitted, in the present embodiment, the sticker statement and the packing list statement of the purchaser's pledge are in the same format as that of either FIG. 26A or FIG. 26B. Should be Further, the receipt may have the same format as that of either FIG. 26(a) or FIG. 26(b).

When selling products to non-residents, in addition to tax exemption, as a service unique to the store, if you purchase multiple specified items in bulk for the same product, you can get a discount on the number of products that you bought collectively (combination discount). It is also possible to do. FIG. 27(a) shows an example of a statement for pasting a purchase record slip issued by the POS register 3 in accordance with the case where the accounting using both the tax exemption and the combined discount is performed.

The statement of attachment of the purchase record slip shown in FIG. 27A corresponds to the case where three items of souvenir 1, souvenir 2, and souvenir 3 are purchased. In the figure, an example in which tax exemption is applied and combined discount is performed on the souvenir 1 is shown. The combined discount in this case is that if three souvenirs 1 are purchased in a lump, 300 yen will be discounted for each.
In the figure, the souvenir 1 has a unit price of 1019 yen for tax exemption, the number of purchases is 5, and the total amount of tax exemption for 5 souvenirs 1 is 5,095. It is shown to be a circle. In addition, it is shown that the combined discount amount of 300 yen is subtracted from the total amount of money in response to the combination discount of three out of five.
The accounting contents and the contents of the total column for each souvenir 2 and souvenir 3 are the same as those in FIG.

Also in this case, considering that the information necessary for attaching the purchase record slip is the product name, purchase quantity, and price for each product, the tax rate is applied as shown in FIG. 27(a). It is possible to think that the format of showing the combined discount amount is redundant with respect to the total price. Therefore, with regard to the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, the combined discount amount is omitted from FIG. 27(a), and the unit price and the total amount in which both the tax rate application and the combined discount amount are reflected are shown. It may be style.

FIG. 27B shows an example in which the combination discount amount is omitted from the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip of FIG. 27A as described above.
As can be seen by comparing FIG. 27 and FIG. 27(a), regarding the souvenir 1, for two out of five purchases, tax exemption is applied but combination discount is not applied 1,019. It is shown to be the unit price of yen. Further, it is shown that the unit price of 919 yen is applied to 3 out of 5 purchases by applying the tax exemption application and the combination discount application together. The unit price of 919 yen is 100 yen, which is the combined discount of 300 yen divided by "3", is subtracted from 1,019 yen in response to the discount of 300 yen being made with three combinations. Is what you get. In addition, the total price of souvenirs 1 to which tax exemption is applied is 4,795 yen because the unit price after the combined discount is shown for souvenirs 1.
The accounting contents and the contents of the totaling column for each souvenir 2 and souvenir 3 are the same as those in FIG.

Note that in the present embodiment, either of the formats shown in FIG. 27A and the format shown in FIG. 27B may be adopted. In addition, although illustration is omitted, in the present embodiment, the sticker statement and the packing list statement of the purchaser's oath are also in the same format as in either of FIGS. 27A and 27B. May be Furthermore, the receipt may have the same format as that of either FIG. 27A or 27B.

[Modification]
Subsequently, various modifications of the first to fourth embodiments will be described.
(First modification)
For example, there are products called tax-exempt products that are not taxable, such as stamps and gift certificates. Such tax-exempt products may not be eligible for tax exemption. Therefore, in response to such a case, the POS register 3 may be configured not to perform the product registration process for the tax-exempted product in a state where the tax exemption declaration operation is performed and the tax exemption processing mode is set.

Further, there are products called non-classified products excluded from tax exemption, such as dry batteries. Therefore, the POS register 3 may be configured not to perform the product registration process for the non-classified products in the tax exemption processing mode.
Further, the POS register 3 may be configured so that the tax exemption declaration cannot be made after at least one of the tax exempt product and the non-classified product is registered.

(Second modified example)
In addition, depending on the operation of the store, it may be specified that non-residents are not qualified to become a member of the store. Corresponding to such a case, the POS register 3 may be configured to exclude from the tax exemption the products for which the discount price or the special sale price is set for the members.

(Third Modification)
In addition, if the purchase price of general goods exceeds the prescribed price (currently 1 million yen), it is stipulated that a copy of the passport be managed at the store. Therefore, regarding the POS register 3, when the subtotal amount of registered merchandise exceeds the prescribed amount, the clerk is informed that the prescribed amount has been exceeded (that is, a copy of the passport is required). You may comprise so that it may notify.
When the above rules are applied to consumables, the same configuration as described above may be adopted for consumables.

(Fourth Modification)
In addition, there are products such as alcoholic beverages and cigarettes that minors cannot purchase (commodities prohibited from being purchased by minors). There is a POS register in which it is possible to make an account only after accepting an age confirmation operation when purchasing such a minor purchase prohibited product.
However, when it is purchased as a duty-free item, it is premised that it is not consumed in a country to which tax exemption is applied, and in some countries, it is possible to drink and smoke at the age of 18.
Therefore, in consideration of the above, even if the underage purchase prohibited product is purchased for the POS register 3, if the tax exemption declaration operation is performed, it is not necessary to accept the age confirmation operation. It may be configured to be able to.

Further, for example, in the product management information such as the product master, for the underage purchase prohibited products, the minimum age information for which the purchase of the underage purchase prohibited products for each country is permitted is stored.
Then, for example, when registering a product or operating a subtotal, a button indicating the combination of the country and the minimum age is displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14, and the clerk operates the corresponding button according to the age request from the customer. Correspondingly, the POS register 3 can also be configured to allow purchase of underage purchase prohibited products.
Alternatively, the POS register 3 can be configured as follows. That is, for example, the POS register 3 reads country and age information from a passport including an IC chip in which information regarding non-residents is stored, and collates with the minimum age information. Then, the POS register 3 enables the purchase of the underage purchase prohibited product if it is determined as a result of the collation that the underage purchase prohibited product can be purchased.

(Fifth Modification)
Further, for example, in the product management information such as a product master, for consumables, capacity-related information regarding capacity such as volume and weight is stored. Then, for example, at the time of subtotaling, the POS register 3 specifies the optimum packing method for the consumable item based on the capacity-related information, and displays the specified packing method on the touch panel display unit 14. It may be configured to be presented to a store clerk. As a method of packaging, for example, the type of packaging supplies containing products (types such as cardboard boxes and plastic bags), the size of packaging supplies, the number of packaging supplies, and the like can be presented.

(Sixth Modification)
In addition, the pasting statement of the purchase record sheet, the pasting statement of the purchaser pledge, the customer copy statement, the packing list statement, etc. shown in the figures above were issued. Information indicating the store, such as the name and address of the store, is preferably printed.

(Seventh Modification)
In addition, in the current situation, when selling goods exempt from tax, the salesclerk presents an explanation sheet about the tax exemption procedure to non-resident customers, and if the tax exemption item is a consumable item, the tax exemption is exempted. It is necessary to do special packaging for For this reason, accounting is currently carried out by manned services. On the other hand, as a POS system, a configuration is known in which a registration device for registering a product by a clerk and a settlement device for a customer to settle are separated. In such a POS system, the registration device is manned, but the payment device is not handled by a store clerk.
However, for example, in the POS system as described above, a predetermined timing from when the tax exemption declaration operation is performed on the registration device to when the customer completes the settlement on the settlement device (for example, a timing corresponding to the cash input for payment). It is configured to call a clerk who will explain on the explanation sheet at the time of starting the charging, during the charging, or at the completion of the charging, or when the credit card is read. The calling of the store clerk can be realized by, for example, lighting a lamp or the like, or notifying the store clerk of the terminal. Then, after the settlement, the clerk performs the packing. In this way, the configuration of this embodiment can be applied to a POS system having a configuration in which the registration device and the settlement device are separated.

(Eighth modification)
There is also known a self-type POS register, in which the customer himself/herself performs the process from the registration of the product to the settlement of payment without the salesclerk handling it. For example, for the explanation of tax exemption procedure, if it becomes possible for the customer to perform confirmation operation on the contents of the explanation sheet displayed on the screen, for example, as follows, The tax exemption accounting can also be supported by the self-type POS register.
That is, the customer makes a tax exemption declaration by causing the POS register to read the IC chip of the passport. Then, the customer operates the POS register in accordance with product registration and settlement. The POS register is adapted to perform a merchandise item registration process and an accounting process according to the tax exemption application according to the operation. At this time, the POS register displays the tax exemption procedure explanation sheet on the screen at a predetermined timing until the transaction is completed. When displaying the explanation sheet of the tax exemption procedure, the explanation sheet in a plurality of predetermined languages may be displayed. Then, when the customer performs an operation of confirming (accepting) the content of the displayed explanation sheet, the POS register permits the accounting according to the tax exemption application.

[Summary of First to Fourth Embodiments]
As described above in detail, the POS register 3 of the embodiment is a POS register in which the product registration processing unit registers the product to be purchased based on the product code input by the product code input unit. The POS register 3 stores, for each product, a tax exemption type information storage unit that stores a product code of the product and tax exemption type information indicating the tax exemption type of the product in association with each other, and a tax exemption that accepts designation that a commercial transaction is tax exempt. When the designation reception unit and the tax exemption designation reception unit receive designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the tax exemption type information storage unit stores the tax exemption type information associated with the product code input by the product code input unit. And a determination unit that determines the tax exemption type of the product corresponding to the product code based on the read out tax exemption type information.
With this configuration, when the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the POS register 3 can acquire whether or not the traded product is tax exempt, and if the commodity is tax exempt, the type thereof.

Further, in the POS register 3, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, and the tax exemption type information read out by the determination unit indicates a non-tax exempt item, the error information It may further include an error information output unit for outputting
Thereby, when the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, it is possible to reduce the risk that the tax exempt item is erroneously settled by tax exemption.

Further, in the POS register 3, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, and the tax exemption type information read by the determination unit indicates a tax exempt item, the product registration process is performed. The department may perform product registration according to a tax exemption rule according to tax exemption type information.
Accordingly, when the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, it is possible to perform a correct tax exemption settlement by determining a tax exemption rule according to the tax exemption type, for example, whether or not the tax exemption amount falls within the range of the tax exemption target amount.

Further, in the POS register 3, the tax exemption designation receiving section may serve as a tax exemption designation key for designating tax exempt sales. This tax exemption designation key may be a key that is pressed at the beginning of a commercial transaction after the operator has presented the passport to the customer, or a key that is pressed as a subtotal key when registering the product to be purchased. It may be.

Further, in the POS register 3, the tax exemption designation receiving section may be a reading device capable of reading the information stored in the IC chip of the passport in which the IC chip (integrated circuit) is embedded. Here, the information read from the IC chip by the reading device is, for example, nationality information indicating nationality.

The POS register 3 may further include a printing unit 19 (printing unit) and a print control unit that causes the printing unit 19 to print the details of the product registered by the product registration processing unit on a paper medium.
When the tax exemption designation receiving unit in the POS register 3 receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit provides the item details, the statement of attachment of the purchase record slip, and the purchaser's oath. As a sticking statement and a copy, each may be printed on a paper medium by the printing unit.
With this configuration, customers and salesclerks of duty-free shops in the export goods sales area can purchase the product name, quantity and price of each product, total price of goods, and total sales price on the purchase record slip and purchaser pledge. It is possible to save the trouble of filling in the amount.

In addition, the POS register 3 further includes a purchase record slip, a purchaser's oath, and a selection key for selecting each of the copies, and the tax exemption designation reception unit receives designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt. In this case, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the details of the product for the form associated with the pressed selection key on the paper medium.
As a result, the operator of the POS register 3 can select and print a desired form.

Further, in the POS register 3, a packing list print key for printing the packing list is further provided, and the packing list print key is used when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt. When is pressed, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the product details as a packing list on a paper medium.
Thereby, for example, when the consumables are packed in a box and the contents cannot be confirmed from the outside, it can be used as a packing list showing the contents of the box.

Further, in the POS register 3, an additional print key for additionally printing the packing list is further provided, and when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the additional print key is When pressed, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to print the item description and the page number information indicating the page number on the paper medium as an additional packing list.
With this configuration, when packing a product using a plurality of boxes, the packing list can be printed by the number of boxes.

Further, the POS register 3 further includes a division unit that divides the product details according to the tax exemption type indicated by the tax exemption type information read by the determination unit, and the print control unit includes each item of the product that is divided by the division unit. May be printed on the paper medium for each specification by the printing unit 19.
With this configuration, it is possible to print the product details on a paper medium for each tax exemption type.

Further, in the POS register 3, the print control unit may cause the printing unit 19 to sort and print each item of the product divided by the dividing unit on a paper medium.
With this configuration, it is possible to classify the details of the product for each tax exemption type and print it on one sheet of paper medium.

Further, the POS register 3 according to the present embodiment is a POS register in which the product registration processing unit registers the product to be purchased based on the product code input by the product code input unit. Then, the POS register 3 stores, for each product, a tax exemption type information storage unit that stores the product code of the product and the tax exemption type information indicating the tax exemption type of the product in association with each other, and specifies that the commercial transaction is tax exempt. When the tax exemption designation reception unit and the tax exemption designation reception unit that accept the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the tax exemption type information associated with the product code input by the product code input unit is stored as tax exemption type information. And a control unit for registering a product in the product registration processing unit for each tax exemption type information.
With this configuration, it is possible to register the product to be purchased for each tax exemption type.

When the label printer 40 and the tax exemption designation receiving unit in the POS register 3 receive designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, it corresponds to a consumable item in the item details registered by the product registration processing unit. A print control unit that causes the label printer 40 to print the details of the product on the label may be further provided.

In the POS register 3, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit corresponds to a consumable item in the item details registered by the item registration processing unit. The item description and transaction number may be printed on the label by the label printer 40.
With this configuration, it is possible to add up the total amount by using the details of the products in the same store a plurality of times on the same day. Thereby, even if the tax exemption target amount is not reached in one transaction, if the combined amount reaches the tax exemption applicable amount by a plurality of transactions on the same day, the tax exemption target settlement process can be performed.

Further, in the POS register 3, a language selection key for selecting a foreign language is further provided, and when the tax exemption designation receiving section receives the designation that the commercial transaction is subject to tax exemption, the print control section becomes a consumable item. The details of the corresponding product may be printed on the label by the label printer 40 in the foreign language associated with the pressed language selection key.
With this configuration, it is possible to obtain a product description in a desired language.

Further, in the POS register 3, the tax exemption designation receiving section is a reading device capable of reading the information stored in the IC chip of the passport in which the IC chip (integrated circuit) is embedded. When the designation of being a target is received, the print control unit causes the label printer 40 to display the details of the product corresponding to the consumable item in the foreign language corresponding to the nationality read from the IC chip of the passport by the tax exemption designation reception unit. It may be printed on the label.
With this configuration, the trouble of selecting the language selection key can be saved.

In the POS register 3, when the tax exemption designation receiving unit receives the designation that the commercial transaction is tax exempt, the print control unit writes the details of the item corresponding to the consumable item in both foreign language and Japanese. Alternatively, the label may be printed by the label printing unit.
This makes it possible to obtain a statement that is easy to see for both the store operator and the non-resident customer.

Further, in the POS register 3, if the subtotal result for the registered product does not satisfy the tax exemption target condition, a tax exemption target condition correspondence notifying unit for notifying that the subtotal result does not satisfy the tax exemption target condition is further provided. You may prepare.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the tax exemption from being applied while the subtotal result does not satisfy the conditions for tax exemption. Here, the case where the subtotal result does not meet the conditions for tax exemption is not only the case where the subtotal amount does not meet the lower limit tax exemption amount described above, but also the subtotal amount for consumables is exempt from the prescribed tax exemption. The case where the target upper limit amount (for example, 500,000 yen at present) is exceeded may be included. Also, for example, if the tax exemption condition applies to the number of purchased products, the number of purchased products is more than the upper limit or less than the lower limit as the case where the subtotal result does not satisfy the condition to be exempt from tax. Cases may also be included.
Note that the “subtotal result” here is not necessarily limited to the subtotal obtained in response to the subtotal operation such as the subtotal key operation. For example, the “subtotal result” here may include the subtotal required for the products registered so far when the tax exemption declaration operation is performed before the subtotal operation is performed. In this case, the product can be registered in the POS register 3 even after the tax exemption declaration operation is performed. Therefore, in this case, after the tax exemption declaration operation, the POS register 3 continues to be in a state of notifying that the subtotal result does not satisfy the tax exemption target condition until the subtotal result satisfies the tax exemption target condition. To do. Then, the POS register 3 switches to the notification that the subtotal result satisfies the tax exemption target condition when the subtotal result satisfies the tax exemption target condition when a certain product is registered. You may In such a configuration, as a mode of notifying that the subtotal result does not satisfy the tax exemption target condition, for example, the display of a message at a predetermined position of the product registration screen displayed on the touch panel display unit 14, the product registration screen An example of displaying the whole or a part of the above with a color indicating a warning, blinking, or blinking can be given. In addition, as a mode of notifying that the subtotal result is in a state where the condition for tax exemption is satisfied, a message for notifying that the subtotal result displayed on the product registration screen does not satisfy the condition for tax exemption is displayed. Elimination, stopping the display of colors, blinking, blinking, etc. that represent warnings that were performed on the whole or part of the product registration screen, and even tax exemption can be applied to specific keys such as the tax exemption declaration key on the product registration screen. An example can be given such as changing to a display of a predetermined mode indicating that there is something.

In addition, in the POS register 3, an accounting method selection unit that selects an accounting method corresponding to the case where the subtotal result does not satisfy the condition for the tax exemption in response to the notification by the tax exemption target condition corresponding notification unit is provided. It may be further provided.
Accordingly, when the subtotal result does not satisfy the conditions for tax exemption, it is possible to promptly take appropriate measures.
In addition, as a response when the subtotal result does not satisfy the condition for tax exemption, in addition to the example given in the above embodiment when the subtotal amount does not reach the lower limit tax exemption amount, If the subtotal amount exceeds the prescribed tax exemption upper limit amount, change the breakdown of the registered products by processing such as “return”, “correction”, “cancel” so that the tax exemption condition is satisfied Processing may also be included.
In addition, if the number of purchased products is more than the upper limit or less than the lower limit, the process of "return", "correction", "cancellation" and "addition of registration" ensures that the number of purchased products satisfies the tax exemption condition. Processing may also be included.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, operability of the POS register 3 is good, and thus it is possible to easily sell the tax-exempt item.

[Fifth Embodiment]
Subsequently, a fifth embodiment will be described. In the following description, transactions that are tax-exempt and accounted for are called tax-exempt transactions, and transactions that are tax-exempt without accounting are called tax-exempt transactions.
For example, the operator (clerk) who operates the POS register 3 does not apply the tax exemption and applies the product tax rate even if the non-resident has satisfied the tax exemption applicable conditions such as the minimum tax exemption amount and possession of passport. There may be cases where accounting is performed for resident shopping.
In this way, tax exemption-free transactions due to accidentally applying tax exemption to non-applying taxpayers, for example, when a non-resident is receiving accounting at the POS register 3, a tax exemption application is reported to the operator. It occurs when the presentation of a passport or a passport is delayed. Or, when I was receiving accounting at the POS register 3, I thought that non-residents did not meet the tax exemption application conditions because they forgot to carry their passports, but after I received the accounting, I started to look around myself again. When you check the above, it occurs when you have a passport.
After such a tax exemption-exempt transaction is performed, for example, when it is found that the tax exemption can be applied, for example, when a non-resident informs that the tax exemption applicable conditions have been met, etc. As a countermeasure, for example, the following has been done. That is, the operator temporarily cancels the target transaction exempt from tax exemption, and then again performs the accounting process to which the tax exemption is applied. Alternatively, the clerk calculates the change in the accounting amount according to the change from the tax exemption-free application to the tax-exempt application and performs the accounting again. This kind of work took a lot of time and effort.
Therefore, the POS register 3 of the present embodiment, as a response to the case where the tax exemption-free transaction is performed as described above, selects the tax-exempt non-application transaction to be corrected from the transactions that have been accounted for so far. Search for. Then, the POS register 3 is configured to be able to correct the retrieved tax exemption-free transaction so that the tax exemption is applied. That is, the POS register 3 in the present embodiment can perform a search correction to change a tax-exempt application transaction into a tax-exempt application transaction.

Contrary to the above exemption-free transaction, the operator of the POS register 3 erroneously applies tax exemption and performs accounting processing, even though the conditions for exemption from tax exemption are not met. May occur.
Such tax exemption transactions are accounted for by the clerk who misunderstands that the tax exemption is applied when the non-resident receives the tax at the POS register 3, although the tax exemption is not declared. It occurs when you have done. Alternatively, in the tax exemption applicable transaction, when the configuration of the third embodiment is not applied to the POS register 3, the subtotal of the registered merchandise is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount, but the operator has the lower limit exemption target amount. It is caused when the tax exemption is applied and the accounting treatment is performed by mistake.
Even if it becomes clear that the tax exemption cannot be applied after such a tax exemption applied transaction, the operator once cancels the transaction itself to which the tax exemption applied transaction has been applied, and then the tax exemption is applied again. It was supposed to do the accounting treatment that does not apply. Alternatively, a clerk calculates the change in the accounting amount according to the change from the tax exemption application to the tax exemption application and performs the accounting again.
Therefore, in the POS register 3 of the present embodiment, the tax exemption applicable transaction is performed from the transactions that have been accounted for so far, as a response when the transaction by the tax exemption applying transaction is performed as described above. Search for the transaction to be corrected. In addition, the POS register 3 is configured so that the retrieved transaction can be corrected so that the tax exemption does not apply. That is, the POS register 3 in the present embodiment can perform a search correction to change a tax exemption applicable transaction into a tax exemption not applying transaction.

In addition, because the tax exemption application conditions were met for transactions in which multiple products were registered as purchased products, tax exemption was applied and accounting was performed, but after that, non-residents who made transactions purchased In some cases, you may be offered to return some of the products that you made.
In such a case, the operator also performs the operation of canceling the tax exempt transaction for which the tax exemption is applied and the accounting process is performed, and then the accounting process is applied to the products that are not returned and the transaction data Was changed to calculate the refund amount according to the returned goods. In this case, for example, after the product is returned, the tax exemption may not be applied to the transaction because the subtotal has not reached the lower limit tax exemption amount. In such a case, the clerk also had to recalculate the refund, so the burden on the clerk was heavy.
Therefore, the POS register 3 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to perform an accounting process according to a change from tax exemption application to tax exemption application when making a correction for a tax exemption application transaction according to a return. In this case, the POS register 3 searches for a tax exemption applicable transaction for which a return request has been made from among the transactions that have been accounted for so far. The POS register 3 performs the accounting process such that the product corresponding to the returned goods is canceled from the transactions retrieved according to the operation of the operator, and the accounting amount is recalculated according to the cancellation.

In the following description, the search correction for changing a tax exemption-free transaction into a tax exemption applicable transaction is also referred to as a first tax exemption compatible search correction. Further, the search correction for changing a tax exemption applicable transaction to a tax exemption not applicable transaction is also referred to as a second tax exemption compatible search correction. Further, the search correction corresponding to the return of the tax exemption applicable transaction is also referred to as the third tax exemption compatible search correction.
Further, in the following description, the case where the consumption tax rate is uniformly 8% will be taken as an example.

With reference to FIGS. 28 to 33, an example of an operation procedure performed by the operator regarding the first tax exemption compatible search correction (search correction for changing a tax exemption-free transaction to a tax exemption applicable transaction) will be described.
In the explanation of the first tax exemption correspondence search correction, a transaction in which one consumable item subject to tax exemption and having a tax-excluded price of 10,000 yen is purchased is taken as an example.
In this case, the operator registers one product whose tax-excluded price is 10,000 yen. Further, in this case, the clerk recognizes that the tax exemption is not applied, and thus does not apply the tax exemption by not operating the tax exemption button BT10. After that, the operator performs a subtotal operation, deposits a deposit from a non-resident customer, and then performs a total operation. The current total operation is, for example, an operation on the key operation unit 15 or the deposit/current total key arranged at a predetermined position on the small plan surface.

FIG. 28 shows an example of the current plan surface displayed on the touch panel display unit 14 of the POS register 3 in response to the above total operation. On the current plan surface of the figure, a registered product area AR11, a total breakdown area AR12, and a settlement area AR13 are arranged. The current plan surface in the figure is displayed corresponding to the tab TAB1. The tab TAB1 corresponds to the operation screen for one transaction. For example, when a touch operation is performed on the tab TAB2 or the tab TAB3, an operation screen corresponding to another transaction corresponding to each is displayed.
In the registered merchandise area AR11, the items of the merchandise registered so far in this transaction are arranged in the order of registration from the top to the bottom. In the case of the registered product area AR11 shown in the figure, one item of "product 1" is arranged. In the item “commodity 1”, the tax-excluded amount of “commodity 1” is 10,000 yen.

The total breakdown area AR12 shows a breakdown of the total amount of money based on the registration results of the products so far. In the total breakdown area AR12 of the figure, the number of registered merchandise (the number of points purchased) is 1, the subtotal amount for the product is 10,000 yen, and the taxable amount is 10,000 yen, which is the same as the subtotal amount. It is shown that the tax amount is 800 yen.
In the settlement area AR13, the amount of money related to settlement is shown. In the settlement area AR13 of the same figure, it is shown that the total amount of money, which is the sum of the subtotal amount and the total of the tax amount, is 10800 yen, and that the current amount is 10800 yen, which is the same as the total amount.
In this case, the operator completes the transaction by having the customer pay 10,800 yen, for example, and performing the total operation. In this way, when one transaction is completed, the POS register 3 issues a slip such as a receipt in which the contents reflecting the current accounting process are printed at the time of closing processing, and stores the completed transaction. That is, the POS register 3 stores the transaction data indicating the result of the accounting process performed on the transaction. In the present embodiment, the accounting process includes from the registration process of the product corresponding to one transaction to the settlement process of the registered product.

After the tax exemption-free transaction was completed as described above, the tax exemption-free transaction actually satisfied the tax exemption application conditions, and therefore, the customer offered to correct the tax exemption application. Therefore, the operator receives the receipt of the tax-exempt non-application transaction to be corrected from the customer, and uses the received receipt to perform an operation of searching for the tax-exempt non-application transaction to be corrected as follows, for example.

The operator performs an operation for instructing search correction (search correction instruction operation). The search correction instruction operation is, for example, an operation on a search correction button displayed on the product registration screen or an operation on a search correction key included in the key operation unit 15.
A transaction search screen is displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 in response to the search correction instruction operation. FIG. 29 shows an example of the transaction search screen. In the transaction search screen of the figure, input boxes corresponding to the items of "business day", "cash number", "receipt number" and "total amount" are arranged.
The receipt of this embodiment includes a business day on which a transaction is made, a number (checkout number) of the POS register 3 on which an accounting process is performed, a receipt number which is a serial number given to each receipt, and a total amount of money. A barcode containing information is printed. The operator performs an operation of causing the scanner unit 18 to read the barcode printed on the receipt received from the customer while the transaction search screen is displayed, for example. When the barcode is read by the scanner unit 18, the business day, the cashier number, the receipt number, and the total amount of money included in the barcode are displayed in the input boxes of the corresponding items on the transaction search screen.

In the case of a receipt in which the barcode is not printed, the operator confirms the business day, the cashier number, the receipt number, and the total amount of money printed on the receipt by letters or numbers. The clerk inputs an input to the input boxes corresponding to the items of “business day”, “cash number”, “receipt number” and “total amount” on the transaction search screen by operating the key operation unit 15 such as a number. To do.

As described above, the operator operates the execute button BT20 arranged on the transaction search screen after inputting each item of the tax exemption-free transaction to be corrected on the transaction search screen. In response to the operation on the execute button BT20, the POS register 3 executes a search process using the AND condition of each item input on the transaction search screen as a search key from the stored transactions. ..
The search process searches for a tax exemption-free transaction to be corrected. The POS register 3 displays a search correction screen for the searched tax-exempt transaction. FIG. 30 shows an example of the search and correction screen displayed in this way.
In the search and correction screen of the figure, a registered product area AR21, a total breakdown area AR22, and a settlement area AR23 are arranged.

In the registered merchandise area AR21, each item of merchandise registered in the tax exemption-free transaction to be corrected is arranged in the order of registration from the upper row to the lower row. In the case of the registered product area AR21 shown in the figure, one item of "product 1" is arranged. In the item “commodity 1”, the tax-excluded amount of “commodity 1” is 10,000 yen.

The total breakdown area AR22 shows a breakdown of the total amount of money based on the registration result of the registered products. In the total breakdown area AR22 of the figure, the number of registered products is 1, the subtotal amount of the products is 10,000 yen, the taxable amount is 10,000 yen, which is the same as the subtotal amount, and the tax amount. It is shown that the total is 800 yen.

In the settlement area AR23, the amount of money related to the settlement according to this correction is shown. In the settlement area AR23 shown in the figure, the total amount and the refund amount are shown. The total amount is the sum of the subtotal amount and the total tax amount. The refund amount is the amount to be refunded to the customer when the total amount is changed according to the change between the tax exemption application and the tax exemption application.

Then, a tax exemption setting button BT30 is arranged on the search correction screen of FIG. The tax exemption setting button BT30 is a button for performing an operation for changing (declaring) whether or not the tax exemption can be applied to the transaction to be corrected.
Further, the tax exemption setting button BT30 is displayed on the button to show a setting state of whether or not the current tax exemption is applicable to the transaction to be corrected.

The search correction screen in the figure is an initial display corresponding to the transaction searched according to the search screen in FIG. 29, and is a state before correction. The transactions searched for correction are non-tax exempt transactions. For this reason, the tax exemption setting button BT30 in the figure indicates that tax exemption is not currently applied by the display of "No tax exemption".
Further, in the state of initial display, since it is the state before correction as described above, there is no difference corresponding to the refund at this stage. Therefore, the refund amount in the settlement area AR23 is shown to be 0 yen.

As described above, the search correction screen in the figure shows the result of the accounting processing of the searched tax-exempt transaction. The operator operates the tax exemption setting button B30 in order to change the retrieved tax exemption not applicable transaction to a tax exemption applicable transaction.
The operation on the tax exemption setting button B30 in which "not tax exempt" is displayed is an instruction to change (correct) the tax exemption non-application transaction to be corrected displayed on the search correction screen to the tax exemption applicable transaction. In this case, the POS register 3 changes the tax exemption non-application transaction to be corrected to the tax exemption application transaction according to the operation of the tax exemption setting button B30, and executes the accounting process including the recalculation of the payment amount. In the accounting process here, the POS register 3 calculates the refund amount according to the change to the tax exemption applicable transaction by using the payment amount in the transaction before correction and the recalculated payment amount.

The POS register 3 displays the contents in which the accounting process after the change to the tax exemption applicable transaction is reflected on the search correction screen in response to the change of the tax exemption applying transaction to be corrected to the tax exemption applicable transaction. FIG. 31 shows an example of a search correction screen on which a display reflecting the accounting process after the change to the tax exemption applicable transaction is performed.
In the search correction screen of the figure, the tax exemption setting button BT30 has been changed from the display of "not tax exempt" in FIG. 30 to the display of "exempt tax". It indicates that tax exemption has been applied and accounting has been performed.

It should be noted that the tax exemption setting button BT30 has the color of the button itself in a state in which "not tax exempt" is displayed as shown in FIG. 30 and a state in which "tax exempt" is displayed as shown in FIG. Have been made different. As a result, the operator can more clearly confirm whether the tax exemption is applied or the tax exemption is not applied together with the text display.

In addition, when the tax exemption is not applied and the tax exemption is applied, the POS register 3 in this case performs a calculation for correcting the payment amount to 10000 yen in the accounting process for correction. Further, the POS register 3 calculates that the refund amount (refund amount) is 800 yen according to the difference between the uncorrected payment amount of 10800 yen and the corrected payment amount of 10000 yen.
The fact that the customer has a refund of 800 yen is shown as a refund amount of "-800 yen" as shown in the settlement area AR23 in the same figure. The display of "-800 yen" indicates that the shop side refunds 800 yen from the 10800 yen received from the customer in the previous transaction exempted from tax exemption.
In the present embodiment, the refund amount indicates a refund from the store side to the customer with a negative value as described above. In addition, the refund amount of the present embodiment is a positive value and indicates a shortage of the price paid by the customer to the store side.

When the operator confirms that there is no problem with the correction contents in the figure, he/she performs an operation (correction-corresponding adjustment instruction operation) for instructing execution of the adjustment processing corresponding to the correction this time. The correction handling settlement instruction operation may be, for example, a current operation.

A denomination change screen is displayed in response to the correction handling settlement instruction operation. 32 shows an example of a denomination change screen displayed in response to the correction-corresponding settlement instruction operation performed on the search correction screen of FIG.
In the example of the figure, the denomination change screen AR24 is displayed so as to be superimposed on the search correction screen of FIG. The denomination change screen AR24 is a screen on which the deposit money or the like from the customer can be input when the customer receives a shortfall after the correction.
In this case, the operator performs, for example, an operation on the execution button BT40 arranged on the denomination change screen AR24 as an operation for instructing the closing process of the settlement according to the correction this time.

The closing process is performed in response to the operation of the execute button BT40. In the closing process, as shown in FIG. 33, the denomination change screen AR24 is erased, and a message window MW21 for notifying the operator that the closing process is being executed is displayed so as to be superimposed on the search correction screen. .. In the message window MW21, a message indicating the refund amount calculated according to the correction and then notifying the customer that the customer should be refunded is displayed. As a specific example, the message "Please refund 800 yen to the customer." is displayed in the figure.
In the closing process, the POS register 3 issues a receipt in which the corrected contents of the transaction are reflected. Further, in the closing process, the POS register 3 is changed so as to add the contents of the accounting process by this correction to the transaction data searched by this search and correction.
When the closing process ends, the message window MW21 displayed on the search correction screen is deleted. After that, the operator can transition to another screen such as a product registration screen by a predetermined operation on the screen or the key operation unit 15. In addition, for example, the search correction screen may be deleted together with the message window MW21 in accordance with the closing process, and a transition may be made to a predetermined screen such as a product registration screen.

As shown in the transition from FIG. 30 to FIG. 31, the tax exemption setting button BT30 displaying “No tax exemption” is operated to display “Exempt tax” (that is, the setting of exemption from tax exemption is changed to the setting of exemption from tax exemption). The following configuration may be adopted for the POS register 3.
That is, when the passport number of the passport is not input to the POS register 3, the setting change from non-tax exemption application to tax exemption application may be disabled. Regarding the input of the passport number, for example, the clerk may confirm the number printed on the passport and operate the number. Alternatively, the passport number stored in the passport is read by a card reader, or the passport number printed as a barcode or a two-dimensional code on the passport is read by the scanner unit 18 so that the passport number is input. May be.
In the case of the above configuration, the setting is changed from exemption from tax exemption to exemption in accordance with the entry of the passport number after operating the tax exemption setting button BT30 indicating "No tax exemption". Just do it. At this time, for example, in response to the operation of the tax exemption setting button BT30 displaying "No tax exemption", a message prompting the clerk to input the passport number may be output by display or voice.
Alternatively, even after the operation of inputting the passport number is performed, the setting change from the exemption from tax exemption to the exemption from tax exemption can be performed by the procedure of operating the tax exemption setting button BT30 displayed as "No tax exemption". Good. In this case, if the tax exemption setting button BT30, which is displayed as "Do not exempt tax", is operated without inputting the passport number, an error message is displayed or voice notifying the clerk that the passport number is not input. It is better to output by.
Further, as described above, even when the setting can be changed from tax exemption not applied to tax exemption applied without inputting a passport number, a message may be output as follows. In other words, for example, when the tax exemption setting button BT30 that displays "No tax exemption" is operated, a message prompting the clerk to confirm the passport, such as "Please check your passport," is displayed or displayed by voice. It may be done.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 34 to 37, an example of an operation procedure performed by the operator regarding the second tax exemption compatible search correction (search correction for changing a tax exemption applicable transaction to a tax exemption not applicable transaction) will be described. In the description of the second tax exemption correspondence search correction, an example will be given of a transaction in which two consumable goods subject to tax exemption and having a tax-excluded price of 10,000 yen are purchased.
In this case, the operator registers two products whose tax-excluded price is 10,000 yen. Further, the clerk in this case recognizes that the current transaction satisfies the tax exemption application condition, and thus operates the tax exemption button BT10 to apply the tax exemption. After that, the operator performs a subtotal operation, deposits a deposit from a non-resident customer, and then performs a total operation.

FIG. 34 shows an example of the current plan surface displayed on the touch panel display unit 14 of the POS register 3 in response to the above total operation.
In the registered merchandise area AR11 shown in the same figure, in response to the registration of two merchandise in this transaction, a first item “commodity 1” and a second item “commodity 2” are added. 2 items are arranged. In addition, in each of the items “commodity 1” and “commodity 2”, it is shown that the tax-excluded amount of the corresponding commodity is 10,000 yen.

In the total breakdown area AR12 of the figure, the number of registered commodities (purchase points) is two, the subtotal amount of commodities is 20000 yen (=10000 yen x 2), and the taxable amount is It is shown that it is 20,000 yen, which is the same as the subtotal amount, and that the total tax amount is 1600 yen (=20,000 yen×0.08).
In the settlement area AR13, the amount of money related to settlement is shown. In the settlement area AR13 of the same figure, it is shown that the total amount of money including the subtotal amount and the total tax amount is 21,600 yen. Further, in this case, it is indicated that the tax exemption amount is 1600 yen in the settlement area AR13 since the transaction is designated to be exempt from tax. In this case, the amount of money that the customer should pay after tax exemption is 20,000 yen. The customer's paying amount of 20000 yen is shown as a shortage amount in the settlement area AR13.
In this case, the operator, for example, pays 20,000 yen from the customer, and causes the POS register 3 to execute the closing process by performing the total operation to complete the transaction. In this way, even when one tax-exempt transaction is completed, the POS register 3 issues a slip such as a receipt on which the contents of the accounting process of this time are printed at the closing process, and the completed transaction is confirmed. Remember.

After the tax exemption applicable transaction was completed as described above, it was found that the tax exemption applicable condition was not satisfied for this tax exemption applicable transaction, so it was decided to correct the transaction to the tax exemption not applicable. In this case, the operator receives the receipt of the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected from the customer, and uses the received receipt, as described with reference to FIG. 29, the search correction instruction for searching the tax exemption not applicable transaction to be corrected. Do the operation.

The POS register 3 searches for a transaction to be corrected according to a search correction instruction operation, and displays a search correction screen for the searched transaction. FIG. 35 shows an example of the search correction screen displayed in this way.

In the search and correction screen of the figure, in the registered product area AR21, the respective items of the products registered in the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected are arranged in the order of registration from the top to the bottom. In the case of the registered product area AR21 shown in the figure, the item of "product 1" and the following item of "product 2" are arranged. It is shown that the tax-excluded amounts of the “commodity 1” and the “commodity 2” are 10,000 yen in the items “commodity 1” and “commodity 2”, respectively.

Further, in the total breakdown area AR22 of the figure, the number of registered products is two, the subtotal amount of the products is 20,000 yen, and the taxable amount is the same as the subtotal amount of 20,000 yen. It is shown that the total tax amount is 1600 yen.

In addition, in the settlement area AR23 in the same figure, it is shown that the total amount of money including tax is 21,600. In addition, at this stage, which is the initial display of the search correction screen, since the tax exemption transaction that has been searched has not been corrected yet, the difference in payment amount that the customer should pay before and after the correction Has not occurred. Therefore, it is shown that the refund amount is 0 yen in the settlement area AR23 in the figure.

Further, at the present stage, which is the initial display of the search correction screen, the tax exemption setting button BT30 is displaying that the tax exemption application is currently set for the transaction to be corrected.

The operator operates the tax exemption setting button B30 in order to change the tax exemption applicable transaction retrieved as the correction target to the tax exemption non-application transaction.
The operation on the tax exemption setting button BT30 indicating that the tax exemption application is set as in the case of the figure is an instruction to change the tax exemption applied transaction to be corrected to the tax exemption not applied transaction. In response to the operation of the tax exemption setting button B30, the POS register 3 changes the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected to the tax exemption not applicable transaction and re-executes the accounting process. The POS register 3 calculates the amount of refund (deficit) corresponding to the change to the tax-exempt application when performing the accounting process according to the change to the tax-exempt application.

The POS register 3 displays the contents in which the accounting process after the change is reflected on the search correction screen in response to the change of the transaction to be corrected to the tax-exempt application transaction. FIG. 36 shows an example of the search and correction screen in which the accounting processing after the change to the tax exemption applicable transaction is displayed.
In the search correction screen of the same figure, the tax exemption setting button BT30 is changed from the display showing that tax exemption is applied (FIG. 35) to the display showing that tax exemption is not applied, so that the current transaction to be corrected Indicates that the accounting treatment was carried out without the tax exemption being applied.

In addition, in response to the change from the tax exemption application to the tax exemption application, the POS register 3 in this case performs a calculation for correcting the payment amount to 21600 yen in the accounting process for correction. Further, the POS register 3 calculates that the refund amount (deficiency) corresponding to the difference between the uncorrected payment amount of 20000 yen and the corrected payment amount of 21600 yen is 1600 yen.
The fact that the deficiency to be paid by the customer is 1600 yen is shown as a refunded amount of "1600 yen" as shown in the settlement area AR23 in FIG.

When the operator confirms that there is no problem with the correction content in the figure, he/she performs a correction-corresponding settlement instruction operation according to the correction this time. In this case, the denomination change screen shown in FIG. 37 is displayed in response to the correction handling settlement instruction operation. The operator operates the execution button BT40 in order to instruct the closing process of the settlement according to the correction this time.

The closing process is performed in response to the operation of the execute button BT40. In the closing process, the denomination change screen AR24 is erased and a message window indicating that the closing process is being executed is displayed so as to be superimposed on the search correction screen, as in the case of FIG. In this case, in the message window, a message for informing the clerk to receive the deficit of 1600 yen from the customer is displayed, such as "Please receive the deficit of 1600 yen from the customer." Also in this case, the POS register 3 issues a receipt in which the corrected contents of the transaction are reflected in the closing process, and the transaction data retrieved by the retrieval correction of this time is provided with the contents of the accounting process by this correction. Change to add.

In the example of the first tax exemption compatible search correction and the second tax exemption compatible search correction, the clerk causes the POS register 3 to search for the transaction to be corrected, and operates the tax exemption setting button BT30 after the search. The procedure was to change the tax exemption setting for the transaction to be corrected.
However, for example, in the case of performing a search correction for changing the tax exemption setting, an operation for declaring the change of the tax exemption setting is first performed on the POS register 3 and then the search for the transaction to be corrected is performed. It may be a procedure. In the operation of declaring the change of the tax exemption setting, either an operation of declaring the change from the tax exemption not applied to the tax exemption applied or an operation of declaring the change from the tax exemption applied to the tax exemption applied is performed.
Also, in the case where the above configuration is adopted, in the operation of declaring the change from tax exemption to tax exemption application, as described above, if the passport number is not entered, the tax exemption exemption will be changed to tax exemption exemption. The change may not be valid. Alternatively, a message prompting the clerk to confirm the passport may be output by display or voice in response to the operation of declaring the change from the non-tax exemption application to the tax exemption application.

Next, with reference to FIG. 38 and FIG. 39, an example of an operation procedure performed by the operator regarding the third tax exemption compatible search correction (search correction of tax exemption applicable transaction for returned goods) will be described. For the explanation of the second tax exemption correspondence correction, one item that is a consumable item exempt from tax and the tax-excluded price is 10000 yen, and another item that is a consumable item exempt from tax and the tax-excluded price is 1000 yen The case where two products, one and the other, are purchased is taken as an example.
The operator first registered one product whose tax-excluded price was 10,000 yen, and then registered one product whose tax-excluded price was 1000 yen. In this case, the subtotal amount of the two products was 11,000 yen, which exceeded the minimum tax exemption target amount, and other tax exemption application conditions were also satisfied. Therefore, the operator operates the tax exemption button BT10 to apply tax exemption and make a settlement.

FIG. 38 shows an example of the current plan surface displayed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 in the settlement of the current transaction.
In the registered merchandise area AR11 shown in the same figure, in response to the registration of two merchandise in this transaction, a first item “commodity 1” and a second item “commodity 2” are added. 2 items are arranged. In the item of “commodity 1”, it is indicated that the tax-excluded amount of the commodity as “commodity 1” is 10,000 yen. In the item of "product 2", it is indicated that the tax-excluded amount of the product as "product 2" is 1000 yen.

In the total breakdown area AR12 of the figure, the number of registered commodities (the number of purchase points) is two, the subtotal amount for the commodities is 11,000 yen (=10,000 yen+1000 yen), and the taxable amount is It is shown that it is 11,000 yen, which is the same as the subtotal amount, and that the total tax amount is 880 yen (=11,000 yen×0.08).
In the settlement area AR13 of the same figure, it is shown that the total amount of money including the subtotal amount and the total tax amount is 211,800 yen. Further, in this case, it is indicated that the tax exemption amount is 880 yen in the settlement area AR13 because the transaction is designated to be exempt from tax. In this case, the amount of money that the customer should pay after tax exemption is 11,000 yen. The customer's payment of 11,000 yen is shown as a shortfall in the settlement area AR13.
In this case, the operator, for example, pays 11,000 yen from the customer, and causes the POS register 3 to execute the closing process by performing the current total operation to complete the transaction. In this way, even when one tax-exempt transaction is completed, the POS register 3 issues a slip such as a receipt on which the contents of the accounting process of this time are printed at the closing process, and the completed transaction is confirmed. Remember.

After the tax exemption applicable transaction was completed as described above, the customer made an offer to return "Product 1" among the products purchased by the tax exemption applicable transaction. The operator who accepts the returned goods will make a correction according to the returned goods of the tax exemption applicable transaction by the search correction. Therefore, in this case, the operator receives a receipt of the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected from the customer, and uses the received receipt to perform a search correction instruction operation for searching for the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected.

The POS register 3 searches for a transaction to be corrected according to the search correction instruction operation, and displays a search correction screen for the searched transaction. Then, the operation of canceling the registration of "product 1" is performed on the displayed search and correction screen. Here, by canceling the registration of the "commodity 1" with the tax-excluded amount of 10,000 yen, only the "commodity 2" with the tax-excluded amount of 1000 yen is registered, so the subtotal amount becomes 1000 yen, It will be less than the minimum tax exemption amount. The operator can see that the tax rate is no longer applied because the subtotal amount becomes less than or equal to the lower limit tax exemption amount. Therefore, the operator operates the tax exemption setting button BT30 indicating that the tax exemption is applied on the search correction screen to specify the tax exemption not applied.
Note that the POS register 3 can determine that the corrected subtotal amount is equal to or less than the lower limit tax exemption amount by recalculating the subtotal amount according to the cancellation of the registration of “Product 1”. Therefore, even if the POS register 3 does not accept the operation of the tax exemption setting button BT30, when it is determined that the corrected subtotal amount is equal to or less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount, the POS register 3 is changed to the tax exemption non-application setting. Good.

FIG. 39 shows an example of the search and correction screen in response to the fact that the registration of “commodity 2” is canceled and the tax exemption is not applied as described above.
The tax exemption setting button BT30 on the search correction screen in the figure is in a state indicating that tax exemption is not applied.

Further, in the registered product area AR21 of the same figure, two items corresponding to each of the two products “product 1” and “product 2” registered in the tax exemption applicable transaction to be corrected are arranged. Among the two items, the item “Product 1” is displayed with a strikethrough line superimposed in the horizontal direction. That is, it is indicated that the registration of the "commodity 1" has been canceled.

In addition, in the total breakdown area AR22 in the figure, the number of registered products is 1 in response to the fact that the registration of "product 1" is canceled and only "product 2" is registered. This is shown. Further, it is shown that the subtotal amount of the product is 1000 yen, the taxable amount is 1000 yen, which is the same as the subtotal amount, and the total tax amount is 80 yen (=1000 yen×0.08).

In addition, in the settlement area AR23 in the figure, it is shown that the total amount including tax is 1080 yen. In addition, the POS register 3 calculates a refund amount generated in response to cancellation of registration of the product 1 and designation of exemption from tax, and displays the calculated refund amount in the settlement area AR23. The refund amount in this case is 11,000 yen, which is the payment amount in the previous tax exemption applicable transaction, and 1080 yen, which is the payment amount of "product 2" due to non-exemption of tax in accordance with the cancellation of the registration of "product 1". It will be a refund of 9920 yen due to the difference. The payout amount of 9920 is represented as "-9920" in the settlement area AR23 of the same figure.

When the operator confirms that there is no problem with the correction content in the figure, the operator performs a correction-related settlement instruction operation according to this correction, displays the denomination change screen, and then instructs the settlement closing processing. I do. The closing process is performed in response to the operation of the execute button BT40. In closing processing, a message window is displayed on the search correction screen, a receipt is issued, and the contents of the accounting processing by this correction are added to the transaction data searched by this search and correction. In the message window in this case, for example, the amount of refund money corresponding to the product whose registration is canceled is shown. In addition, for example, the message window may also indicate that the amount of refund is the tax amount deducted from the tax exemption subject to the tax exemption subject. Specifically, for example, a message such as "Please refund 9920 yen to the customer. The refund amount is the amount of tax deducted."

As can be understood from the above description, in the present embodiment, regarding transactions for which accounting processing has been performed, changes of non-tax exempt transactions to tax exempt transactions, correction of tax exempt transactions to tax exempt transactions, and returns Any correction of the corresponding tax exemption applicable transaction can be handled by search correction. This saves the trouble and time required for these corrections.

Note that, for example, when paying a deficiency in the second tax exemption applicable search correction for changing a tax exemption applicable transaction to a tax exemption applicable transaction, the customer gives the operator a deposit amount larger than the deficiency amount and pays a sufficient amount of money. You can receive your change. Specifically, when the shortfall is 1600 yen as in the example of FIG. 36, the customer can receive 500 yen as change by depositing 2100 yen as a deposit.
The POS register 3 of the present embodiment corresponds to the above-described change calculation as the settlement processing in the above-described second tax exemption correspondence search correction. That is, in the above case, when the operator receives 2100 yen from the customer for the payment of the deficiency of 1600 yen, the operator inputs 2100 yen as a deposit to the POS register 3 on the denomination change screen, for example. .. The POS register 3 can calculate the difference between the deposit of 2100 yen and the deposit of 1600 yen as the amount of change, and can also display the amount of change of 500 in the settlement area AR23 on the search correction screen.

Referring to the flowchart in FIG. 40, the POS register 3 according to the present embodiment executes the tax-exempt corresponding search correction (first tax-exempt corresponding search correction, second tax-exempt corresponding search correction, third tax-exempt corresponding search correction). An example of the processing procedure will be described.
Step S201: In the correction of the search, the operator performs the operation related to the search of the transaction to be corrected as described above. The POS register 3 executes a process related to the search for the correction target transaction according to an operation related to the search for the correction target transaction. Specifically, the POS register 3 displays the transaction search screen in response to the search correction instruction operation.
The POS register 3 inputs items on the transaction search screen in response to reading a barcode on a receipt or inputting a numerical value or the like on the transaction search screen. The POS register 3 is a transaction matching the search key corresponding to the item input to the transaction search screen among the transactions stored in the POS register 3 in response to the operation on the execute button BT20 on the transaction search screen. To search.
Step S202: When the POS register 3 searches for the transaction to be corrected in Step S201, the POS register 3 displays the search correction screen as illustrated in FIG. In the tax exemption setting button BT30 in the initial display of the search correction screen, as described above, if the retrieved transaction to be corrected is a tax exemption applicable transaction, a display indicating that the tax exemption is applied is displayed and the tax exemption is not applied. If it is a transaction, a display indicating that tax exemption is not applied is displayed.

Step S203: The POS register 3 determines whether or not the tax exemption setting button BT30 is operated under the condition that the search correction screen is displayed.
Step S204: When the tax exemption setting button BT30 is operated, the POS register 3 indicates that the current operation of the tax exemption setting button BT30 is an instruction to change from tax exemption not applied to tax exemption applied or tax exemption applied. It is determined whether it is an instruction to change to non-application. If an operation is performed on the tax exemption setting button BT30 that indicates that tax exemption is not applied, it is an instruction to change from tax exemption to tax exemption, and If the tax exemption setting button BT30 having the display shown is operated, it is an instruction to change the tax exemption application to the tax exemption non-application.

Step S205: When the operation of the tax exemption setting button BT30 is an instruction to change from tax exemption not applied to tax exemption applied, the POS register 3 returns the refund amount (refund money) according to the change from tax exemption not applied to tax exemption applied. ) Is calculated and the calculated refund amount is displayed in the settlement area AR23 on the search correction screen.
Step S206: When the operation of the tax exemption setting button BT30 is an instruction to change the tax exemption application to the tax exemption non-application, the POS register 3 returns the refund amount (insufficient amount according to the change from the tax exemption application to the tax exemption non-application. The amount of money) is calculated and the calculated amount of refund is displayed in the settlement area AR23 on the search correction screen.

Step S207: When it is determined in step S203 that the tax exemption setting button is not operated, the POS register 3 further specifies and cancels the product from the products registered in the transaction to be corrected (commodity cancellation). Operation) is performed.
Step S208: When the product cancellation operation is performed, the POS register 3 executes recalculation (correction) of the payment amount according to the cancellation of the product, and the recalculated payment amount is settled in the search area AR23 on the search correction screen. To be displayed.
Step S209: The POS register 3 determines whether or not the tax exemption setting button BT30 has been operated after displaying the total amount after recalculation in Step S208.
If the transaction subject to correction is tax exemption, but if the total amount after recalculation displayed in step S208 is less than the lower limit tax exemption amount, the transaction subject to correction is exempt from tax exemption. There will also be a need to correct the application. In this case, the operator operates the tax exemption setting button to instruct the change from the tax exemption applied to the tax exemption not applied.
When the tax exemption setting button is operated in step S209, the POS register 3 proceeds to the process of step S206.

Step S210: After the processing of any of steps S205 and S206 is completed, or when it is determined in step S209 that the tax exemption setting button is not operated, the POS register 3 executes the following processing. That is, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the correction-compatible settlement instruction operation is performed.
When it is determined that the correction handling settlement instruction operation is not performed, the process is returned to step S203. As a result, the operator can continue to perform switching between tax exemption application and tax exemption application on the search correction screen, and an operation of additionally canceling the product.

Step S211: When the correction handling settlement instruction operation is performed, the POS register 3 displays the denomination change screen AR24 illustrated in FIG. 32 and the like.
Step S212: Under the condition that the denomination change screen AR24 is displayed, the POS register 3 accepts a settlement-related operation performed on the denomination change screen AR24. For example, in the settlement-related operation here, when a shortage amount (refund amount) to be paid by the customer occurs in accordance with, for example, the second tax exemption correspondence search correction or the third tax exemption correspondence search correction, Includes the operation of entering the amount of deposit received for payment.

Step S213: The POS register 3 determines whether or not the operation button BT40 arranged on the denomination change screen AR24 has been operated. The denomination change screen AR24 is displayed until the operation button BT40 is operated, and if a settlement-related operation is performed, the operation is accepted in step S212.
Step S214: When it is determined that the execute button has been operated, the POS register 3 executes the closing process. In the closing process, the POS register 3 calculates the amount of change when the amount of the deposit has been input in response to the occurrence of the shortfall. Further, in the closing process, the POS register 3 issues a receipt showing the correction contents of the transaction and the settlement result according to the correction as described above, and the transaction data retrieved by the retrieval correction this time is added to the transaction data by this correction. Change so that the contents of the process are added.

The third tax exemption compatible search correction may be made to be able to perform the correction corresponding to the following cases in addition to the response to the returned goods described above.
For example, there may be a case where a product that should be originally registered is duplicated more than once due to an operation error of a store clerk or a malfunction of the POS register 3. In this way, when registration of products is duplicated, tax exemption may not be applied for the original subtotal amount, but since the subtotal amount is larger than the original amount, it may be treated as tax exemption and accounting may be performed. is there. In the third tax exemption compatible search correction, the number of registrations may be corrected in response to such a case, and the accounting process may be redone so that the tax exemption is not applied.
Further, even if an operation error such as inputting the price of a product at a higher amount than the original amount or an erroneous operation of the POS register 3 occurs, a transaction that is not originally exempt from tax may be exempt from tax. In the third tax exemption correspondence correction, the price of the product may be corrected in such a case, and the accounting process may be redone so that the tax exemption is not applied.
Contrary to the above, an operation error such as entering the number of registered products with a smaller number than the original number, an input of the product price with a lower amount than the original, or a malfunction of the POS register 3 may occur. Due to the occurrence, transactions that are originally tax exempt may be exempt from tax exemption. In the third tax exemption correspondence correction, the number of products registered and the price may be corrected and the accounting process may be redone so that the tax exemption can be applied.

In the above description, the third tax exemption compatible search correction has been described as corresponding to the case where a transaction exempted from tax exemption before the return becomes a transaction exempted from tax exemption after the return. However, the POS register 3 of the present embodiment is a transaction exempt from tax exemption before the product is returned. Can be properly calculated and corrected. Similarly, since the POS register 3 was a transaction exempt from tax exemption before the return, even if the tax exemption is not applied after the return, the refund amount is appropriately calculated and corrected. Good.

In addition, it is possible to entrust the tax exemption procedure to a third party who manages the tax exemption procedure bulk counter under the procedure consignment type export goods sales system. According to such a system, for example, the tax exemption procedure can be collectively performed after adding up the amounts of products purchased at a plurality of shops as a duty-free shop in a complex store facility such as the same mall or shopping mall.
In the case where the POS register 3 corresponds to such a tax exemption procedure collective counter, for example, it is configured so that only transactions of duty-free shops in complex store facilities are added up and transactions of non-duty-free shops that do not support tax exemption are not added up. be able to.
As a specific example, when inputting a transaction (accounting result) at each store, a clerk performs an operation of inputting a store number in the POS register 3. Then, when the inputted store number is not a duty-free store, the POS register 3 may output a message notifying the clerk of that fact by display or voice. By outputting such a message, it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation in which a clerk adds up the accounting at stores that are not tax exempt stores as tax exemption targets.
Further, the POS register 3 corresponding to the tax exemption procedure collective counter may separately manage each store in the complex store facility into a duty-free store and a tax-free store that does not support tax exemption. After that, when any of the tax exemption compatible corrections (first tax exemption compatible search correction, second tax exemption compatible search correction, third tax exemption compatible search correction) is performed, the POS register 3 determines whether the Transactions at duty-free shops may be excluded from the search target. As a result, even if a transaction of a non-duty-free store is erroneously specified and searched, no search result is obtained, so that it is possible to prevent the tax-free search and correction of the transaction of the non-duty-free store.

Also, in the message window displayed according to the closing process under the tax exemption compatible correction (first tax exemption compatible search correction, second tax exemption compatible search correction, third tax exemption compatible search correction), for example, refund to the customer You may display the reason why the occurrence occurred or the reason why the shortfall that should be received from the customer occurred.
The reason for the refund to the customer is that the tax exemption applicable transaction was changed from the tax exemption applicable transaction by the first tax exemption applicable correction, or the return was dealt with by the third tax exemption applicable correction. The reason for the shortfall to be received from customers is that the tax exemption applicable transaction was changed to the tax exemption not applicable transaction by the second tax exemption correspondence correction.
Further, the display of the above reason may be performed on the display unit with a touch panel 14 as a display different from the message window. Further, the display of the above reason may be performed for the customer on the customer display unit 16.
Further, the above reason may be printed on the receipt issued in the closing process.
Since the reason is displayed or printed as described above, the clerk or the customer can confirm the reason why the refund or the shortage occurred, so that the accounting can be smoothly carried out.

Further, for example, after executing the tax exemption correspondence correction (first tax exemption correspondence search correction, second tax exemption correspondence search correction, third tax exemption correspondence search correction) by the POS register 3, the tax exemption correspondence correction is performed by the operation of the clerk. The reason for the occurrence may be input to the POS register 3.
As the input of the reason for occurrence of the tax exemption compatible search correction as described above, for example, a plurality of reasons prepared in advance are displayed as options, and an operation of selecting a reason determined to be applicable by a clerk from the displayed reasons is performed. It should be done. As an example, the reason why the first tax exemption compatible search correction occurs is that the clerk does not operate properly, or the passport is not presented.
The POS register 3 stores the input reason in association with the data of the transaction for which the correction has been performed. The data of the reason thus stored can be used as a reference when considering a measure for suppressing the occurrence of the tax exemption correspondence search correction, for example.

[Sixth Embodiment]
Subsequently, a sixth embodiment will be described. In the tax exemption system to which the present embodiment corresponds, one of the tax exemption application conditions includes a condition that “the total sales amount of the same store at the same store per day is equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption amount”. Be done.
Therefore, as described above, according to the third embodiment, in the POS register 3, the customer who has made the transaction this time has already received the tax exemption by performing the transaction of the minimum tax exemption amount or more at the same store on the day. Depending on the case, the accounting treatment of "effective tax exemption" is carried out. According to the receipt of the proof that you have already purchased more than the minimum tax exemption amount, the transaction is "tax exemption effective", even if this transaction is less than the minimum tax exemption amount. The POS register 3 is an accounting process performed by applying tax exemption for this transaction.

In the accounting process of “Effective tax exemption” of the third embodiment, it is premised that there is already a transaction to which the exemption is applied at the minimum tax exemption target amount or more. However, if the transaction that the non-resident had already performed was less than the minimum tax exemption amount, but if the sub-total amount of this transaction that the same non-resident tries to do at the same store on the same day is summed with the previous sub-total amount, In some cases, the tax exemption applicable amount will be met if the amount exceeds the minimum tax exemption amount.
Therefore, the POS register 3 of the present embodiment corresponds to the case where the transaction which is already under the lower limit tax exemption amount and the current transaction are connected and the tax exemption applicable condition is satisfied with the lower limit tax exemption amount being exceeded. Then, accounting processing (transaction consolidation-compatible accounting processing) is possible.

With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 41, an example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 3 of the present embodiment in relation to transaction consolidation correspondence accounting processing will be described together with a flow of operations performed by an operator.
Step S301: The operator performs, on the POS register 3, a registration operation of a purchased product corresponding to one transaction of a non-resident customer. In response to the product registration operation, the POS register 3 executes a product registration process.
Step S302: The operator performs the subtotal operation after completing the registration operation for all the products in this transaction. In response to the subtotal operation, the POS register 3 displays the small plan surface. On the small plan side, a list of items for each registered product, a subtotal amount, a taxable amount, a total tax amount, a total amount, and the like are displayed.

The customer of this transaction has already made a transaction at the store on that day. In addition, in this case, the sum of the subtotal amount of the current transaction and the subtotal amount of the transactions already performed on the day is equal to or more than the minimum tax exemption amount, and the tax exemption application condition is satisfied. Therefore, when the customer receives the accounting for this transaction, he gives the receipt of the previous transaction to the operator of the POS register 3 and, for example, this transaction and the transaction on the day of accounting have reached the minimum tax exemption amount or more. Offer tax exemption.
Here, there are cases where there are a plurality of transactions that the customer has already accounted for at the store on the day, and the sum of the subtotal amounts of these plurality of transactions is less than the lower limit tax exemption amount. In this case, the customer may give the operator a plurality of receipts corresponding to each of the plurality of transactions already made on the day.
In this case, the operator uses the receipt received from the customer to search for an account-processed transaction (consolidation target transaction) to be linked to the current transaction while the small plan surface is displayed. At this time, the operator performs an operation of, for example, instructing a search for a transaction to be linked (declaration operation to search for a transaction to be linked) to display the transaction search screen. Then, the operator scans the receipt bar code with the scanner unit 18 of the POS register 3 to retrieve information such as the business day, cashier number, receipt number, and total amount of money indicated in the read bar code. Enter as a key. Alternatively, the operator operates the key operation unit 15 to input a search key on the transaction search screen. Then, the POS register 3 executes the search process when the operator performs an operation for executing the search.
When receiving a plurality of receipts, the operator inputs a search key corresponding to each of the plurality of receipts. The POS register 3 in this case retrieves multiple transactions.
If the operator does not need to link the current transaction and the transaction that has already been processed on the day, the operator does not need to perform the above-described operation related to the search.

Step S303: Then, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the consolidation target transaction search declaration operation is performed under the condition that the small plan surface is displayed in step S302.

Step S304: When it is determined in step S303 that the consolidation target transaction search declaration operation has been performed, the POS register 3 displays the transaction search screen. The POS register 3 searches for transactions matching the search key input by the operator's operation while displaying the transaction search screen from among the transactions that have been processed for accounting. The transaction searched in this way is a transaction to be consolidated with this transaction. In step S304, as described above, when a search key corresponding to each of a plurality of transactions is input, it is possible to search for a plurality of transactions.

Step S305: When the consolidation target transaction is searched in step S304, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the total of the subtotal amounts of the retrieved consolidation target transactions is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount.

Step S306: When it is determined that the total of the subtotal amounts of the transactions to be consolidated is not less than the lower limit tax exemption amount (equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption amount), for this transaction, the subtotal amount in this transaction is the lower limit tax exemption target. Tax exemptions may be applied regardless of whether they are above or below the amount. Therefore, the POS register 3 in this case performs a settlement process in which tax exemption is applied to this transaction. In applying the tax exemption, the operator may perform an operation of instructing the tax exemption application by operating the tax exemption button BT10 (FIG. 28) and then perform the following operations related to settlement. Alternatively, the POS register 3 may set the tax exemption application for this transaction at the stage when it is determined in step S305 that the amount is equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption target amount. Even if the tax exemption application is once set in this way, when it is found that the tax exemption is not applied, for example, because the product of the transaction this time is not the tax exemption target article, the operator is exempt from the tax exemption button BT10. You can change the setting to apply tax exemption by operating.
Note that the process of step S306 can also be regarded as one mode of the accounting process of "valid tax exemption" in the third embodiment.

Step S307: When it is determined that the total of the subtotal amounts of the transactions to be consolidated is less than the lower limit tax exemption amount, the POS register 3 further performs the following determination. That is, the POS register 3 determines whether or not the consolidated subtotal amount obtained by adding the total of the subtotal amounts of the transactions to be consolidated and the total amount of the subtotals of the current transaction is equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption amount.

Step S308: When it is determined in step S307 that the consolidated subtotal amount is not equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption target amount (is less than the lower limit tax exemption target amount), tax exemption is not applied to this transaction. Therefore, the POS register 3 in this case performs settlement processing without applying tax exemption for this transaction. When the POS register 3 executes the settlement process without applying the tax exemption, the operator performs an operation for instructing the tax exemption non-application by operating the tax exemption button BT10 (FIG. 28), and then performs the following settlement related operations. You can do it like this. Alternatively, the POS register 3 may set tax exemption not to be applied to the current transaction when it is determined in step S307 that the amount is not equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption target amount.

Step S309: When it is determined in step S307 that the consolidated subtotal amount is equal to or more than the lower limit tax exemption amount, the tax exemption is applied to this transaction. Furthermore, the transactions subject to consolidation will be retroactively exempted from tax exemption.
Therefore, the POS register 3 in this case executes a settlement process corresponding to the tax-exempt applied consolidated transaction. That is, the POS register 3 calculates the total amount of tax exemption for this transaction. Further, the POS register 3 calculates the amount of refund (refund amount) to the customer, which is generated in response to the change from the tax exemption application to the tax exemption application for the consolidated transaction. After that, the POS register 3 carries out a settlement process in which the amount of money to be refunded is subtracted from the total amount of money calculated for this transaction as the amount of payment by the customer. Further, in this case, the POS register 3 changes the transaction data of the consolidation target transaction so as to reflect the change to the tax exemption application in the closing process according to the end of the settlement process.

In addition, in this embodiment, when it is determined in step S307 that the consolidated subtotal amount is less than the lower limit tax exemption amount, for example, the POS register 3 may output the following message.
That is, the POS register 3 calculates the difference between the consolidated subtotal amount and the lower limit tax exemption amount, and outputs a message notifying that the user will be exempted from tax if he/she purchases more than the calculated difference amount, by display or voice. You may do it. Specifically, if the calculated difference is 100 yen, the content of the message may be, "If you purchase 100 yen or more, you will be exempt from tax." In addition, when outputting a message by display, for example, the display unit with a touch panel 14 may be directed to a clerk, or the customer display unit 16 may be directed to a customer.
Further, the output of the message notifying the difference as described above may be performed not only under the consolidated transaction as in the present embodiment but also during a single transaction.
In addition, if the subtotal amount in a single transaction or in a consolidated transaction exceeds the tax exemption upper limit amount, a message to notify the clerk or customer that the tax exemption upper limit amount has been exceeded is displayed or output by voice. You may For example, when the subtotal amount exceeds the tax exemption upper limit amount of 1,000 yen, a message such as "The subtotal amount exceeds the tax exemption upper limit amount of 1000 yen" can be output.

In addition, the POS register 3 performs a process of comparing the presence or absence of tax exemption application with the subtotal amount of the transaction retrieved under the search correction so as to determine whether or not the transaction is erroneous with respect to the tax exemption application. You may Transactions that are erroneous with respect to tax exemption are transactions that are less than the minimum tax exemption amount but are not tax exempt, or those that are less than the minimum tax exemption amount but are tax exempt. ..
The POS register 3 may output a message notifying that the tax exemption application is incorrect when it is determined that the transaction has an error regarding the tax exemption application. For example, if it is determined that a transaction with an error in tax exemption application is a tax exemption application even if it is a subtotal amount equal to or more than the minimum tax exemption applicable amount, “Corrected search transaction is exempted” You can output a message such as "Yes." On the other hand, if it is determined that the transaction is tax exempt even though the total amount is less than the minimum tax exemption amount, the message "Searched transaction is not tax exempt. Please correct it." It can be a message.

In the fifth and sixth embodiments as well, applicable ones are applied from the first to eighth modified examples corresponding to the first to fourth embodiments. Good.

[Summary of Fifth Embodiment and Sixth Embodiment]
As described above, according to one aspect of the present embodiment, a transaction search unit that searches for a transaction for which an accounting process has been performed, and a tax exemption availability declaration that declares whether or not a tax exemption is applicable to a transaction searched by the transaction search unit. And a POS register 3 (commodity sales data processing device).
According to the above configuration, it is possible to search for transactions to be corrected from among transactions for which accounting processing has been performed, and set whether or not tax exemption can be applied to the retrieved transactions. As a result, it becomes possible to correct the change in whether or not the tax exemption can be applied to the transaction for which the accounting process is performed.

Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the POS register 3 described above, and the tax exemption applicability declaration means declares the tax exemption to be applied to a transaction for which accounting processing is performed without tax exemption being applied.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to correct the transaction for which the tax exemption is applied to the transaction for which the tax exemption is not applied.

Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the POS register 3 described above, and the tax exemption applicability declaration means declares cancellation of tax exemption application for a transaction for which tax exemption is applied and accounting processing is performed.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to correct the transaction for which the tax exemption is applied to the transaction for which the tax exemption is not applied.

Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the POS register 3 described above, and the tax exemption applicability declaring means cancels a part of the products registered in the transaction in which the tax exemption is applied and the accounting process is performed. Declare the exemption from tax exemption if the exemption conditions are no longer met.
According to the above configuration, regarding the transaction for which the tax exemption is applied and the accounting process is performed, the tax exemption application condition is satisfied when the cancellation of some products is corrected, for example, when some products are returned. If it is no longer applied, it can be corrected to an accounting treatment that does not apply tax exemption.

In addition, one aspect of the present embodiment is the POS register 3 described above, and in response to the change in the application of the tax exemption or the cancellation of the tax exemption made by the tax exemption applicable/unavailable declaration means for the searched transaction. Accounting processing means for recalculating the payment amount in the searched transaction and performing a settlement process according to the difference in the payment amount before and after the recalculation.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to calculate a refund to a customer or a deficit to be paid by the customer in response to a change to a tax exemption application or a change to a tax exemption cancellation for a transaction to be corrected.

Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the POS register 3 described above, and regarding whether the tax exemption applicable condition is satisfied when the transaction searched by the transaction search means and another transaction are put together as one transaction. It further comprises a consolidated transaction determination means for determining.
According to the above configuration, even if the tax exemption applicable conditions are not satisfied in individual transactions, the tax exemption is appropriately applied to the transactions in response to the case where the tax exemption applicable conditions are satisfied when these transactions are consolidated. It can be determined whether or not to be done.

Further, according to one aspect of the present embodiment, a computer is used as a tax exemption applicability declaration unit that declares whether or not tax exemption is applicable to a transaction search unit that searches for transactions for which an accounting process has been performed, and a transaction searched by the transaction search unit. It is a program to make it function.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments and includes a design and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... POS system, 3... POS register, 4... Store controller, 5... LAN, 11... CPU, 12... ROM, 13... RAM, 14... Touch panel display part, 14a... Touch panel, 15... Key operation part, 16... Display for customer, 17... Automatic change machine, 17a... Change outlet, 17b... Deposit slot, 18... Scanner section, 19... Printing section, 20... Communication section, 30... Drawer, 40... Label printer

Claims (12)

Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
For the transaction searched by the transaction search means, a tax exemption applicability declaration means for declaring whether tax exemption is applicable ,
The commodity sales data processing device, wherein the tax exemption applicability declaration means declares cancellation of tax exemption application for a transaction for which tax exemption is applied for accounting processing . Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
For the transaction searched by the transaction search means, a tax exemption applicability declaration means for declaring whether tax exemption is applicable,
The tax exemption applicability declaration means, when the tax exemption applicable conditions are no longer satisfied in response to the cancellation of some of the products registered in the transaction for which the tax exemption was applied and the accounting treatment was performed, declare the applicable cancellation of tax exemption
Merchandise sales data processing apparatus. The amount of payment in the searched transaction is recalculated and recalculated when the searched transaction is changed to the application of the tax exemption or the change to the cancellation of the tax exemption by the tax exemption applicability declaration means. The commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising an accounting processing unit configured to perform a settlement process according to a difference in payment amount between before and after recalculation. Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
With respect to the transaction searched by the transaction search means, a tax exemption applicability declaration means for declaring whether the tax exemption is applicable,
The tax exemption applicability declaration means declares the cancellation of the tax exemption application for a transaction for which accounting processing has been performed by applying the tax exemption.
Product sales data processing system. Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
With respect to the transaction searched by the transaction search means, a tax exemption applicability declaration means for declaring whether the tax exemption is applicable,
The tax exemption applicability declaration means, when the tax exemption applicable conditions are no longer satisfied in response to cancellation of a part of the products registered in the transaction for which tax exemption is applied and accounting processing is performed, Declare tax exemption
Product sales data processing system. The amount of payment in the searched transaction is recalculated and recalculated in response to the change to the application of the tax exemption or the cancellation of the tax exemption made by the tax exemption applicability declaration means for the searched transaction. It further comprises accounting processing means for performing settlement processing according to the difference in payment amount between before and after recalculation.
The product sales data processing system according to claim 4 or 5. A computer as a product sales data processing device ,
Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
A program for causing the transaction searched by the transaction search means to function as a tax exemption availability propriety declaring means for declaring whether tax exemption is applicable or not .
The tax exemption applicability declaration means is a program for declaring cancellation of tax exemption application for a transaction for which accounting processing is performed by applying tax exemption . A computer as a product sales data processing device,
Transaction search means for searching for transactions that have been accounted for,
A program for causing the transaction retrieved by the transaction retrieval means to function as a tax exemption availability propriety declaring means for declaring whether tax exemption is applicable or not.
The tax exemption applicability declaration means, when the tax exemption applicable conditions are no longer satisfied in response to cancellation of a part of the products registered in the transaction for which tax exemption is applied and accounting processing is performed, Declare tax exemption
program. A computer as the product sales data processing device,
The amount of payment in the searched transaction is recalculated and recalculated in response to the change to the application of the tax exemption or the cancellation of the tax exemption made by the tax exemption applicability declaration means for the searched transaction. In order to further function as an accounting processing means for performing settlement processing according to the difference in the amount of payment between before and after recalculation
The program according to claim 7. A transaction search step to search for transactions that have been accounted for,
Regarding the transaction searched by the transaction search step, a tax exemption applicable/unusable declaration step for declaring whether or not tax exemption is applicable,
In the tax exemption applicable/unclaimed step, the application of tax exemption is declared to be canceled for a transaction processed by applying tax exemption.
Product sales data processing method. A transaction search step to search for transactions that have been accounted for,
Regarding the transaction searched by the transaction search step, a tax exemption applicable/unusable declaration step for declaring whether or not tax exemption is applicable,
The tax exemption applicability declaration step, when the tax exemption applicable conditions are no longer satisfied in response to the cancellation of some of the products registered in the transaction for which tax exemption has been applied and accounting has been performed, Declare tax exemption
Product sales data processing method. The amount of payment in the searched transaction is recalculated and recalculated in response to the change to the application of the tax exemption or the change to the cancellation of the tax exemption made in the tax exemption applicability declaration step for the searched transaction. It further comprises an accounting process step for performing a settlement process according to the difference in the amount of payment between before and after recalculation.
The product sales data processing method according to claim 10.

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