It is quite possible to return part of the money spent on the purchase of goods abroad. The international company Global Refund pays travelers VAT on a tax free check - this is from 10 to 20 percent of the purchase price.
It is necessary
Passport, tax free checks and the purchases themselves with labels and intact packaging - all this must be presented at customs
Instructions
Step 1
Buy goods no less than $ 25 in stores with "Global Refund Tax Free Shopping" signs and ask for a tax refund check. In large shopping centers, a VAT refund document may not be issued at the checkout, however, any employee will show you where the tax-free point is located. A regular sales receipt is attached to the tax free receipt, on which the refund amount must be affixed. The store employee can enter your data into the papers (full name, passport number, address), but if he does not do this, you yourself will enter information about yourself in the document at customs.
Step 2
There are VAT refund points at airports, seaports and railway stations, as well as at customs, which you will meet at the exit from the country by road. In the room marked Tax Free, you will be asked to show your purchases, receipts and passport, after which they will put a confirmation stamp on the tax free document. If you have to return by plane, check for taxes free before passport control, and then check in your luggage.
Step 3
The money will be immediately given out in the currency you need, or, at your request, it will be transferred to your bank card within two months, if you indicate your account details in the tax-free check. Having already returned home, you can send a check of tax free by mail to one of the headquarters of the Global Refund company (addresses and free reference numbers are indicated on the official website www.global-blue.com in several languages, including Russian) or cash a tax free check in some Russian banks - however, in the latter case, you will receive less money, since the bank can keep up to 5 percent of the amount returned to you the amount.
