Hangzhou Airport's departure tax refund verification amount exceeded 100 million yuan in the first seven months

Too fast! I don't even need to retrieve the purchased items from my suitcase, nor do I need to look for paper invoices. It's done in just a few minutes. "On the morning of August 4th, Ms. Florencia, a passenger who was about to take a flight back to Indonesia, successfully completed the tax refund procedures at the customs of Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport.

With the combination of multiple visa free policies and the continuous improvement of customs clearance convenience, the popularity of "China Travel" continues to rise this summer. As an important gateway for opening up to the outside world in the Yangtze River Delta region, Hangzhou Airport has experienced a peak in inbound and outbound passenger flow, driving rapid growth in outbound tax refund business. In the first seven months of this year, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs verified a total of 8401 departure tax refund application forms, with a total amount of 111 million yuan, an increase of 316.51% and 36.27% year-on-year, respectively.

With the implementation of the new tax refund policy for departure on July 1st, July saw a surge in business. In the same month, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs verified a total of 1267 departure tax refund application forms, with a total amount of 18.8372 million yuan, an increase of 219.14% and 39.29% year-on-year, respectively. The monthly verification amount reached a new high for the year.

Faced with the rapidly growing volume of outbound tax refund business, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs has improved service quality and efficiency, bringing passengers a more "smooth" tax refund experience. During her trip to China, Ms. Florencia entered from Shanghai, traveled and shopped around the Yangtze River Delta, and ultimately chose to depart by plane from Hangzhou. Thanks to the new policy of "buy and refund" for tax refunds upon departure, the sports shoes she purchased in Shanghai can be processed for tax refunds at the Hangzhou airport without any obstacles. At the same time, the customs implemented a certain proportion of small-scale inspections on tax refund application forms with a sales volume of less than 10000 yuan. Ms. Florence's tax refund form was not selected for physical verification by the system. In addition, the comprehensive implementation of "paperless" processing allowed the system to automatically retrieve document information, and the entire tax refund process was completed quickly.

Data shows that in July, there were 2558 inbound and outbound flights at Hangzhou Airport, with 446300 inbound and outbound passengers, an increase of 12.69% and 12.21% respectively compared to June. Driven by summer passenger flow, the number of inbound and outbound passengers at Hangzhou Airport exceeded 3 million in the first seven months of this year, reaching 3.0993 million.

In the face of the rapidly increasing and increasingly diversified demand for outbound tax refund services during the summer, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs has collaborated with taxation, banks, and the airport to establish a closed-loop system for consultation, verification, and refund. Through the "Outbound Tax Refund Reservation Service" mini program and the "E-Pass" self-service station, it provides online pre screening, self-service inquiry, and AI intelligent Q&A, allowing passengers to enjoy the convenience of "buy and refund, go and do".

Next, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs will steadily promote the implementation and refinement of various optimization measures for departure tax refunds, and use smart, convenient, and efficient port services to effectively promote the transformation of "inbound traffic" into "consumption increment" for local economic development. (Tang Shuaiyi/Wen)