It has been officially announced that the consumption tax rate will be increased from the current 5% to 8% starting on April 1, 2014 in accordance with the Law to Partially Revise the Consumption Tax Law and Fundamentally Reform the Tax System in Order to Secure Stable Resources for Social Security (Act to Revise the Consumption Tax Rate). Accordingly, the consumption tax rate applied to our publications and services will be revised as follows:

・ The 5% consumption tax rate will be applied to purchases made by, or services beginning on or before March 31, 2014.

・ The 8% consumption tax rate will be applied to purchases made or services beginning on and after April 1, 2014.

* Before-tax prices will remain the same.
* Our publications and services subject to the tax rate increase include the Automotive Regulations Information Web Service, the Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification, and Japan’s Country Report.
* If the purchaser or subscriber (invoice addressee) resides outside Japan, and he/she makes the payment from abroad, the consumption tax is not imposed. In that case, however, 5% of the before-tax price is charged separately as a handling fee.

For more details, please go to the Price List for publications (the revised tax-included prices will be shown starting on April 1, 2014).
We would like to ask for your understanding.