2025年重庆离境退税实退税额同比增长近4倍

Group 1 - In 2025, Chongqing saw a record high of over 760,000 inbound foreign travelers, with the amount of tax refunds processed increasing nearly fourfold year-on-year [1] - The Ministry of Commerce and the State Taxation Administration, among other departments, issued a notice in April 2025 to further optimize the departure tax refund policy and expand inbound consumption [1] - By the end of December 2025, the total number of departure tax refund stores in Chongqing increased to 290, including 50 "immediate refund" stores [1] Group 2 - In August 2025, Chongqing upgraded the existing "immediate refund" model from individual stores to a "concentrated refund" model in commercial districts, establishing four concentrated refund points [1] - From July 2025, the Chongqing and Sichuan tax authorities launched a mutual recognition service for the "immediate refund" process, allowing foreign travelers to complete tax refund verification at either Chengdu Tianfu International Airport or Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport [2] - Between July and December 2025, 157 mutual recognition tax refund verifications were successfully processed for foreign travelers in the two regions [2]