KR20160143399A - Surtax refund method for foreigners - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a surtax refund method for foreigners, capable of conveniently receiving a refund of a surtax added when the foreigners make a purchase at a tax refund shop and allowing the foreigners to easily purchase articles domestically using the refund. According to a preferable embodiment of the present invention, the surtax refund method for the foreigners includes the steps of: transmitting payment information of a prepaid card to a prepaid card issuing company server by a payment terminal in a tax refund shop; transmitting refund information including transaction details and a refund amount to a refund enterprise server by the payment terminal in the tax refund shop if transaction is approved by the prepaid card issuing company server; transmitting the refund information to a refund broker server by the refund enterprise server; transmitting the refund information to the prepaid card issuing company server by the refund broker server; and charging a refund corresponding to the refund information into the prepaid card by the prepaid card issuing company server.

Description

{Surtax refund method for foreigners}

The present invention relates to a method for refunding a VAT for a foreigner, and more particularly, to a method for refunding a VAT which is added when a foreigner makes a purchase at a duty free shop, The present invention relates to a method for refunding a sales tax.

If foreign tourists purchase goods in Korea, they can receive a VAT refund at departure. According to the "VAT and Special Tax Exemption Regulations for Foreign Tourists", foreigners or overseas Koreans who bought goods at a sales shop designated by the National Tax Service, such as a department store, which is a tax-exempt duty free shop in addition to the duty free shop, It is institutionalized so that it can receive a refund immediately before departing from the tax refund counter.

However, according to the current procedure, when a foreign tourist desires to receive a refund, he or she must receive and keep the refund slip for each purchase at the after-tax-free shop, and must submit it to the refund counter upon confirmation of the customs at the time of departure. However, it is very troublesome to receive the refund slip every time, to keep it and to get the customs clearance again, and if the refund slip is lost or damaged, it is necessary to reissue it. Or refunds become impossible.

Therefore, inventions for solving such inconvenience have been proposed. For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-89769 discloses an apparatus and method for automatically determining whether or not a tax refund target related to a credit card transaction is subject to a credit card transaction, It is only calculating the tax refund automatically.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-106875 proposes a refund slip, a refund operation method and system that can automatically calculate a refund slip including a credit card sales slip function of a post-tax exemption system for foreign tourists and output it through a terminal However, there still exists the inconvenience that foreign tourists need to obtain and keep a refund slip at the duty free shop.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Registration No. 10-0757398, when a foreigner purchases an article at a duty free shop in order to solve such inconvenience, a refund slip describing the details of a VAT that can be refunded is not separately issued, When a foreign tourist desires to receive a refund, a method of collectively outputting the refund details through a dedicated device has been proposed. However, even in this case, foreign tourists have to go through a procedure of refunding the VAT by using a dedicated device. Therefore, it is necessary to go back to the place where the dedicated device is installed and to process the refund. Also, in the season when foreign tourists are driven, And the need to stand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of refunding a VAT for a foreigner who does not need to take a refund procedure at a refund exclusive machine or a refund window. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method by which foreigners can more easily use the refunded amount in Korea.

A method for refunding a VAT for a foreigner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: a step of delivering payment information by a prepaid card to a prepaid card issuing company server at a payment terminal of a duty free shop; And the refund information including the refund amount is transmitted to the reimbursement company server at the post-duty-free shop, and the refund information is transmitted to the refund agent server by the refund agency server, To the card issuing company server, and charging the prepaid card with a refund amount corresponding to the refund information by the prepaid card issuing company server.

When the prepaid card issuing company server sends the card payment to the account linked to the payment terminal of the after-tax duty free shop, the prepaid card issuer server sends the refund amount to the limit payment amount. When the refund provider server is notified of the result of the goods withdrawal confirmation from the customs server, the refund agent server delivers the result of the goods withdrawal confirmation to the prepaid card issuing company server. The prepaid card issuing company server, after charging the refund amount The charge amount of the prepaid card is deducted by the refund amount with respect to the settlement case where the result of the goods carry-out confirmation is not delivered within the predetermined period.

According to the present invention, when an article is purchased using a dedicated prepaid card, the additional tax refund amount is transferred to the corresponding prepaid card, so that it is not necessary to perform a separate refund procedure using the refund window or the refund exclusive apparatus.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining how a foreign tourist uses a prepaid card issued according to the present invention at a domestic merchant.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method of automatic VAT refund according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart for explaining a prepaid card issuance, payment, and sales tax refund procedure.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining how a foreign tourist uses a prepaid card issued according to the present invention at a domestic merchant.

The prepaid card 70 of the present invention is issued by a prepaid card issuer in the domestic market, and information on the prepaid card 70 is stored in the prepaid card issuer server 30. In addition, the prepaid card 70 is linked to an overseas card 50 (overseas credit card, overseas prepaid card, etc.) issued by an overseas credit card company or an overseas bank account, and the information on the foreign card / And is stored in the server 60.

Foreign tourists can use the prepaid card (70) at domestic merchants. When the prepaid card 70 is used, the domestic merchant terminal 40 transmits information on the prepaid card read from the prepaid card 70 and information on the purchase amount to the prepaid card issuing server 30. The prepaid card issuing company server 30 transmits the received payment information to the international brand credit card company server 20 such as Visa, MasterCard or the like or the overseas credit card company server 10 to acquire approval for use of the card. When the card use approval is lowered, the prepaid card issuing company server 30 makes payment approval to the domestic merchant terminal 40 and purchases the goods / services. On the other hand, the prepaid card issuing company server subtracts the charged amount of the prepaid card 70 by the payment amount.

As described above, the prepaid card 70 is associated with the overseas card 50 or an overseas bank account. If the prepaid card 70 needs to be charged, the intermediary server 60 automatically charges a predetermined amount of money from the overseas card or the overseas bank account to the prepaid card. In some embodiments, the prepaid card may be charged according to the user's request.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method of automatic VAT refund according to the present invention.

If foreign tourists purchase goods at a duty free shop, tax refund is possible. When payment is made using the prepaid card 70 at the duty free shop, the merchant terminal 40 of the duty free shop transmits the payment information to the refund provider server 80. The refund provider server (80) transmits information on the refund amount to the broker server (60). The broker server 60 for refunding may be the same server as the broker server in Fig. 1, or may be a separate server. The intermediary server 60 notifies the prepaid card issuing company server 30 of the received information. Then, the prepaid card issuing company server 30 charges the corresponding prepaid card 70 by the refund amount.

Foreign tourists can use the charged amount directly at domestic merchants. The prepaid card issuing company server 30 remits the refund amount to the account payment amount transferred to the account linked to the merchant terminal 40 at the duty free shop. At this time, the commission is further reduced, but in the following description, the description of the commission in the issuer and the broker is omitted for simplicity of explanation.

On the other hand, if the price of the goods to be refunded VAT is more than the prescribed price stipulated by the law, foreign tourists should get confirmation of taking out the goods when leaving the country. The customs house stores the information on the checked-out article in the customs clearance server, and the customs clearance server notifies the refunding company server 80 of the result of the goods carry-out confirmation. The refund provider server 80 delivers the notified information to the broker server 60, and the broker server 60 delivers the received goods export confirmation result to the prepaid card issuing company server 30. [ On the other hand, the prepaid card issuing company server 30 deducts the charge amount of the prepaid card by the amount of the refund for the settlement cases in which the result of the goods carry-out confirmation is not delivered within a predetermined period after the refund amount is filled, If the refund is canceled due to a failure to do so, the refund will be refunded.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a prepaid card issuance, payment, and sales tax refund procedure.

The prepaid card issuer issues a prepaid card, and the prepaid card distributor or prepaid card distributor distributes it to foreign tourists. Foreign tourists who receive the prepaid card will link this prepaid card to their existing overseas card or bank account and register their passport number in connection with the prepaid card. The prepaid card issuer or prepaid card broker confirms whether the card is the same or not, and if it is correct, notifies the prepaid card issuer server of the information, and the prepaid card issuer server activates the prepaid card.

When a foreign tourist makes payment at a duty free shop using a prepaid card, the payment terminal of the prepaid card delivers the payment information to the prepaid card issuing company server, and the prepaid card issuing server receives the payment amount Approve the prepaid card transaction. If the amount of the charge is insufficient, a predetermined amount is paid or received from the affiliated overseas credit card company or the overseas bank to charge the prepaid card, and the transaction approval is given.

If the transaction is approved by the prepaid card issuing company server, the payment terminal of the after-tax duty free shop sends the refund information including the transaction details (card information, item information) and the refund amount (or payment amount) Lt; / RTI > The refund provider server transmits the refund information to the refund broker server, and the refund broker server transmits the refund information to the prepaid card issuer server. The prepaid card issuing company server charges the refund amount according to the refund information to the prepaid card to receive the additional tax refund. Such refund information is transmitted from the refund broker server through the refund provider server or directly from the refund broker server or the refund provider server to the customs server so that the notification about the refund of the surcharge is made. Meanwhile, depending on the embodiment, the refund provider server and the refund broker server may be constituted by the same server. On the other hand, the payment amount is deducted from the amount charged to the prepaid card. The prepaid card issuer server transfers the credit amount to the account linked to the payment terminal of the duty free shop at a later date.

Foreign tourists are required to confirm the export of goods when returning to the country of departure when the price of the goods to be refunded is above the prescribed price stipulated by law. When the refund provider server is notified of the result of the goods carry-out confirmation from the customs server, it delivers it to the refund broker server, and the refund broker server delivers the received goods carry-out confirmation result to the prepaid card issuer server.

If foreign tourists do not check out the goods while leaving the country, the result of confirming the removal of the foreign currency from customs does not come. Accordingly, the prepaid card issuer server returns the refund amount by subtracting the refund amount of the prepaid card from the payment amount that has not been transmitted within the predetermined period after the refill amount is charged, to the payment amount that has not been delivered.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a semiconductor recording medium, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

Furthermore, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "having" described above mean that a component can be implanted unless otherwise specifically stated, But should be construed as including other elements.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10 overseas card company server,
20 international brand credit card server,
30 prepaid card issuer server,
40 Domestic merchant terminal,
50 overseas cards,
60 Broker server,
70 prepaid card,
80 Rebate provider server.

Claims (3)

Transmitting payment information by the prepaid card to the prepaid card issuing company server after the payment terminal of the duty-
If the transaction is approved by the prepaid card issuer server, transmitting the refund information including the transaction details and the refund amount to the refund provider server at the post-duty-
Transmitting the refund information to the refund broker server by the refund provider server;
The refund agent server transmitting the refund information to the prepaid card issuing company server,
And prepaid card issuer server charging the prepaid card with a refund amount corresponding to the refund information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the prepaid card issuing company server transmits the credit amount to the account linked to the payment terminal of the after-tax duty free shop. 3. The method of claim 2,
When the refund provider server is informed of the result of the goods withdrawal confirmation from the customs server, the refund agent server delivers the result of the goods withdrawal confirmation to the refund broker server,
Wherein the prepaid card issuing company server subtracts the amount of the prepaid card from the amount of the prepaid card to the amount of the refund when the check result is not delivered within a predetermined period of time after the refund amount is charged.

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