公取委、「さとふる」に勧告　返礼品業者に消費税分未払い

　ふるさと納税サイトを運営する「さとふる」（東京都中央区）が昨年１０月の消費税増税以降、返礼品の購入代金に増税分を反映させていなかったとして、公正取引委員会は２６日、消費税転嫁対策特別措置法違反（買いたたき）で、再発防止を勧告した。今年２月までの未払い額は計約４９０万円で、同社は全額を支払った。
　公取委によると、さとふるは増税前の昨年８～９月、酒や食器などの返礼品の売買契約を結ぶ事業者に増税後の購入代金についてのアンケートを実施。回答しなかった約６１０事業者に対し、確認しないまま増税前の代金を据え置いたほか、増税分の値上げを希望した約２６０事業者に対しても、増税前に寄付した人への返礼品については８％時の代金しか払っていなかった。（2020/06/26-16:42）

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Friday issued a warning to Satofull Co. over its failure to reflect last year's consumption tax hike in the prices of return gifts it bought for the country's "furusato nozei" hometown tax donation program.
   The antitrust watchdog said that the Tokyo-based company, which operates a website for the furusato nozei system, violated the special measures law for ensuring smooth consumption tax pass-on after hikes in the rate of the tax.
   Satofull had failed to pay some 4.9 million yen in the tax as of February this year. The company paid the full amount later.
   The FTC ordered the company to take measures to prevent such nonpayment from happening again. The tax rate was raised to 10 pct from 8 pct on Oct. 1, 2019.
   Satofull, founded in July 2014, does furusato nozei-related work, such as receiving donations, as well as procuring return gifts and sending them to the donors, on behalf of over 700 local governments.