Gifty Co., Ltd.
Achieving hometown tax payments at destinations in the Kansai area “Kansai Odekake Tax (R)️”, a collaboration between Osaka Gas and Gifty, has been adopted in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture
～Providing a digital gift certificate “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” as a return gift～
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Gifty Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo/Representative Directors: Mutsumi Ota, Tatsuya Suzuki/hereinafter referred to as Gifty), which operates the e-gift platform business (*1), is Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture/Representative Directors: Mutsumi Ota, Tatsuya Suzuki). In collaboration with Masataka Fujiwara (President and CEO) (hereinafter referred to as Osaka Gas), we have adopted the “Destination Tax Payment (R)” (*2) system in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture. As a result, the “Kansai Odekakezei (R)” (*3), which allows hometown tax payments to be made at destinations in the Kansai area, and the digital gift certificate “Miki City Odekake Gift Certificate”, which is a return gift, will be issued in December 2023. We would like to inform you that it will start from Friday, the 1st of the month. This is the second local government to introduce Kansai Odekake Tax (R), following Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture (*4). In addition, the number of local governments that have introduced the “Destination Tax Payment (R)” system, including this one, is 38 nationwide (as of Friday, December 1, 2023).
“Kansai Odekake Tax (R),” developed in collaboration with Osaka Gas, is a digital gift certificate that can be used at local experiences such as restaurants and experience facilities when you make a donation that empathizes with the Kansai city you are going to. This is a new hometown tax payment system that allows you to instantly receive an outing gift certificate (R) (*5) as a return gift on the spot. If you pay hometown tax through the dedicated website before or during your outing, an “Outing Gift Certificate (R)” issued through the digital ticket service “Ittoku Pass” (*6) will be immediately sent to your smartphone as a return gift. , local restaurants, experience facilities, and other member stores. When Gifty directly provides “Destination Tax Payment (R)” to local governments, the local governments themselves are responsible for management tasks such as finding affiliated stores, making payments, and creating tools. With “Kansai Odekake Tax (R),” Osaka Gas takes on some of the
administrative tasks such as finding member stores, settlement, and promotions, which reduces the burden on local governments and eases the hurdles to introducing “Destination Tax (R).” As it gets lower, you can start quickly.
The digital gift certificate “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” is a return gift for the “Kansai Outing Tax (R)” that allows you to enjoy going out and traveling in Miki City while contributing back to the local economy. From December 1, 2023 (Friday), it will be available for payment at a total of 20 restaurants, experience facilities, etc. in the city (as of December 1, 2023 (Friday)). Depending on the donation amount from 5,000 yen to 1,000,000 yen, you will receive a total of 8 types of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificates” ranging from 1,500 yen to 300,000 yen as a return gift. There is no need to download an app to receive or use the card, and it can be used in 1 yen increments at the time of checkout at participating stores. Processing at participating stores is also very easy; display the “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” on the user’s smartphone, read the two-dimensional code installed in the store in advance from the two-dimensional code reading screen on the ticket, and then use it. Payment is completed by entering and confirming the amount and presenting the payment completion screen to the merchant. When the two-dimensional code is read, a process called “erasing” is performed and the ticket is recognized as a used ticket at that time, which prevents unauthorized use such as reuse.
Miki City is located in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture and is a town with a variety of tourist resources such as tourist facilities, theme parks, and hot springs. Miki City, which promotes itself as the “Golf Town Miki,” is focusing on hometown tax payments at golf courses, and “Taiheiyo Club Arima Course” is participating as a member store in this initiative. Furthermore, we are also planning to add “Nesta Resort Kobe”, a nature adventure theme park (*7). As part of our efforts to revitalize the region, we have introduced the “Kansai Odekake Tax (R)” and will issue a “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” as a return gift starting Friday, December 1, 2023. have become.
Gifty is collaborating with Osaka Gas to popularize the Kansai Odekake Tax (R) and deliver the benefits of hometown tax return gifts to everyone in the food and beverage and tourism service industries in Kansai, which has a rich food culture. We will do our best to help revitalize the region. In addition, with our mission of connecting people and towns through gifts, we will contribute to regional revitalization and the creation of new experiences through the popularization of the e-Machi Platform (R) (*8).
(*1) The e-gift platform business is a business undertaken by Gifty that provides an integrated service from generation to distribution of e-gifts.
(*2) With Destination Tax Payment (R), you can instantly make hometown tax payments (donations) from your smartphone, and instantly receive an electronic gift certificate that can be used locally as a return gift for hometown tax payment, which can be used at shops within the municipality. Here’s how it works. Destination tax payment (R) is a registered trademark of Gifty (trademark registered in January 2021) (*3) Kansai Odekakezei (R) is a registered trademark of Gifty and Osaka Gas (trademark registered in June 2023)
(*4) “Tsuka” in Takarazuka City is an old character with “,” (*5) Odekake Gift Certificate (R) is a registered trademark of Gifty and Osaka Gas (trademark registered in June 2023)
(*6) “Ittoku Pass” is a digital ticket service operated by Osaka Gas that connects household customers with restaurants. You can enjoy great deals on food and drinks at member stores by distributing free coupons and exchanging points for digital gift certificates. (*7) The timing of joining and target facilities are under discussion. (*8) e-Machi Platform (R) is a registered trademark of Gifty (trademark registered in June 2022)
[Travel tax official website] https://portal.tabisaki.gift/
■ Overview of the digital gift certificate “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” Dedicated site: https://odekake.osakagas.co.jp/location/miki/ Introduction location: Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture
Introduction project: Miki city outing tax
Availability start date: Friday, December 1, 2023
Purpose of introduction: As a return gift for hometown tax payments Tax payment method:
1. Access the donation site (https://miki-odekake.tabisaki.gift) and register as a member.
2. Select the donation amount and complete the tax payment by credit card. Payment method: Credit card payment (VISA, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club)
Use of donation:
1.Childcare/educational support
2. Town development/regional revitalization support
3. Natural environment/landscape conservation
4.Culture and sports support
5. Improving health and welfare
6.Not specified
7. Good luck middle school and high school golfers! Support for holding spring high school and spring golf tournaments
8. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the city’s incorporation, “Miki Festival Stalls Gathering” will be held
Return gift certificate type:
1. Donation amount of 5,000 yen: 1,500 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
2. Donation amount 10,000 yen: “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” worth 3,000 yen
3. Donation amount: 30,000 yen: 9,000 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
4. Donation amount 50,000 yen: 15,000 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
5. Donation amount of 100,000 yen: 30,000 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
6. Donation amount: 300,000 yen: 90,000 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
7. Donation amount 500,000 yen: 150,000 yen “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” 8. Donation amount 1,000,000 yen: 300,000 yen worth of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate”
Usage period: 180 days after the date of donation
How to Use:
1. Select “Read Code” from the TOP screen of “Miki City Outing Gift Certificate” and read the store’s two-dimensional code
2. Enter the amount you want to spend and press the “Pay” button 3. Show the payment completion screen to the store staff, confirm the “store name” and “amount” and the payment is complete.
Affiliated stores: 20 restaurants, experience facilities, etc. in Miki City (as of Friday, December 1, 2023)
*Please check the dedicated website for details.
■ About Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
Company name: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
Address: 4-1-2 Hiranocho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture Established: April 10, 1897
Capital: 132,166,660,000 yen
Representative: Masataka Fujiwara, President and Representative Director Business details: Gas production and sales, electricity generation and sales, etc.
■About “Destination tax payment (R)”
“Destination tax payment (R)” is a system that allows you to instantly make hometown tax payments (donations) from your smartphone, and immediately receive an electronic gift certificate that can be used locally as a return gift for hometown tax payments, which can be used at shops within the municipality. is. This is the basic solution of the e-Machi Platform (R), and can be implemented by local governments in conjunction with the e-Machi Gift (R), a system that enables the issuance and distribution of electronic gift certificates that can be used locally. , as part of the hometown tax program, it will be possible to encourage a series of actions before and during the trip, from implementing the “Destination Tax (R)” to receiving and using return gifts. This will also help promote hometown tax payments, as it will be easier for travelers to receive the benefits of making donations while traveling. Furthermore, in addition to donations, the electronic gift certificates received as return gifts can be used while traveling, allowing for faster returns to the local community and increasing the economic ripple effect. Furthermore, by encouraging donations before traveling, it is possible to attract sightseeing from those who receive gifts in return. In addition, all usage records of electronic gift certificates that can be used in the region are automatically converted into data, so there is no need for
endorsement, aggregation, or billing at member stores, which can shorten the time required for payment procedures including deposits. Prompt financial support can be provided to member stores.
[Travel Tax (R) Official Homepage] https://portal.tabisaki.gift/ [Introducing local governments] (38 local governments in total (as of Friday, December 1, 2023))
Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture / Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido / Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture / Date City, Hokkaido / Kutchan Town, Hokkaido / Rishirifuji Town, Hokkaido / Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido / Shakotan Town, Hokkaido / Assabu Town, Hokkaido / Teshio Town, Hokkaido / Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture / Chitose City, Hokkaido / Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture / Oga City, Akita Prefecture / Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture / 7 municipalities in the Kyoto region by the sea in northern Kyoto Prefecture (Fukuchiyama City / Maizuru City / Ayabe City / Miyazu City / Kyotango City / Ine Town / Yosano Town) / Akita Semboku City, Hokkaido / Tonosho Town, Kagawa Prefecture / Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido / Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture / Odate City, Akita Prefecture / Shari Town, Hokkaido / Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture / Higashi Village, Okinawa Prefecture / Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture / Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture / Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture / Kunigami Village, Okinawa Prefecture / Yamanouchi Town, Nagano Prefecture / Sado City, Niigata Prefecture / Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture (in order of introduction date)
■ About Gifty Co., Ltd.
Based on the corporate vision of “providing services that foster various relationships between people, companies, and communities, centered on e-gifts,” Gifty provides an all-in-one service from e-gift issuance to distribution. We are developing our e-gift platform business domestically and internationally. There are three main services: “giftee(R),” an e-gift sales service for individuals, “eGift System,” which issues and sells e-gifts and tickets, and “giftee for Business,” a service for corporations that utilizes e-gifts. We provide a wide range of e-gift services to corporations. In addition, by providing the digital platform service “e-Machi Platform (R)” (renamed from “Welcome! STAMP” in October 2021) that solves local government and regional issues, we will help local governments, local businesses, and organizations revitalize their communities. We support you digitally.
Company name: Gifty Co., Ltd.
Address: 12th floor, Higashigotanda Square, 2-10-2 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022
Established: August 10, 2010 (Service started: March 2011)
Capital: 3,191 million yen (as of the end of September 2023) Representative: Representative Director Mutsumi Ota, Tatsuya Suzuki Business content: Development of e-gift platform business (four services below) 1. Operation of casual gift service “giftee(R)”
2. Development of “eGift System” service, a gift sales system for corporations 3. Development of “giftee for Business” service, a corporate solution that utilizes e-gifts
4. Development of “e-Machi Platform(R)” service, a digital platform that solves local government and regional issues
URL:
Giftee Co., Ltd. https://giftee.co.jp
giftee(R) https://giftee.com
giftee for Business https://giftee.biz/
eMachi Platform(R) https://giftee.co.jp/service/emachi-platform