KR20170034120A - Server and method for automating tax refund customs declaration process - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tax refund customs declaration automation method and a server performing the same. The tax refund customs declaration automation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving at least one among card information, passport information, product price information, and product information from an affiliated store terminal; generating refund tag information based on the passport information, the product price information, and the product information, and transferring the refund tag information to the affiliated store terminal; transferring a tax refund permission request for the product to a customs server; and receiving the result of the tax refund permission request from the customs server having acquired the product information through a customs scanner recognizing the refund tag.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a tax re-fund customs declaration automation method,

The present invention relates to a tax re-fund customs declaration automation method and a server for performing the tax re-fund customs declaration. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tax re- And how to automate reporting.

The tax refund service is a system for refunding the VAT included in the price of the goods, under the condition that the goods purchased in the country visited for travel are taken to the country without using it locally.

Currently, in order for a traveler to receive a tax refund service, it is necessary to confirm whether the visited store is a tax re-fund merchant, present a passport to the clerk after purchase, and request a tax refund document issuance. In addition, tax refunds could be obtained at the tax refund vendors' offices when tax refunds were confirmed to the customs officers at the airport when leaving the country.

Recently, technologies for improving the tax re-fund method have been actively developed, and technologies for automating the tax re-fund process using a server for managing tax re-fund information and a tax re-fund related application installed in a user terminal Developed. However, even with these technologies, it was difficult to automate the way of receiving tax refund target goods from customs, and it was not possible to prevent the time delay in the customs confirmation step.

In addition, it has to be confirmed that the tax refund travelers did not use the goods purchased in the visiting country in order to provide tax re-fund services.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art.

It is an object of the present invention to automate a method for identifying tax re-funded items in customs at airports in providing tax re-fund services.

It is an object of the present invention to securely assure that, in providing a tax re-fund service, an article to be subjected to a tax re-fund has not been used in the country of purchase.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method of automating customs declaration reporting by a tax re-fund management server, comprising the steps of: receiving card information, passport information, article price information, Receiving at least one of them; Generating refund tag information based on the passport information, the item price information, and the item information and transmitting the refund tag information to the franchisee terminal; Sending a tax refund authorization request to the customs server for the article; And receiving a tax refund permission request result from the customs server that has obtained the information on the article through the customs scanner recognizing the refund tag, .

The tax re-fund management server may further include a step of providing a tax re-fund amount through the card information after receiving the tax re-fund approval request result from the customs server.

The method of automatically performing customs declaration of a tax re-fund management server comprises: receiving a card number for refund from a user after receiving a tax re-funding permission request result from the customs server; And providing the tax re-fund amount using the refund card number.

The refill tag may be attached to the article to be sealed, attached to the entrance of the seal, and attached so as to break when the seal is released.

The customs server obtains the article information through one of a plurality of return tags attached to the sealing of the article and includes a function of refusing to provide a tax refund service when any one of the return tags is determined to be damaged .

The method of automatically performing customs declaration of the tax re-fund management server may include transmitting a tax re-fund permission request result to a user terminal corresponding to the passport information, after receiving the tax re-fund permission request result from the customs server .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tax re-fund management server for automating customs declaration for a tax re-fund, the system comprising: card information, passport information, A refund document issuance request receiving unit for receiving at least one of item information; A refund tag information generating unit for generating refund tag information based on the passport information, the item price information, and the item information and transmitting the refund tag information to the franchise terminal; A tax re-fund authorization request unit for transmitting a tax re-fund authorization request for the goods to the customs server; And a tax re-fund authorization request result receiving unit for receiving a tax re-fund authorization request result from the customs server that has obtained information on the article through a customs scanner recognizing the refund tag.

The tax re-fund management server may further include a tax re-fund amount providing unit for providing a tax re-fund amount through the card information.

The tax re-fund management server may further include a tax re-fund amount providing unit for receiving the credit card number from the user and providing the tax re-fund amount using the received credit card number.

The refill tag may be attached to the article to be sealed, attached to the entrance of the seal, and attached so as to break when the seal is released.

The customs server obtains the article information through one of a plurality of return tags attached to the sealing of the article and includes a function of refusing to provide a tax refund service when any one of the return tags is determined to be damaged .

The tax re-fund management server may further include an application management unit for transmitting a tax re-fund grant request result to a user terminal corresponding to the passport information.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a large scanner at an airport customs office can acquire article information via a refund tag attached to tax refund items, thereby automating the article customization of the airport customs for tax refund services have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an article to be a tax re-fund is sealed, a refill tag is attached to a seal entrance, and when the seal is released, the refund tag is damaged and the refund tag is excluded from a tax re- In the case of providing a tax refund service, it is possible to guarantee the unopened goods.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a tax refund service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a tax re-fund management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a tax re-fund service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a tax re-fund service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

In the present specification, the term "tax refund" refers to a system for refunding the VAT included in the price of a product, provided that the goods purchased in the foreign country visited for travel purposes are not used locally but are taken home it means.

In the present specification, a tax re-fund may be made in the form of a post-tax exemption, in which the user pays a price including a tax such as a value added tax or an individual excise tax when purchasing the commodity, and then refunds the amount corresponding to the tax included in the commodity price.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a tax refund service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

The system for providing a tax refund service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a user terminal 100, an affiliate terminal 200, a tax re-fund management server 300, and a customs server 400.

According to one embodiment, a foreign tourist who visits a domestic country can receive a tax re-fund automation service by subscribing to a tax re-fund automation service through his / her user terminal 100, which is installed on the user terminal 100 May be provided through a tax re-fund application, and the user terminal 100 may be provided with the service by accessing the mobile web provided by the tax re-fund management server 300. [

The user terminal 100 used by foreign tourists to receive the tax refund automation service can be managed by a tax re-fund management system such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a portable multimedia player (PMP) Based wireless communication device capable of being connected to the server 300. In addition to the above, it is also possible to use a network such as IPTV including a desktop PC, a tablet PC, a laptop PC, and a set- And a communication device that can be connected to the tax re-fund management server 300.

According to one embodiment, the operation of the user terminal 100 disclosed herein may be performed through a tax refund application installed on the terminal. The above-mentioned tax re-fund application may be installed by downloading from the tax re-fund management server 300 by the user terminal 100. The tax re-fund application may be registered in a separate application store, Or may be installed in the terminal 100.

According to another embodiment, the foreign tourist can receive the tax refund automation service without using the user terminal 100. In this case, the foreign tourist purchases the article to be the object of the tax fund, You can get tax refund automation services by providing your passport number. You can get a tax refund amount refund at the time of purchase or at a later time by entering your card number.

When foreign tourists receive a tax refund automation service using the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 receives an application for a tax refund automation service from a foreign tourist and transmits it to the tax re-fund management server 300, Lt; / RTI > The user terminal 100 may receive passport information, card information, a stay period, and the like from a foreign tourist to apply for a tax refund automation service.

The merchant terminal 200 is a terminal managed by an affiliate store that sells goods subject to a tax re-fund, and may include various functions for a tax re-fund together with functions of a general payment terminal.

According to one embodiment, the merchant terminal 200 may include a passport scanner function. The merchant terminal 200 can receive passport information of a foreigner purchasing goods from an affiliated store through a passport scanner function. There is a separate passport scanner connected to the merchant terminal 200, And may receive scanned passport information. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the franchise terminal 200 includes a passport scanner function, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment, the merchant terminal 200 may include a refund tag issuing function. The return tag can be issued in the form of a stub. Stub means a sticky paper including any one of a bar code, a QR code, and an RFID tag. Information on the bar code, QR code, RFID tag and the like is used by the customs scanner to acquire tax re-fund information . In this case, the refund tag issuer can receive a bar code, a QR code, and information related to a tax re-fund to be included in the RFID tag, from the merchant terminal 200 Lt; / RTI > Hereinafter, the refund tag issuing function is included in the merchant terminal 200 for convenience of explanation, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this.

The information about the tax rebuffer which is contained in the barcode, QR code, and RFID tag included in the return tag may include price information of the goods purchased by foreign tourists, item information of the goods, passport information of foreign tourists, and the like.

The merchant terminal 200 may transmit a payment approval request and a refund sheet issuance request to the tax re-fund management server 300. [

The merchant terminal 200 acquires the card information of the foreign tourist through the magnetic and IC chips included in the card and transmits the card information and the price information of the goods to the tax re-fund management server 300 operated by the card company And request payment approval. Communication between the merchant terminal 200 and the tax re-fund management server 300 may be performed through a separate VAN company.

The merchant terminal 200 may transmit the price information, the item information, and the passport information of the purchase item together with the request to issue the refund sheet to the tax re-fund management server 300. [

When a foreign tourist purchases an item with a card, the merchant terminal 200 can transmit the payment approval request and the refund sheet issuance request together to the tax re-fund management server 300. In the case of purchasing the item by cash, Only the issuance request can be transmitted to the tax re-fund management server 300.

The merchant terminal 200 may receive a response to the payment approval request from the tax re-fund management server 300. [ When payment approval is normally performed, the merchant terminal 200 may issue a receipt for the payment, and may display a payment failure message on the display unit of the merchant terminal 200 if the payment approval is denied.

The merchant terminal 200 may receive a response to the refund slip request from the tax re-fund management server 300. [ When the refill slip issuance request is approved, the franchise terminal 200 can receive the refund tag information from the tax re-fund management server 300 and issue the refund tag including the refund tag information. The return tag is a type of stub, and may include a bar code, a QR code, an RFID tag, and the like.

If the request for issuing the refund slip is rejected, the franchise terminal 200 receives the reason for refusing issuance of the refund slip from the tax re-fund management server 300 and displays it on the display unit.

In the case where a refund tag is generated through the merchant terminal 200, the goods purchased by the foreign tourist can be packed in a transparent wrapping paper or plastic container at the merchant's shop, and such wrapping can be performed in the form of a seal. According to one embodiment, the merchant terminal 200 may generate a plurality of identical refund tags for one sealed packaged article. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, when the merchant terminal 200 generates a plurality of return tags for one article, it is assumed that the number is two, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

One of the refund tags generated by the merchant terminal 200 is attached to the entrance of the sealed package and can be attached so that the refill tag is damaged when the seal is released. Also, the other one of the return tags can be attached to the return tag attached to the sealing inlet at a distance, and can be attached to a position where damage will not occur even when the seal is released.

The tax re-fund management server 300 may be a server operated by a domestic card company, and the domestic card company may be a company entrusted with a tax re-fund business from the government.

The tax refund management server 300 can receive the tax refund automation service subscription request from the user terminal 100. In this case, the tax refund management server 300 receives the passport information, the card information and the residence period information from the user terminal 100, And may be stored in the fund management server 300. In this case, the tax re-fund management server 300, based on the registered card information, issues a reimbursement based on passport information associated with the card when a foreign tourist who has applied for the Tax Refund Automation Service purchase purchases the card through the card Tag information can be generated and transmitted to the affiliate shop terminal 200.

The tax re-fund management server 300 may allow a foreign tourist to access the user terminal 100 through a tax re-fund application installed in the user terminal 100 or a tax re-fund related web page managed by the tax re- It is possible to subscribe to Tax Re-fund Automation Service and to search for information on the franchisees where foreign tourists can receive tax re- fund automation services based on location-based and industry-based information. In addition, the tax re-fund management server 300 provides a function of allowing a foreign tourist who subscribes to the tax refund automation service to view the details of his tax re-fund through a tax re-fund application or a web page related to the tax re- can do.

The tax re-fund management server 300 may receive a payment approval request and a refund slip issuance request from the merchant terminal 200. When the tax re-fund management server 300 receives the payment approval request, it receives the card information and the article price information, and determines whether the payment can be made for the price corresponding to the article price through the card, If it is determined that the balance in the linked account is sufficient to settle the amount or that the amount of money can be paid through the credit of the card, payment approval for the article is performed in the server, (200). On the contrary, if the tax refund management server 300 determines that the card can not pay the commodity amount, the tax refund management server 300 can transmit a payment rejection result to the merchant terminal 200.

The tax re-fund management server 300 can perform settlement approval on its own, but may perform settlement approval through a separate settlement server (not shown). In this case, the tax re-fund management server 300 may transmit a settlement approval request to the settlement server and receive the settlement approval result.

The tax refund management server 300 may receive a refund slip request from the merchant terminal 200. Requests for reimbursement slips may include items for which you wish to receive a tax refund, the price of the item, and passport information for foreign tourists who will be provided with tax refund services.

The tax re-fund management server 300 can confirm whether or not the article subject to the request for issuance of the refund slip is an article that can receive the tax refund service through the price of the article and the item. In more detail, the tax re-fund management server 300 can determine whether the corresponding item corresponds to the tax refund-offered item through the item information of the purchased item. If the sum of the purchased goods purchased at one merchant The tax re-funding service can be judged whether the service is provided through the amount exceeding the predetermined amount. In addition, the tax re-fund management server 300 can confirm whether the customer is a customer who can use the duty-free shop based on the passport information, and based on the identification information of the merchant terminal 200 that transmitted the request for issuing the refund sheet, 200) is designated as a tax refund merchant, it is possible to judge whether or not a tax refund service is provided.

When the tax refund management server 300 receives the request to issue a refund slip and determines that it is possible to provide a tax refund service for the requested goods through the above process, the tax refund management server 300 generates refund tag information, (200). According to one embodiment, the refund tag information may include price information of an article, item information, passport information, and the like. According to another embodiment, the tax refund management server 300 generates refund tag information such as a tag number , The generated tag number may be matched with the price information of the article, the item information, the passport information, etc., stored in the server, and the refund tag information including only the tag number may be transmitted to the franchised terminal 200.

The tax re-fund management server 300 may transmit a tax refund permission request to the customs clearance server 400 for the items that generated the refund tag information in response to the refund sheet issuance request. The tax re-fund management server 300 may receive approval or rejection information on the goods that have requested the tax re-fund approval from the customs server 400 after the purchaser of the goods has reported the goods in the customs.

The tax re-fund management server 300 may receive an approval for a tax refund permission request for specific items from the customs server 400 and then provide a tax refund amount for the corresponding item.

According to one embodiment, when a foreign tourist subscribes to a tax refund automation service through the user terminal 100, the tax re-fund management server 300 may provide an account to the account associated with the card used by the foreign tourist when purchasing the goods, It is possible to carry out deposit processing of the re-fund amount.

According to another embodiment, when a foreign tourist does not subscribe to the tax refund automation service, the foreign tourist can search for his / her passport number on a separate channel and input the card number for refund, The fund management server 300 can perform the deposit processing of the tax re-fund amount into the account linked with the received refund card number.

The customs server 400 determines whether a tax refund fund is available for the goods through the seal state of the goods when the foreign tourists intend to take out the goods that they intend to purchase from the domestic market and receive the tax fund Can be performed.

To this end, the customs server 400 may be connected to a customs scanner, which can obtain the information contained in the refill tag by recognizing the refill tag attached to the entrance of the sealed article. According to one embodiment, the refund tag includes price information of the commodity, item information, passport information, and the like, so that the customs server 400 can obtain the information from the customs scanner recognizing the refund tag. According to another embodiment, the refund tag includes only information such as the tag number, and the customs server 400 acquires the tag number through the customs scanner and then transmits the tag number to the tag re- Price information of the article corresponding to the number, item information, passport information, and the like.

The customs scanner connected to the customs server 400 recognizes the refund tag located at the entrance of the sealed package and places the automatic customs declaration on the goods when foreign tourists purchase the sealed items on the conveyor belt have.

According to one embodiment, two refill tags may be attached to the exterior of the sealed article, and the customs server 400 may provide a refund to the tax refund services for that item only if the customs scanner recognizes both refill tags You may approve the offer.

If the article is unsealed and thus the return tag attached to the seal opening is damaged, the customs scanner may not recognize the damaged return tag and only the other return tag that is not damaged can be recognized. The customs clearance server 400 can identify the article in the seal through the information contained in the undamaged return tag, and since only one of the return tags is recognized, it is determined that the other return tag is damaged, We can refuse to provide Korean tax re-fund services. In such a case, the foreign tourist who purchased the goods may not receive the VAT refund for the damaged goods of the sealed return tag.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a tax re-fund management server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the tax re-fund management server 300 includes a reimbursement bill issuance request reception unit 310, a reimbursement tag information generation unit 320, a tax re-fund authorization request unit 330, a tax re- A tax re-fund amount providing unit 350, an application managing unit 360, a control unit 370, and a communication unit 380. [

According to one embodiment, the refund sheet issuance request receiving unit 310 can receive a refund sheet issuance request from the merchant terminal 200. [ In the tax refund management server 300, a refund sheet issuance request reception unit 310 (refer to FIG. 3) may be provided in the refund issuance request transmitted by the merchant terminal 200, (Not shown), and the payment processing unit can approve or reject the payment for the article through the card information and the price information of the article. According to another embodiment, when a foreign tourist performs settlement through a card, the tax re-fund management server 300 may process the settlement through communication with a separate settlement server (not shown) managed by the card company.

The refund tag information generating unit 320 may generate refund tag information based on the passport information, the item price information, and the item information received by the refund sheet issuance request receiving unit 310. [

The refund tag information generating unit 320 generates refund tag information and transmits the refund tag information to the franchise terminal 200 so that the refund tag information can be refunded in the form of a bar code, a QR code, an RFID tag, or the like based on the refund tag information received by the franchise terminal 200 Tag can be generated. When the refund tag is generated in the form of a bar code or a QR code, the refund tag information generator 320 may generate information on the bar code or QR code pattern and transmit it to the merchant terminal 200. According to another embodiment The merchant terminal 200 may generate a barcode or QR code pattern based on the refund tag information including passport information, article price information, item information, and the like.

According to one embodiment, the refund tag information generated by the refund tag information generating unit 320 may include passport information, article price information, item information, and the like. According to another embodiment, the refund tag information generating unit 320 generates a refund tag number corresponding to the passport information, the item price information, the item information, and the like, stores such information in the tax refund management server 300, Only the tag number may be transmitted to the merchant terminal 200 so that the refund tag generated by the merchant terminal 200 may include only the refund tag number information. In this case, when the customs server 400 acquires the refund tag number through the customs scanner, the customs server 400 transmits the refund tag number to the tax re-fund management server 300 so that the tax refund management server 300 receives the refund tag number Price information, item information, passport information, and the like.

The tax refund permission requesting unit 330 may transmit a tax refund permission request to the customs clearance server 400 for the article in which the refund tag information generating unit 320 generates the refund tag information. The result of the tax refund permission request transmitted from the tax re-fund permission requesting unit 330 is that the foreign tourist who purchased the relevant article to be a tax refund target at a later time is notified from the customs server 400 .

The tax re-fund authorization request receiving unit 340 may receive the result of the tax re-fund authorization request from the customs server 400. The customs clearance server 400 can obtain the price information of the sealed article, the item information, and the passport information of the foreign tourist purchasing the sealed article through the customs scanner recognizing the refill tag attached to the sealed article, To approve or reject a Tax Referee Permit request for the item. The customs clearance server 400 may transmit the approval or rejection result to the tax re-fund permission request result reception unit 340. The tax re-fund permission request result reception unit 340 receives such information and transmits the tax re- The providing unit 350, the application managing unit 360, and the like can perform their roles.

In the case where a tax re-fund amount providing unit 350 is provided with a tax re-fund service in a post-tax exemption form, the tax re-fund permission request receiving unit 340 may receive the tax re- , Tax refunds such as VAT or individual excise tax attached to the goods may be carried out.

According to one embodiment, the tax re-fund amount providing unit 350 registers a card number of a foreign tourist in advance of joining a tax re-fund service, and when a payment is made at the merchant through the card, Based on the card number information received by the request receiving unit 310, the amount to be provided as a tax re-fund to an account linked to the card.

According to another embodiment, when a foreign tourist purchases an item at a merchant by presenting his / her passport information, a tax re-fund amount providing unit 350 receives a refund card number from a foreign tourist through a separate channel , You can deposit the amount of the tax refund fund in the account linked with the received refund card number.

The application management unit 360 can provide various functions related to the tax re-fund to foreign tourists through a tax re-fund application installed on the user terminal 100 used by foreign tourists.

The application management unit 360 may enable foreign tourists to subscribe to the tax re-fund automation service by inputting their name, passport information, card number, stay information, etc., and the tax re-fund permission request result receiving unit 340 Upon receiving the tax rebate approval or rejection result for a specific item from the customs server 400, it can transmit it to the user terminal 100.

The application management unit 360 can be configured to allow the foreign visitor to purchase the item purchased through the tax re-fund through the user terminal 100, the purchase price, the purchase date, the amount refunded through the tax refund service, If the refund amount is refused, you can check the reasons. In addition, the application management unit 360 may provide the foreign tourist with a function of searching the list of the merchants for which the tax refund service is provided based on the location basis, industry type, and the like.

The control unit 370 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a reimbursement bill issuance request receiving unit 310, a reimbursement tag information generating unit 320, a tax re-fund permitting request unit 330, a tax re- fund permission request receiving unit 340, The application management unit 360, and the communication unit 380 of the re-fund amount providing unit 350, the re-fund amount providing unit 350, That is, the control unit 370 according to the present invention includes a reimbursement bill issuance request reception unit 310, a reimbursement tag information generation unit 320, a tax re-fund permission request unit 330, a tax re- fund permission request result reception unit 340, The tax re-fund amount providing unit 350, the application managing unit 360, and the communication unit 380, respectively.

The communication unit 380 according to one embodiment enables communication between the tax re-fund management server 300 and an external device. Specifically, the tax re-fund management server 300 can perform communication with the user terminal 100, the affiliate shop terminal 200, and the customs server 400.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a tax re-fund service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, a tax re-fund service is provided in the form of a post-tax exemption, and a foreign tourist subscribes to a tax re-fund automation service through his or her own user terminal 100 and a tax re- Can receive.

Referring to FIG. 3, a foreign tourist may subscribe to a tax re-fund automation service through the user terminal 100 (S301). This process may be performed through a tax re-fund application installed in the user terminal 100 or may be performed by accessing a web page managed by the user terminal 100 by the tax re- fund management server 300. [ The information input at the time of tax refund automation service subscription may be user name, passport information, card information, period of stay, etc. In order to subscribe to the tax refund automation service, an additional authentication process such as e-mail authentication or mobile phone authentication may be required.

Thereafter, when an overseas tourist purchases an item at an agent supporting the tax re-fund service, the agent terminal 200 subscribes to the tax re-fund automation service and performs settlement using the card into which the information is input, It may transmit the request for issuing the reimbursement slip to the tax re-fund management server 300 (S303). At this time, the payment approval request and the refund slip issuance request may include card information, price information of the article, item information of the article, and the like. Since the passport information and other user information matching the payment card information are stored in the tax re-fund management server 300 at the time of subscription to the Tax Re-fund Automation service, the tax re-fund management server 300 transmits passport information to the affiliate terminal 200).

Upon receipt of the payment approval request and the refund slip issuance request, the tax re-fund management server 300 determines whether to approve or reject the payment approval request, and generates the refund tag information according to the refill slip issuance request (S305). Thereafter, the tax re-fund management server 300 may transmit the payment approval information and the refund tag information to the affiliate shop terminal 200 (S307).

When the settlement is successfully approved, the merchant terminal 200 can generate the refund tag based on the refund tag information received from the tax refund management server 300 (S309). The merchant may seal the items purchased by foreign tourists and attach a refill tag to the entrance of the enclosure to damage the refill tag when the seal is released. Further, the refill tag can be additionally attached at a position where the refill tag is not damaged at the time of unsealing.

The tax re-fund management server 300 transmits the information of the target article that generated the refund tag information to the customs server 400, and may transmit a tax refund permission request for the relevant commodity together (S311).

Thereafter, when the foreign tourist makes a purchase to the large scanner of the customs house located at the airport to identify the article that the sealant has purchased, the large scanner can recognize the return tag and obtain information about the object to be refunded. The customs clearance server 400 determines whether or not the tax refund service can be applied through the price information of the article, the item information, the passport information of the purchaser of the article, etc. (S313), and the tax re- The result of the request can be transmitted (S315).

The tax re-fund management server 300 may transmit the tax refund permission request result received from the customs server 400 to the user terminal 100 (S317). If the tax re-fund authorization request is denied, the tax re-fund management server 300 may transmit the reject reason together to the user terminal 100.

When the tax re-fund management server 300 receives the tax re-fund approval approval from the customs server 400, the tax re-fund management server 300 calculates the amount of the tax such as the VAT or the individual excise tax added to the article, (S319). Such a refund process may be performed through a card number registered in the tax re-fund management server 300 by a foreign tourist through a tax re-fund application of the user terminal 100 when applying for the tax re-fund automation service.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a tax re-fund service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, a tax refund service is provided in the form of a post-tax exemption, and foreign tourists purchase goods at a merchant providing a tax refund service through cash or a card, enter the refund card information at a later time, Can receive. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, it is assumed that a foreign tourist purchases an item in cash.

Referring to FIG. 4, foreign tourists can pay cash and purchase goods at a service provider providing a tax re-fund service. At this time, the foreign tourist can present his / her passport so that the franchise terminal 200 recognizes the passport information. The merchant terminal 200 can transmit a request for issuing a refund slip sheet including the price information of the article, the item information, and the passport information of the foreign tourist to the tax re-fund management server 300 (S401).

The tax re-fund management server 300 can generate the refund tag information according to the refund sheet issuance request (S403). According to one embodiment, the refund tag information may include price information of an article, item information, and passport information. According to another embodiment, the refund tag information includes only a refund tag number, and includes price information of the article, Information may be stored in the tax re-fund management server 300 by matching with the refund tag number.

The tax re-fund management server 300 can transmit the generated refund tag information to the affiliate terminal 200 (S405). The merchant terminal 200 generates a refund tag based on the received refund tag information (S407). At the merchant store, a plurality of refill tags can be attached to the sealing inlet of the purchased item and other locations.

The tax re-fund management server 300 transmits the information of the object to which the refund tag information is generated to the customs server 400 and transmits a tax refund permission request for the refund tag information to the customs server 400 (S409).

Then, the customs server 400 obtains information on the object to be refunded through the scan of the refund tag of the large-sized scanner and determines whether or not the tax refund service can be applied (S411) The result of the fund authorization request may be transmitted (S413).

The tax refund management server 300 may acquire the refund card number from a foreign tourist who purchased the goods on a separate channel (S415). According to one embodiment, the foreign tourist who purchases the goods searches through the application or web site connected to the tax re-fund management server 300 for the passport number presented when he purchases the goods, inputs the card number for refund can do. According to another embodiment, the foreign tourist can locate his / her passport number and input the card number for refund through a separate tax re-fund management terminal connected to the tax re-fund management server 300 located in the airport. In addition, foreign tourists will be able to retrieve their passport number through a separate tax refund management terminal and receive the refund amount directly in cash.

The tax refund management server 300 can use the received refund card number to refund an amount corresponding to the value added tax of the purchased item to the purchaser of the goods (S417).

FIG. 3 shows a method in which a foreign tourist is provided with a tax refund service through a card registered at the time of subscription to a tax re-fund automation service through the user terminal 100. In FIG. 4, However, two types of tax re-fund service delivery methods can be used in combination, so that foreign tourists can choose either of two methods to use tax re-fund services Service will be provided.

According to one embodiment, in steps S313 and S411 in which the customs server 400 determines the result of the tax refund permission request, the customs server 400 determines whether the damage of the return tag And determine whether to apply the tax refund service. The tax refund target article may be sealed, there may be a return tag attached at a position damaged at the time of unsealing, and a return tag attached at a position not to be damaged if the seal is released. If the customs scanner recognizes only one refill tag, the customs server 400 may determine that the other refill tag is damaged. If the refill tag is attached to the tax refund product, In this case, it is possible to obtain the goods information through the undamaged refund tag and refuse the tax refund application for the goods.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to assure the fact that the article is unopened while automating the article identification step in the customs in providing the tax refund service.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: User terminal
200: Merchant terminal
300: Tax Refund Management Server
400: customs server

Claims (12)

In a method for an automated tax return management server to perform customs declaration,
Receiving at least one of card information, passport information, article price information, and item information from the merchant terminal;
Generating refund tag information based on the passport information, the item price information, and the item information and transmitting the refund tag information to the franchisee terminal;
Sending a tax refund authorization request to the customs server for the article; And
And receiving a tax re-fund authorization request result from the customs server that has obtained the information on the goods through the customs scanner recognizing the refund tag.
The method according to claim 1,
After receiving the tax refund permission request result from the customs server,
Further comprising the step of providing a tax re-fund amount through the card information.
The method according to claim 1,
After receiving the tax refund permission request result from the customs server,
Receiving a refund card number from a user; And
Further comprising the step of providing a tax re-fund amount using the refund card number.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the refill tag is attached to the article to be sealed and attached to the entrance of the seal and attached to breakage upon unsealing.
The method according to claim 1,
The customs server obtains the article information through any one of a plurality of return tags attached to the sealing of the article and includes a function of refusing to provide a tax refund service when any one of the return tags is determined to be damaged How to automate customs declaration of tax refund management server.
The method according to claim 1,
After receiving the tax refund permission request result from the customs server,
Further comprising transmitting a tax re-fund authorization request result to a user terminal corresponding to the passport information.
A tax re-fund management server for automating customs declaration for a tax refund, comprising:
A refund sheet issuance request receiving unit that receives at least one of card information, passport information, article price information, and item information from the merchant terminal;
A refund tag information generating unit for generating refund tag information based on the passport information, the item price information, and the item information and transmitting the refund tag information to the franchise terminal;
A tax re-fund authorization request unit for transmitting a tax re-fund authorization request for the goods to the customs server; And
And a tax re-fund approval request result receiver for receiving a tax re-fund approval request result from the customs server that has obtained information on the goods through a customs scanner recognizing the refund tag.
8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising a tax re-fund amount providing unit for providing a tax re-fund amount through the card information.
8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising a tax re-fund amount providing unit for receiving a refund card number from a user and providing the tax re-fund amount using the refund card number.
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the refill tag is attached to the article to be sealed and attached to the entrance of the seal and attached to breakage upon unsealing.
8. The method of claim 7,
The customs server obtains the article information through any one of a plurality of return tags attached to the sealing of the article and includes a function of refusing to provide a tax refund service when any one of the return tags is determined to be damaged , A tax re-fund management server.
8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising an application management unit for transmitting a tax refund permission request result to a user terminal corresponding to the passport information.

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