diff --git a/taichi/ir/control_flow_graph.cpp b/taichi/ir/control_flow_graph.cpp
index d546900f83724..4939480674f47 100644
--- a/taichi/ir/control_flow_graph.cpp
+++ b/taichi/ir/control_flow_graph.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Stmt *CFGNode::get_store_forwarding_data(Stmt *var, int position) const {
     // result: the value to store
     Stmt *result = irpass::analysis::get_store_data(
         block->statements[last_def_position].get());
-    bool is_tensor_involved = var->ret_type->is<TensorType>();
+    bool is_tensor_involved = var->ret_type.ptr_removed()->is<TensorType>();
     if (!(var->is<AllocaStmt>() && !is_tensor_involved)) {
       // In between the store stmt and current stmt,
       // if there's a third-stmt that "may" have stored a "different value" to
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Stmt *CFGNode::get_store_forwarding_data(Stmt *var, int position) const {
 
   // Check for aliased address
   // There's a store to the same dest_addr before this stmt
-  bool is_tensor_involved = var->ret_type->is<TensorType>();
+  bool is_tensor_involved = var->ret_type.ptr_removed()->is<TensorType>();
   if (!(var->is<AllocaStmt>() && !is_tensor_involved)) {
     // In between the store stmt and current stmt,
     // if there's a third-stmt that "may" have stored a "different value" to
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ bool CFGNode::store_to_load_forwarding(bool after_lower_access,
           continue;
 
         // special case of alloca (initialized to 0)
-        auto zero = Stmt::make<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(result->ret_type, 0));
+        auto zero = Stmt::make<ConstStmt>(
+            TypedConstant(result->ret_type.ptr_removed(), 0));
         replace_with(i, std::move(zero), true);
       } else {
         if (result->ret_type.ptr_removed()->is<TensorType>() &&
diff --git a/taichi/transforms/frontend_type_check.cpp b/taichi/transforms/frontend_type_check.cpp
index ae7c9af88664c..4a75b6683ac8d 100644
--- a/taichi/transforms/frontend_type_check.cpp
+++ b/taichi/transforms/frontend_type_check.cpp
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ namespace taichi::lang {
 
 class FrontendTypeCheck : public IRVisitor {
   void check_cond_type(const Expr &cond, std::string stmt_name) {
-    if (!cond->ret_type->is<PrimitiveType>() || !is_integral(cond->ret_type))
+    auto cond_type = cond.get_rvalue_type();
+    if (!cond_type->is<PrimitiveType>() || !is_integral(cond_type))
       throw TaichiTypeError(fmt::format(
           "`{0}` conditions must be an integer; found {1}. Consider using "
           "`{0} x != 0` instead of `{0} x` for float values.",
-          stmt_name, cond->ret_type->to_string()));
+          stmt_name, cond_type->to_string()));
   }
 
  public:
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ class FrontendTypeCheck : public IRVisitor {
   }
 
   void visit(FrontendAssignStmt *stmt) override {
-    auto lhs_type = stmt->lhs->ret_type;
-    auto rhs_type = stmt->rhs->ret_type;
+    auto lhs_type = stmt->lhs->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto rhs_type = stmt->rhs->ret_type.ptr_removed();
 
     auto error = [&]() {
       throw TaichiTypeError(fmt::format("{}cannot assign '{}' to '{}'",
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class FrontendTypeCheck : public IRVisitor {
 
       Expr const &expr = std::get<Expr>(content);
       TI_ASSERT(expr.expr != nullptr);
-      DataType data_type = expr->ret_type;
+      DataType data_type = expr.get_rvalue_type();
       if (data_type->is<TensorType>()) {
         data_type = DataType(data_type->as<TensorType>()->get_element_type());
       }
diff --git a/taichi/transforms/lower_ast.cpp b/taichi/transforms/lower_ast.cpp
index 63d1227e4d223..d3fab5c7663d8 100644
--- a/taichi/transforms/lower_ast.cpp
+++ b/taichi/transforms/lower_ast.cpp
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ class LowerAST : public IRVisitor {
     auto ident = stmt->ident;
     TI_ASSERT(block->local_var_to_stmt.find(ident) ==
               block->local_var_to_stmt.end());
-    if (stmt->ret_type->is<TensorType>()) {
-      auto tensor_type = stmt->ret_type->cast<TensorType>();
+    auto alloca_type = stmt->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    if (auto tensor_type = alloca_type->cast<TensorType>()) {
       auto lowered = std::make_unique<AllocaStmt>(
           tensor_type->get_shape(), tensor_type->get_element_type(),
           stmt->is_shared);
       block->local_var_to_stmt.insert(std::make_pair(ident, lowered.get()));
       stmt->parent->replace_with(stmt, std::move(lowered));
     } else {
-      auto lowered = std::make_unique<AllocaStmt>(stmt->ret_type);
+      auto lowered = std::make_unique<AllocaStmt>(alloca_type);
       block->local_var_to_stmt.insert(std::make_pair(ident, lowered.get()));
       stmt->parent->replace_with(stmt, std::move(lowered));
     }
diff --git a/taichi/transforms/offload.cpp b/taichi/transforms/offload.cpp
index d16030ca86c3e..0adec11c50b87 100644
--- a/taichi/transforms/offload.cpp
+++ b/taichi/transforms/offload.cpp
@@ -530,16 +530,16 @@ class FixCrossOffloadReferences : public BasicStmtVisitor {
     if (local_to_global_offset_.find(stmt) == local_to_global_offset_.end())
       return;
     VecStatement replacement;
-    auto ret_type = stmt->ret_type;
-    local_to_global_vector_type_[stmt] = ret_type;
+    auto alloca_type = stmt->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    local_to_global_vector_type_[stmt] = alloca_type;
     auto ptr = replacement.push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(
-        local_to_global_offset_.at(stmt), ret_type);
+        local_to_global_offset_.at(stmt), alloca_type);
     auto offloaded = stmt_to_offloaded_[stmt];
     stmt_to_offloaded_[ptr] = offloaded;
 
-    TypedConstant zero(stmt->ret_type.get_element_type());
+    TypedConstant zero(alloca_type.get_element_type());
     auto const_zero_stmt = replacement.push_back<ConstStmt>(zero);
-    if (auto tensor_type = stmt->ret_type->cast<TensorType>()) {
+    if (auto tensor_type = alloca_type->cast<TensorType>()) {
       std::vector<Stmt *> zero_values(tensor_type->get_num_elements(),
                                       const_zero_stmt);
       auto zero_matrix_init_stmt =
diff --git a/taichi/transforms/scalarize.cpp b/taichi/transforms/scalarize.cpp
index 796a9939e491e..f14859af99ede 100644
--- a/taichi/transforms/scalarize.cpp
+++ b/taichi/transforms/scalarize.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
   template <typename T>
   void scalarize_store_stmt(T *stmt) {
     auto dest_dtype = stmt->dest->ret_type.ptr_removed();
-    auto val_dtype = stmt->val->ret_type;
+    auto val_dtype = stmt->val->ret_type.ptr_removed();
     if (dest_dtype->template is<TensorType>() &&
         val_dtype->template is<TensorType>()) {
       // Needs scalarize
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
       stmt->replace_all_usages_with(tmp)
   */
   void visit(UnaryOpStmt *stmt) override {
-    auto operand_dtype = stmt->operand->ret_type;
+    auto operand_dtype = stmt->operand->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto stmt_dtype = stmt->ret_type.ptr_removed();
     if (operand_dtype->is<TensorType>()) {
       // Needs scalarize
       auto operand_tensor_type = operand_dtype->as<TensorType>();
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
 
       std::vector<Stmt *> matrix_init_values;
       int num_elements = operand_tensor_type->get_num_elements();
-      auto primitive_type = stmt->ret_type.get_element_type();
+      auto primitive_type = stmt_dtype.get_element_type();
       for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elements; i++) {
         auto unary_stmt = std::make_unique<UnaryOpStmt>(
             stmt->op_type, operand_matrix_init_stmt->values[i]);
@@ -246,8 +247,9 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
       stmt->replace_all_usages_with(tmp)
   */
   void visit(BinaryOpStmt *stmt) override {
-    auto lhs_dtype = stmt->lhs->ret_type;
-    auto rhs_dtype = stmt->rhs->ret_type;
+    auto lhs_dtype = stmt->lhs->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto rhs_dtype = stmt->rhs->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto stmt_dtype = stmt->ret_type.ptr_removed();
     if (lhs_dtype->is<TensorType>() || rhs_dtype->is<TensorType>()) {
       // Make sure broadcasting has been correctly applied by
       // BinaryOpExpression::type_check().
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
       TI_ASSERT(rhs_vals.size() == lhs_vals.size());
 
       size_t num_elements = lhs_vals.size();
-      auto primitive_type = stmt->ret_type.get_element_type();
+      auto primitive_type = stmt_dtype.get_element_type();
       std::vector<Stmt *> matrix_init_values;
       for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elements; i++) {
         auto binary_stmt = std::make_unique<BinaryOpStmt>(
@@ -581,9 +583,9 @@ class Scalarize : public BasicStmtVisitor {
       stmt->replace_all_usages_with(tmp)
   */
   void visit(TernaryOpStmt *stmt) override {
-    auto cond_dtype = stmt->op1->ret_type;
-    auto op2_dtype = stmt->op2->ret_type;
-    auto op3_dtype = stmt->op3->ret_type;
+    auto cond_dtype = stmt->op1->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto op2_dtype = stmt->op2->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto op3_dtype = stmt->op3->ret_type.ptr_removed();
     if (cond_dtype->is<TensorType>()) {
       // Make sure broadcasting has been correctly applied by
       // TernaryOpExpression::type_check().
diff --git a/taichi/transforms/type_check.cpp b/taichi/transforms/type_check.cpp
index 3a5bb1188c634..859f5fb61432a 100644
--- a/taichi/transforms/type_check.cpp
+++ b/taichi/transforms/type_check.cpp
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ class TypeCheck : public IRVisitor {
                          Stmt *&val,
                          const std::string &stmt_name) {
     auto dst_type = dst->ret_type.ptr_removed();
+    auto val_type = val->ret_type.ptr_removed();
     if (is_quant(dst_type)) {
       // We force the value type to be the compute_type of the bit pointer.
       // Casting from compute_type to physical_type is handled in codegen.
       dst_type = dst_type->get_compute_type();
     }
-    if (dst_type != val->ret_type) {
-      auto promoted = promoted_type(dst_type, val->ret_type);
+    if (dst_type != val_type) {
+      auto promoted = promoted_type(dst_type, val_type);
       if (dst_type != promoted) {
         TI_WARN("[{}] {} may lose precision: {} <- {}\n{}", stmt->name(),
                 stmt_name, dst_type->to_string(), val->ret_data_type_name(),
@@ -88,13 +89,14 @@ class TypeCheck : public IRVisitor {
     TI_ASSERT(stmt->src->is<AllocaStmt>() || stmt->src->is<MatrixPtrStmt>() ||
               stmt->src->is<MatrixOfMatrixPtrStmt>());
     if (auto ptr_offset_stmt = stmt->src->cast<MatrixPtrStmt>()) {
-      auto lookup = DataType(ptr_offset_stmt->origin->ret_type->as<TensorType>()
+      auto lookup = DataType(ptr_offset_stmt->origin->ret_type.ptr_removed()
+                                 ->as<TensorType>()
                                  ->get_element_type())
                         .ptr_removed();
       stmt->ret_type = lookup;
     } else {
       auto lookup = stmt->src->ret_type;
-      stmt->ret_type = lookup;
+      stmt->ret_type = lookup.ptr_removed();
     }
   }