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Austria replaced the airport customs stamp with Digital Export Validation. Here is what qualifies for a VAT refund and how the electronic check actually works.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingSwitzerland runs its own export VAT refund outside the EU system, with a 300-franc minimum and a staffed border stamp. Here is how it actually differs from EU rules.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingCzechia refunds VAT to non-EU visitors above 2,000 koruna per receipt, confirmed by a customs stamp or an electronic QR code at export. Here is the sequence.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingScan your DER at a DIVA kiosk at Madrid-Barajas before checking bags with the goods. Where the kiosks and stamping offices are, and what to do after a red cross.
Official sources checked 2026-10-03Explains who qualifies for the French VAT refund and how the PABLO kiosk works at CDG and Orly. Covers the timing that can invalidate your claim, per French customs.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingNon-EU residents get Greek VAT back on receipts over €50 if customs stamps them before check-in at Athens airport, opposite counter 61. Rules, steps and fixes.
Official sources checked 2026-10-03Hungary's VAT exemption for foreign travellers needs a 175-euro invoice, a triplicate form and export within 90 days. Here is how the Budapest airport kiosk fits in.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingFrom 1 November 2026 Japan's tax-free shops charge full price and refund the tax only after customs checks your goods at departure. What changes and what to do.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingIn Tokyo, items bought up to 31 Oct 2026 are tax-free at the till; from 1 Nov you pay 10% or 8% tax and get it back after a customs check at Narita or Haneda.
Official sources checked 2026-10-12Claiming a Korean tax refund depends on how you paid: instant refunds work in-store, everything else routes through customs at the airport. Here is which applies to your purchase.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingDutch Customs moved VAT export validation to a phone app for purchases made in the Netherlands. Here is what that means for the paper stamp you might expect.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingPoland runs its VAT refund for travellers entirely through an electronic TAX FREE register on PUESC. Here is what that changes for shopping in Warsaw and exiting the EU.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingPortugal validates VAT refunds through electronic kiosks, not a customs stamp. Here is how the e-Taxfree system reads your documents and what to do if it flags you.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingSpend S$100 at one participating shop, show your passport, then claim the 9% GST at an eTRS kiosk at Changi within two months. Who qualifies, where, and fees.
Official sources checked 2026-10-08Spend 2,000 baht or more per shop per day, get a P.P.10, show goods to Customs before check-in if they total 20,000 baht, then claim after immigration.
Official sources checked 2026-10-12Spend NT$2,000 or more at one TRS store in a day, leave within 90 days and get the 5% VAT back, minus a fee. Refund in store up to NT$48,000, otherwise at the airport.
Official sources checked 2026-10-03This checklist explains how tourists generally claim a VAT refund leaving Vietnam through Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport, separating what happens before check-in from what happens after security.
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