Duty Free/VAT refund

[lapince]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

its VAT free so the retailer isnt deciding what to refund or not. Their retail price is their retail price which has nothing to do with the tax.

You get 100% of the VAT refunded, minus the cut global blue or whatever company processes it takes which can be high. If hermes sells something for £1000 (Inclusive of a 20% VAT). They are making £800 no matter if you pay tax or not.

Or am i missing something as i have never heard of that before?

There are 3 possibilities in France, either through Global Blue, and in that case you get back something like 14% on the 20% VAT, through the other one, don't remember the name, and in that case it's 10 or 12%, or there are some dealers who make you the full tax free themselves and you have to have the paperwork stamped at the airport like for the others and send them back, I know of an AP AD who does it in Paris, so 20% refund, and my Swiss AD also does it, so I get back, rather I don't pay, the 7.8%, I think it's 7.8%, not really sure

[JR16]

Bought a Lange from Germany and came back to the US. Got the stamp at the Frankfurt airport and mailed paperwork to AD from the US. AD then refunds full 19% VAT back on credit card used to purchase the watch. No global blue .


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[lapince]

Originally Posted by JR16

Bought a Lange from Germany and came back to the US. Got the stamp at the Frankfurt airport and mailed paperwork to AD from the US. AD then refunds full 19% VAT back on credit card used to purchase the watch. No global blue .


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Yes some AD's do that, but not many, my swiss AD Does better, I don't pay the tax, he gives me the papers and trusts me to stamp them at the airport, one time I arrived too late at the airport to do it, so I came back to Switzerland 2 months later just to do it, so he knows I can be trusted to do it, most AD's use Global Blue or the other, it would be great if all AD's did without...

[EdwardC]

Originally Posted by Ahfe

Just out of curiosity for all my friends that travel pretty often, is it possible to get VAT refund after you buy PP from Europe going back to US and vice versa? Like if you buy 5990 or 5711r for example? Or the dealer won't provide/help with forms?

Yes you can and I have done the same in other countries like Japan and Taiwan.