Getting Tax Free. Tax Free Predictions

I'll take Italy as an example, since it is in this country that more purchases are made and, accordingly tax-free refund.
What is it all about: "tax-free refund", "tax-free" or "tax free"? From the name it is clear that this is something related to the tax.
Yes, in the EEC, the price of goods includes indirect taxes, including VAT.
Each European country has its own VAT rate: in Italy 21%, in Germany 19%, in Finland 22.

The vat rates can be viewed.
When returning money through the system dachshund fries, part of the money from the refundable tax is taken by the tax-free system, the check of which you use, so in the end you will be returned about 12% of the value of your purchase.
There is a special table for calculating refundable money depending on the purchase price - this table (and it is the same for all countries) is used by the seller when issuing a tax-free check for you.

When tax free is returned :
- if a non-resident of the EEC, staying in the country for no more than 3 months, buys some goods on the territory of the EEC (in my example, Italy) and takes it out of the EEC, then at the moment of crossing the economic border of the EEC (at airports or land border points ), he has the right to get this same tax free (12%) back.

From what amount is tax free refund possible? :
- if you buy more than 155 euros, you can get a check for the refund of taxes free. If the purchase amount is less than 155 euros, a refund check will not be issued

How to find out - issued in a tax free shop :
- as a rule, special stickers are pasted at the checkout. Typically blue and white. They are also yellow:

If you don't see stickers, just ask about the design options Tax Free.
Perhaps the following is useful to you - this my experience how to lower the price of the thing that you buy in Italy:

I'm bargaining. I always bargain. Even in those places where goods with stickers of fixed prices and it seems like bargaining is not accepted. For me, this is an element of communication and for me it's just for fun
after the bargaining, after the lowest price has been announced to me - I ask about the registration of tax-free
sometimes you have to choose: the seller either offers a discount, or write a refund of taxes free. I always choose a discount ... It just so happened

What you need to present in the store to issue a check for tax free
Your passport may be required, so it's best to have one when you shop. This is not always the case and the passport number can be entered later, at the hotel. But still better passport have or at least a photocopy of it.
The seller draws up the check himself, enters the purchase amount and, according to the table, determines the amount that will be returned to you.
Then he gives you to fill in the fields with your address and passport number.
If you wish, you can enter your credit card details if you are going to receive tax free by bank transfer to your card (more on this below).
And be sure to make sure that cashier's check from the store, the seller attached a tax free to your check with a stapler.
If you just threw it into an envelope - see, do not throw it away. Useful at customs when processing the return of tax free

What is the difference different systems return tax-free :
- some systems, for example Global Refund have more representative offices in the country and, accordingly, the cash refund point is more likely to be at the airport of your departure from the EEC. Other systems are less common - for example, the yellow sticker above. In this case, payments are made either to your specified credit card: its data must be indicated when filling out a tax-free check, attach a cashier's receipt from a store to it, put it all in an envelope after receiving a customs stamp and throw it into a special box - usually yellow with the corresponding logo)

As an example of filling out a tax-free check, I will just give a picture from the Internet.
This is apparently from some Chinese site. The first line marked by the Chinese is the amount of your purchase.
The second line is that you will have to receive this money after going through all the procedures described below.
Here is what the Chinese have in red - this is about what I wrote above - the refund is not in cash, but by transfer to a card.
Well, the lower right corner is the customs mark, which I will now talk about. It is important.

The procedure for registration of the export of goods abroad and receipt of taxes free:

Remember and this is very important: any check, any tax free system without customs stamp - toilet paper, and of poor quality.

Important addition about tax free in Italy 2017

I wrote a new article based on the results of receiving tax-free at Rome airport (April 2017).
The procedure for obtaining tax free has been significantly simplified:

To receive money on a tax-free check of any system, you must have a customs stamp on it. Therefore, first of all, you should look for customs at the airport. Any employee will tell you or you yourself will notice her in turn into her from the Chinese and the Russians. Usually it is a piece of glass with an inscription customs or Dogana

Now let's decide on two points:
A) decide on your luggage
B) decide on your flight home

A) There are two options:
1) only carry-on baggage
2) there is checked baggage

B) There are two options:
1) you have a direct flight or with a landing outside the EEC countries
2) you have a flight with a landing in an EEC country

The scenario for getting tax-free based on these 4 options and combinations with them may be different, but the essence is the same and remember it: you must get a customs stamp on the tax-free form... And you get the mark when you leave the economic zone of the EEC.

You have carry-on luggage and are flying home through Germany: you do not register any tax-free in Italy, since you do not leave the EU border. Everything is processed in the last country of departure from the EEC - in Germany
You have luggage to Moscow, but you are flying through Germany: go to check-in and check in your luggage straight to Moscow. Do not check in your luggage right away, but after hanging a luggage tag with a barcode on it, you go to the glass of customs to receive a stamp on your tax-free forms filled out in the store. Perhaps the customs officers will ask you to show the purchased goods indicated in the receipts. They will ask you to show it necessarily if you have a large cash refund(more than 1000 euros). After that, the customs officer puts his stamp on the tax-free check and can send your luggage to the baggage belt himself, or you yourself hand it over through a special dispatch point for loading on the plane, or skip the line at the check-in counter and put it on the baggage belt there. Depends on the airport, it is different everywhere.
You have hand luggage and you are flying on a direct flight or on a flight with a landing outside the EEC (well, for example, you decided to fly through Istanbul): you need to issue a tax free and after check-in, go with your boarding pass to the glass of customs. And here another option is possible and it is absolutely logical (see retreat below) - you will have to go through passport control and only after it go to customs for a stamp in the tax-free check.

Digression (lyrical). We reason like this: here we decided to cheat the state of Italy for the amount of VAT. For this, a criminal group is created: the buyer (Russian) - the seller (Italian). What we do: we write a check-tax free for some expensive item that fits in our carry-on baggage. After that, we go together to the airport, where the Russian checks in for a flight to Moscow with hand luggage, receives a customs stamp on the tax-free check, and then gives the goods from hand luggage to an accomplice seller, who again puts it on sale. The profit of this gang is 12% of the value of the thing that has not left Italy and can be resold. Now do you understand the logic of placing customs for citizens with hand luggage behind passport control? But this is not the case at all airports in Italy, so ask the airport employees on the spot, but it is better to ask both in the information and at the check-in counter for the flight and in the glass of customs.

You have luggage to Moscow, direct flight. See point 2. Proceed in the same way

I hope I wrote it clearly. I have no opportunity to tell you about all the airports in Italy and make instructions for you. I just gave an outline of how to return tax-free. Decide on the spot yourself - not small.

Receiving money on tax-free checks stamped by customs

We have a bunch of papers with customs stamps. Take a look and sort them by firm. Yellow in one pile, blue in another, brown in the third, and so on. Refunds at the airport are handled by the tax-free representative office, the logo and color of which your check is issued. As I already wrote, the blue and white Global Refund will most likely be at the airport. There may not be others. The most in a simple way to receive money is to receive it on a plastic card of your bank.

Receiving money from returned tax-free to a plastic card: fill in the fields (usually the lower left corner) card number, expiration date and Ivanov Ivan. Then we put the check with the customs mark and the cashier's check pinned to it in an envelope, seal it and throw it into a special mailbox. The box will be painted in the color of your receipt and will have a logo on it, just like on your receipt. You don't need to glue the stamps or write the address - everything is already on the envelope, if it is the same envelope that was given to you in the store along with the check. The money will be credited to your account in 2-4 weeks

Receiving money at the airport through a bank or a tax-free representative office: usually the points of issue of money on tax-free checks are located after passport control. Typically marked with a blue and white plaque Tax Free Refund... You submit your passport and a check with a customs mark in the window and you must be paid in cash the amount that you have in the second line (remember the Chinese picture above?).
Sometimes it happens like this: the cashier says that he has no cash in euros, but only cash dollars. Know. that they are trying to deceive you, since they have euros, but pretending that they do not exist, you will be counted euros to dollars at a very bad rate and if you agree to take dollars, then you should know that you have just presented the cashier with about 10 dollars for every hundred of yours Euro. And it is not possible to do anything - a waste of time on calling the authorities, disassembly and the language must be known well. Well, that is, 50 to 50 that the issue is resolved. In this case, there are two options:

send a check in an envelope to transfer your money to your card (the procedure for how to do this is described above)
get money in Moscow. For example, I know that Master Bank pays out money by tax-free without commissions and by many tax-free systems: by yellow, brown, blue ...

Oh yeah, I forgot. There is a third option: spit, swear and take the proposed dollars ...

Why I still prefer the discount when choosing between so-free and discount: that's why. Not that much money to tear your ass and wag your nerves and run around at the airport. Once we live and do not want to stand in queues, bother, beg ... It's easier for me to bargain for a thing, spit on these tax-free and quickly go to the duty-free territory to replenish the stock of cream and lotion, as well as cheese, please, well, and a drink something thread. Well, the choice is yours.

Addition: regarding the full refund of VAT (VAT) on the invoice issued for the goods

This option is common in bordering countries or areas. For example, in Finland, where they go for nails for the construction of a barn in the country.
The bottom line is that when you buy a product, you ask the seller to issue an invoice for this product. When exporting it abroad, similarly to the described tax-free procedure, you put a customs seal certifying that the goods have been exported from the territory of the EEC (one copy of the invoice remains at the customs office).
And so, according to this invoice, you can get VAT (in Germany, for example, VAT is 19%) the next time you visit the store where you made the purchase of this product and where you got this invoice.
Refunds can be made in cash, but usually the seller will include the VAT amount on the next purchase in this store.
It should be borne in mind that the term for receiving money on an invoice is limited. The limitation period is written on the invoice itself and is usually 3 months.
That is, within three months you need to return to the same store where you bought the goods and presenting a sheet of invoice stamped by customs to receive either cash = the VAT amount of this country, or a discount (which happens more often) on the next purchase in the same store.

This system (refund or savings through VAT) works well in Finland, but I can hardly imagine tourists who, for example, having bought a down jacket in Rome in the fall, will go there (to Rome and to the same store) to buy something else there. in winter. In addition, there will not be much savings (the difference between VAT 21% and the refundable tax free is 12%) compared to the more convenient tax free.

However, if you have relatives in Rome, then you can use this method of saving by sending the invoice to Rome, and they will be able to hand it over to the seller personally so that he can transfer it to you on the card ... In general, some kind of nonsense.
I know that in Finland invoices are issued even for the purchase of smoked trout, but in Italy if your question: “Write me an invoice”, they will send you to hell ... that is, they will not understand what you mean

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Tax free is a value added tax refund system for non-residents of the country in which the purchase was made. There is a tax free system in one form or another in many countries, but most often Russian tourists are faced with refunds of part of the cost of purchases made in the EU countries.

Correct purchase

So that after crossing Russian border it was possible to receive a refund, a number of conditions must be observed when purchasing.

The first condition is that the store where you buy the goods must be part of the tax-free system. This is usually reported - with a sticker at the entrance with the inscription Tax Free or a message (in one form or another) that the store works in this system. If there is no such announcement (or you did not notice it), you can contact the cashier with a question.

The second condition is that it is necessary to spend a large amount at a time (each country has its own minimum threshold). List of the most popular countries and their minimum threshold:

Austria, Belarus - from 75 euros.
UK - £ 30
Germany - 30 euros.
Netherlands - 50 euros.
Spain - 91 euros.
Italy - 155 euros.
Lithuania - 200 litas
Finland - 40 euros.
France - from 175 euros.
Estonia - 38 euros.

And third, it is imperative to issue a special check. It is issued by the cashier, operator or seller at the request of the buyer. The goods must be packed and sealed - they cannot be used in the EU, otherwise you will not be able to cash the Tax Free check.

Example of a tax free check

Get a Tax Free Refund at the Airport

When passing customs control(when leaving the country) you need to present the purchase and the check to the customs officers. The postmark placed at the border confirms that you are eligible for a refund.

The next step is to find a special window at the airport, which is called: Tax free. Usually it is located in not the best places, for example, in one of the far corners. If your purchases are small, you do not need to check them in. Or you can issue a refund for tax free checks before you check in your luggage. In some countries that are especially popular for shopping, huge queues line up at the refund window for purchases, so you need to calculate the time correctly.

Money can be received not only in cash, but also to a bank card account by filling out a special application indicating its details. This method has its drawback - unlike cash, which are issued immediately in hand, the transfer to the card is carried out within 60 days. This is due to the fact that the volume of refunds under the tax free system is very large.

There is another, remote method of refunding. You can contact the manager of the company Global Blue Refund requesting extradition letterhead and a mailing envelope. In the envelope you will need to enclose checks with a customs stamp, a completed refund form, your bank card details, and also leave contact information(email and phone number). After receiving the envelope, the employees of this company will arrange the transfer, and if they have any questions, they will contact you at the specified phone number or address.

Refund of Tax Free checks in Russia

Where can I get a tax free if it was not possible at the airport? Or you crossed the border by car, bus or railroad? Receiving a refund is possible not only at the airport, but also in Russia.

There are 7 tax free systems in total, refunds in Russia can be obtained by check of any of them: Global Blue Tax Free, Premier Tax Free, Tax Free Worldwide, Innova Tax free, La Caixa, El Corte Ingles and New Tax Free.

The most popular system is Global Blue. In Moscow You can apply for a refund on Tax Free checks issued in it in three banks: CJSC Banca Intesa, VTB24, Bank and MDM Bank.

In Moscow, the offices of Banca Intesa, issuing refunds under the Global BlueTax Free system, are located at the addresses:

Krasnoproletarskaya street, 30.
24 Zatsera street, building 30.
Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya street, 16-18, building 1.
Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky lane, building 1, building 2.

MDM Bank offices where you can get tax free:

Kotelnicheskaya embankment, house 33, building 1.
Lubyansky passage, house 21, building 1.
Profsoyuznaya street, house 7/12.
1 Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, house 11.
st. 1st Bukhvostova, house 12/11, building 11.
Krasnaya Presnya Street, Building 29.

VTB24 Bank branches where you can get tax free:

st. Bolshaya Sukharevskaya, 14/7, 2
st. Avtozavodskaya, 6
Pokrovka street, 28, building 1
st. Marxist, 5, building 1
st. Bolshaya Molchanovka, 17/14, building 2
st. Barclay, 7, building 1

In order to receive a refund through the bank, you must contact one of the listed branches and provide a number of documents.

Original Tax Free receipt with customs mark.
The original sales receipt for which the tax free receipt was issued. This rule does not apply in all countries, so it is not mandatory.
Identity document (passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation).
International passport.

A bank employee will help you draw up an application, then you will receive money at the bank's cash desk.

The advantage of this method is that it is not at all necessary to receive a refund in this way immediately after returning from abroad, this can be done within a few months. The exact expiration date of Tax Free checks is determined by the country in which you made your purchases.

For example, the validity of a check received in Austria and Spain is not limited, however customs stamp has a validity period of 3 months. A check received in Germany is valid for three years, in Switzerland for 1 month. In order not to miss the deadline, it is best to cash the checks as early as possible.

The disadvantage of refunding money on Tax Free checks through a bank is that you have to pay the bank a commission, which on average ranges from 1 to 3%. If the amount of the refund is large enough (more than 100 euros), the bank will not immediately issue the money, but within two or three days it will check the checks, and only after that you will be able to receive a refund.

Personal experience

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The VAT refund system for goods purchased in Russia by foreigners (tax free) will start working in pilot mode from April 10 in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Krasnodar Territory, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov.

Closer to football-2018 tax free will be available in the cities hosting the championship matches - Volgograd, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg. Later, after the transition of all participants from paper document flow to electronic (this should happen by October 1), the system can start working in other Russian cities.

As Viktor Yevtukhov explained, the return will still be not the full cost of VAT - 18 percent, but only 10-12 percent. This is a worldwide practice, the deputy minister said.

It is expected that within the framework of the pilot project, about 100 stores will issue tax free checks, so far 12 requests from owners have been received. trading business... The Ministry of Industry and Trade published a draft government decree with addresses trade enterprises who have already applied. The pilot list now has 60 addresses, but it will expand.

VAT refunds for foreign guests will work in much the same way as in other countries. Citizens of states outside the Eurasian Economic Union buy from Russian stores within one day, goods worth more than 10 thousand rubles and, together with ordinary checks, receive a special tax free check. The system does not apply to alcohol and tobacco (that is, excisable goods). In the store, the buyer will be provided with brochures in several languages (for the time being they are ready in English and Chinese, but they will be in others as well) with airport layouts for which it is easy to find tax free operators. Now there are four operators: two international and two Russian.

After October 1, VAT refunds to foreigners on large purchases in Russia can earn all over the country

At the airport, the foreigner first checks in for the flight, then, following the Tax Refund signs, he finds a special counter where the customs representative must confirm the fact of the export of unused goods, that is, in packaging, with tags and labels. Having ascertained the integrity of the goods, its compliance with the tax free check issued, the customs officer puts a personal seal and immediately on the tape next to the customs office the baggage with the goods goes for sorting. Then the foreigner goes to the exchange office, which has agreements with tax free operators, and receives a refund. Another option - he drops checks with a customs stamp into the operator's mailbox and receives a refund on the card. If a foreigner does not check in luggage, but takes the goods into hand luggage and declares already in the sterile zone, then only cashless payments are possible. You can apply for tax refund within a year after the purchase of goods, provided that they are exported from Russia within three months after purchase.

The point of all these efforts is to increase the "average check" of foreign buyers.

Many people remember that there was such a taxfree character on the smartlabik. He posted a lot and was interested in the ruble and oil cycles.

Very valuable content indeed. But some kind of quilted jacket character began to dig about him and learned the name and surname. I posted a post about him on a smart. Who it. What does he do ... What he did on the net.

Taxfria asked Tim to remove the post. He refused. Since then, taxfriy has gone to his paid blog and only there he gives posts on the cycles and waves of the elliot.

My opinion is that Timofey still needs to try to keep people with unique content on smart. Because analysts, about yesterday and yesterday's deals are like shit.

Let's say the tax fria is gone. The candlestick is gone. Shchadrin left. All gave some kind of zest. Someone liked it. Someone does not.

I was subscribed to it for a while. But after he started buying bucks, starting from about 74, I stopped. Here our forecast diverged from him. I decided that the ruble would strengthen for a long time and tediously. He decided that he would be crossing over soon. On this path, ours parted.

Although at the same time he himself posted a lot about the end of the falling cycle, not only in oil, but in general on energy and metals. I don’t know why he decided so about the ruble.

Well, God bless him.

And I still write down his forecasts. Let's see what he said to us? ...

Taxfria, if you are reading me, you can easily challenge any forecast here, if you are not understood correctly.

Tax Free Predictions

04/23/2016EURUSD I continue to hold the shorts from the 1.14 area - if the level is broken at 1.114, I will increase the position - I do not consider purchases in the area of 1.07.

Plusan? I think yes!

Other forecasts

While analyzing the forecasts, I realized that the majority have not yet played. In the paysite, he constantly spreads something. In general, only the main trends. So the forecast period is usually several months.

I'll just copy the picture here with unplayed forecasts. Maybe someone is interested.

Tax Free is a value added tax refund system that travelers actively use. Indeed, in this way, when buying an expensive thing abroad, for example, a gadget, you can save a lot!

VAT is included in the final cost of goods and services in each country and is aimed at implementing the social mechanisms of the state. Tourists cannot use social programs, and therefore have the right to a refund of the tax amount (from 7 to 25.5%), which they pay by default, when buying a particular thing.

Each country has its own minimum - the minimum purchase amount from which VAT can be refunded. The main condition for this is that the purchase must be made in a store that is included in the Tax Free Shopping system (and there are more and more of them every year).

The amount of tax is refunded not by the store itself, but by the operator with whom it cooperates a store... There are four main Tax Free operators:

Global Blue (the most popular, covering over 270,000 stores in 37 countries);
Premier Tax Free;
Tax Free Worldwide (now part of Premier Tax Free);
Innova Tax Free.

Return conditions

The VAT refund can be used by foreign citizens who do not have citizenship, residence permit, refugee status or work visa in the country where the purchase was made, as well as stateless persons in the absence of these documents.

Tax Free registration is possible for the following categories of goods: clothes, shoes, watches and all accessories, Appliances and electronics, jewelry, household and office supplies. Tax included in the cost of services (for example, excursions, hotel accommodation or car rental), books, Vehicle, ships, precious ingots and stones that are not decorated with jewelry cannot be returned. Also, the tax cannot be compensated for when buying any goods over the Internet.

Step by step instructions: how to get Tax Free

1. Learn minimum purchase amount for VAT refunds in a specific country. Data is subject to change, so please try to find the latest information. An important point: this is about minimum amount, reflected in the check, that is, there can be several goods, but there is only one check for them. If you make purchases in different stores, and each of them is below the specified minimum, you cannot sum receipts and refund VAT on purchased goods.

Country	VAT rate*	Minimum amount, reflected in one check *
Argentina	21%	70 Argentine pesos
Austria	20%	€ 75.01
Belgium	21%, food and books - 6%	€ 125.01
Hungary	25%	HUF 55,001
Great Britain	20%	25 British pounds
Germany	19%	25 euros
Greece	Mainland and Aegean Islands: 24% - Border Islands: 17%	125 euros
Denmark	25%	DKK 300
Ireland	23%
Iceland	25,5%	6,000 ISK
Spain	21%, optics - 10%	90.16 euro
Italy	22%, optics - 10%	155 euros
Cyprus	19%	50 euros
China	17%	500 yuan
Latvia	21%, medical supplies and goods for childcare - 12%	44 euros
Lithuania	21%	55 euros
Morocco	20%	2,000 Moroccan dirhams
Netherlands	21%	50 euros
Norway	25%	315 NOK
Poland	23%	PLN 300
Portugal	on the mainland - 23%, for wine - 13%, for optics - 6%, in Madeira - 22%, in the Azores - 18%.	49.88 EUR + VAT
Singapore	21%	100 Singapore dollars
Slovakia	20%	€ 175.01
Slovenia	22%, works of art - 9.5%	€ 50.01
Turkey	Textiles and clothing, leather goods, carpets, shoes, bags, optics, books, food: 8%. Accessories, electronics, watches, glasses, cosmetics, porcelain / ceramics and household goods: 18%	100.00 Turkish Lira + VAT
Uruguay	22%	500 Uruguayan pesos
Finland	24%	40 euros
France	20%	€ 175.01
Croatia	25%, orthopedic products - 5%	740 Croatian kuna
Czech Republic	21%	2001 Czech crown
Switzerland	8%	CHF 300
Sweden	25%	200 SEK
Estonia	20%	EUR 38.01
South Korea	Standard rate: 10%, jewelry items: 20%	30,000 Korean won

* The data provided on the website of the operators Global Blue and Premier Tax Free at the time of this writing. The list of countries is incomplete

2. Ask the seller is this store included in the Tax Free Shopping network... By the way, usually plates with the logo of one of the Tax Free operators are located at the checkout in case it is possible to refund VAT for the goods of the store. Cashier may ask Your passport as a confirmation of your foreign citizenship, after which he writes a check on a special form (tax free shopping check). This document indicates the total purchase price and the amount to be returned, as well as the name, surname and contact information of the buyer.

3. You will be able to receive a refund when leaving the country in which the purchase was made (if you purchased the item in one of the EU countries - when leaving the European Union). Costs arrive at the airport in advance, because there may be many who want to return VAT. Find out where are located Tax Free counters... Do not check in your purchases as luggage, because the customs officer has the right to ask you show them... At the same time, according to the rules, it is assumed that you did not use them on the territory of a given country - it is recommended not to cut off the tags from things and not to throw away the packaging. Among required documents:Tax Free check, cashier's check, passport.

4. Tax Free will be put on the check stamp about passing control. Return money you can in three ways:

At the same airport, at a special counter (most often “Cash Refund”, sometimes this function is performed by one of the ticket offices of the Duty Free store).
On the bank card: by sending checks by mail to the operator's office. This method takes quite a long time.
At any Tax Free refund point. In practice, this means that you can receive cash already upon your return to the country. permanent residence(you should make sure in advance that there is such a point in your city). A great option for those who have witnessed long lines at the airport counters and are afraid of being late for their flight.

Nuances

The Tax Free refund scheme is quite simple, however, there are some points to be aware of in advance.

The check must contain your passport details. The seller does not always prescribe them, implying that you will do it.
It should be borne in mind that the amount to be refunded, reflected in the check, and the one that the buyer ultimately receives, do not coincide due to the commission for the services of the Tax Free operator. However, the difference will not be significant.
The validity of Tax Free checks is limited - firstly, the period for exporting goods from the country is limited (no more than 3 months), and secondly, tax refund should not be delayed either: despite the fact that the maximum late period for making payments is from 3 months up to 3 years (depending on the country), in practice, travelers are often denied cashing on old checks.
If you are planning a specific purchase in a store working with the Global Blue operator, you can find out in advance the amount to be refunded for Tax Free,using a special calculator.
The addresses of Tax Free refund offices can also be found on the operators' website