GMO-PG Services Provided to Aichi Prefecture for Credit Card Payments of Prefectural TaxesGMO-PG service for credit card payment of Aichi prefectural tax
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In today's non-Card Present Transactions market, credit card payments are being accepted not only for online shopping and services, but also for infrastructure such as NHK broadcasting subscription fees, electricity and gas charges, and taxes and utility charge paid to each municipalities. In addition, the Japan government has set the promotion of cashless payment as one of the growth strategy for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games ^(*1), and since the spread of digitization at the time of public payment is used as an indicator, local taxes will be used in the future. It is expected that the introduction of credit card payment for various fees will continue to progress.
Against this backdrop, Aichi Prefecture also started paying vehicle taxes (regular taxable payment on time) by credit card in May 2014. In order to further improve convenience for taxpayers and promote on-time payment, Aichi Prefecture will expand the number of taxes that can be paid by credit card to a total of 13 taxes, including individual business tax and real estate acquisition tax, from Monday, October 3, 2016.

GMO-PG has partnered with Toyota Finance Co., Ltd., a designated proxy payer in Aichi Prefecture, to create and operate the Credit card payment at the time of payment and the "Aichi Prefectural Tax Credit Card payment Site" for credit card payments in Aichi Prefecture. vehicle taxes that have already started paying by credit card will be able to pay on the "Aichi Prefectural Tax Credit Card payment Site" in the same way as other taxes in the future.

(*1) On December 26, 2014, the Cabinet Secretariat, the finance Agency, the Consumer Affairs Agency, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Japan Tourism Agency jointly announced "Measures for Cashless Payments."

The "Tax Credit card payment and operation of payment website Service" provided by GMO-PG is a service that provides the "municipalities and Credit card payment Service for Public Institutions" provided by GMO-PG for municipalities, as well as the production and operation of the payment site. In order for municipalities to realize credit card payment of taxes, it is necessary to carry out the Credit card payment installation procedure and the site creation and operation at the time of payment separately, but by using this service, it is possible to do these together. So far, it has been adopted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tax and the Osaka Prefecture vehicle taxes.

It is a payment service specializing in the payment of "utility charge" and "public fund" such as taxes and fees paid to the government and municipalities, and has been adopted by many municipalities, including the Japan Pension Service and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
We provide optimal payment services for a payment variety of tax items and fee items, from irregular payment such as electronic application fees, to payment once or several times a year such as vehicle taxes, and periodic payment such as water and electricity charges. In addition, GMO-PG has established a thorough system to ensure that all customers, including municipalities and public institutions, can use its services with peace of mind, including acquisition of ISO/IEC 27001:2013 conformity certification ^(*2), full compliance with PCIDSS Ver3.1 ^(*3), and acquisition of the Privacy Mark.

(*2) GMO-PG has acquired certification under the international standard ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (domestic standard JIS Q 27001:2014), which is the ISMS (Information Security Management System) certification standard, which is a third-party certification standard that is considered to be the global standard for information security management.
(*3) Our services are fully compliant with PCI DSS Ver. 3.1, a global security standard for the credit card industry, jointly formulated by five international credit card brands, JCB, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and VISA.

GMO-PG provides comprehensive payment-related services to 72,569 merchants (as of June 2016 of the GMO-PG Group), including online businesses such as online shops and digital content, monthly fee-based businesses such as NHK and subscription, and public entity stores such as the Japan Pension Service and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
In particular, since the revision of the Local Autonomy Act in 2006, public fund utility charge payment has provided safe and convenient payment services to many municipalities, including Tokyo and Osaka prefectures, and has been adopted by government agencies for payment of national pension insurance premiums.
In recent years, public fund and utility charge, which can be payment with a credit card, have expanded to include taxes such as hometown tax payment and vehicle taxes, as well as fees and taxes paid to prefectures and municipalities, in addition to water bills and facility usage charge. GMO-PG supports the introduction of Credit card payment to meet the needs of each municipalities, including providing a comprehensive service that covers everything from Credit card payment to the creation and operation of payment sites.
GMO-PG will continue to expand its Credit card payment not only to municipalities and public institutions, but also to electricity and gas utilities, which are expected to become more active due to liberalization, and strive to provide a convenient and safe payment environment.

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