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VAT refund:

No, at the airport and nowhere else. You have no choice in the matter.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/consumers-visitors.htm

How to get your VAT refund
When you purchase the goods
First, you need to choose a shop that operates the VAT Retail Export Scheme. It's a voluntary scheme and not all shops operate it, so you need to check before you buy anything.

To obtain your VAT refund, you need one of the following documents the shop will give you this:

a VAT 407 form
a shop or refund company's own version of form VAT 407
a VAT Retail Export Scheme sales invoice
You need to fill in the form when you make your purchases, in front of the retailer. The retailer will ask to see evidence that you are eligible to use the scheme, such as your passport.

You also need to agree with the retailer how your refund will be paid. Some retailers will pay you the refund directly, others will operate through a refund company, and some will have an arrangement with a refund booth at the point where you leave the UK.

You may not get all the VAT back. The retailer and/or the refund company may make a charge to cover the cost of handling your form. If they do, this will be deducted from your refund before you receive it.

When you leave the country
If you're travelling outside the EU, you must show your goods and your refund form to UK customs staff at the airport you're leaving from. Make sure you arrive at the airport early so that you have plenty of time to deal with the customs staff before your departure.

If you're travelling to another country within the EU before you finally leave the EU, then you must show your goods and refund form to customs officials in that country when you leave it.

If you are leaving the EU on a flight that stops in another EU country before leaving the EU, then you have two options:

if you're taking your goods as hand baggage, then you must show them to customs officials along with your refund form in the last EU country you stop in before leaving the EU
if you're checking your goods in as hold baggage, then you must show your goods and your refund form to UK customs officials before checking in
If there aren't any customs officials at the port or airport you're leaving from, there will be a telephone you can use to ring an official or a clearly marked customs post box in which you can leave your refund form. Customs officials will collect it from there and if they are satisfied that all requirements have been met, they will contact the retailer to arrange your VAT refund.

Once your form has been approved by customs officials, you can then obtain your refund in the way you agreed with the retailer when you made the purchase. You will use one of these methods:

post the form back to the retailer to arrange payment of the refund
post the form back to a commercial refund company to arrange payment of the refund
hand your form to a refund booth to get paid immediately
There may be a charge to cover the cost of handling your refund. This charge will be shown on your refund form.

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Life/Shopping.htm#VATRefunds

To be able to claim a VAT refund:

- You must be from a country which is outside the EU (European Union)
- You must leave the UK (and the EU) within 3 months of the date when you make your purchase
- If you are a student then you must be about to finish your studies in the UK (this new restriction was introduced on 1 October 2004). After you have left you must be planning to remain outside of the UK for a period of at least 12 months
- You must buy from a shop which takes part in the "Retail Export Scheme" (these shops will display a "Tax-free shopping" sign in their window)
- Usually you must spend more than a minimum amount in the shop (for example: 50 or 100 GBP)

This is how you claim the money:

(1) At the shop
- When you have decided everything you want to buy, tell the sales assistant that you would like to reclaim the VAT
- The shop will provide you with a VAT reclaim form for you to complete (the number of the usual form is VAT 407)
- The shop will ask you to show your passport

(2) At the airport
- Make sure that you pack both the form and the goods you have bought in your hand luggage
- Show the form, the goods and your passport to the Customs officer at the airport from which you will leave the EU. Your form will be stamped
- There may be a special box where you can post your VAT refund claim, in the Departures area of the airport (if you forget to do this, you can also post it after you have returned to your country). Sometimes there is a Cash Refund Office in the airport where you can obtain the money immediately. Alternatively, you can have the refund added directly to your credit card or bank account, or ask for a cheque to be sent to you.

Note the following points:

- You cannot reclaim VAT on services, such as hotel or restaurant bills
- You cannot reclaim VAT on goods for which the tax is not applied (for example, for books or children's clothes)
- You cannot reclaim VAT if the shop did not issue you with a VAT reclaim form at the time of purchase
- You cannot reclaim VAT on goods bought by mail order or through the internet
- Shops normally charge an administration fee, so the amount you save may be small if you have spent the minimum amount. For example, if the charge is 5 GBP and you have spent 50 GBP, you will only get back 2.44 GBP (= 7.44 - 5.00)

จากคุณ : genf - [ 4 ก.ค. 51 04:35:15 ]