South Korea: If you buy goods with a total value of more than 50,000 won at one time in South Korea and take them out of South Korea within 3 months after purchasing the goods, you can apply for refund of additional tax, special consumption tax and defense tax. Duty-free shops will remit the refund amount to customers within 20 days after receiving the shopping voucher sent back by the customs. In addition, if tourists need to mail the purchased goods back to China, they need to show the proof of mailing receipt to the customs, and the handling fee required for mailing will be deducted from the buyer's refund.
Japan: If shopping in the same department store exceeds 10000 yen in one day, you can get a 5% tax refund in this department store with your passport and receipt.
Singapore: You can apply for tax refund if you buy more than S $300. Show your passport when shopping, and the store will give you a tax-free shopping invoice. You can go through the tax refund formalities at Singapore airport with the invoice. Australia: Duty-free shops in most countries are only located at international airports. When shopping and spending in Australia, passengers can enjoy the tax refund of 1 1% and 14.5% respectively when purchasing goods subject to GST or alcohol subject to parity tax.
Matters needing attention in applying for tax refund are as follows: if a passenger purchases more than 300 Australian dollars in the same store, he should ask for a tax bill from the merchant and apply for tax refund at the exit customs; When handling the tax refund, passengers should not only show the tax bill, passport and boarding pass issued by the store, but also carry the purchased goods with them for inspection; If the tax refund amount is less than 200 Australian dollars, you can receive cash on the spot. If it exceeds $200, it will be refunded by cheque, credit card or Australian bank account. In Europe, the scope of tax refund is different in different places, but all purchases in the same store on the same day are required to reach or exceed a certain amount. For example, the amount of shopping in Germany is at least 25 euros, and in France it is at least 175 euros. It should be noted that some shops in France, such as Galeries Lafayette, refund 12%, some cosmetics shops refund 16%, and most shops in Germany refund 16%. EU countries can handle it uniformly in the exit country.
Tax Refund Procedures: Sales staff will fill in an application form in triplicate for tourists, with the passport number and home address of the tourists, the price of the purchased goods and the amount to be refunded, and mail the invoice of the goods to the tax refund agency, and then the store will keep one as the bottom. Tourists take two copies and give them to the customs officials at the airport for stamping as export certificates when leaving the country. Sometimes officials ask applicants to show their purchases, so they should apply before boarding the plane.
How to refund the tax refund: In the Nordic countries such as Iceland, Finland and Sweden, you can get the money by stamping the tax refund form and setting up a special tax refund window in the bank at the airport. Not only are there few people, but the procedures are also very convenient. If you have a credit card, you can also return it directly; In most western European countries, cash cannot be obtained immediately when leaving the country. It is necessary to put the tax refund form stamped with the customs seal of the last country of departure into the attached envelope and send it to the branches of GlobalBlue in various countries. Generally, after 3 months, the refund will be sent to the applicant in the form of a check in US dollars or euros. Applicants can bring their valid passports and valid tax refund documents (including tax refund checks and shopping receipts) printed with the GlobalBlue logo, go through the collection procedures at the local bank, pay the tax refund in US dollars in cash, or transfer the tax refund to the designated account according to customers' requirements.