How to refund the tax in Britain? How much is the tax rebate in Britain? 20 18 the latest shopping tax rebate strategy in Britain.

I must have bought a lot when I traveled to England, but I remember that I had to get a tax refund for buying so much, which could save a lot of money. But the first thing we need to know is whether you can get a tax refund if you buy in large quantities, which should be noted.

The conditions for tax refund, that is, who can refund the tax. First of all, we must understand the essence of tax refund: in Britain, the selling price of goods = the price of goods itself +20% value-added tax, which is aimed at domestic taxpayers and cannot be enjoyed by tourists or people who are about to leave the EU, so this tax should be refunded to you.

So, who can get the tax refund? Residents from non-EU countries who come to the UK for sightseeing, visiting relatives and visiting (of course, this is mainly for China tourists), or non-EU students or workers who have lived in the UK for a long time and will leave the EU for more than 65,438+02 months, all meet the requirements of tax refund applicants.

The following is a detailed explanation:

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Those who stay in the UK for more than 6 months are long-term residents and cannot be refunded. If your visa is about to expire and you don't come back within 12 months after leaving the EU, you are eligible for tax refund. The most common situation is international students, who can get a tax refund on their journey back to China after graduation, but remember that they can only get a tax refund if they shop within 3 months before leaving the UK.

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And a long tourist visa. Now most people apply for a one-year or two-year British tourist visa. Some parents stay in England for half a year. Remember that you can't return the things you bought in the first three months. If you want to buy luxury goods, try to buy them in the last three months.

3. The right of permanent residence and British nationality cannot be returned. Bunley found a little trick. If you want to buy luxury goods for your friends, there is no refund if you buy them directly in the UK. You can buy it from Searle Foric Department Store.

Buy directly from the websites of large department stores such as Harrods Department Store and send them to China for direct online tax refund; Or go to the airport duty-free shop, which is much cheaper than the counter.

As I said before, tax refund refers to the refund of value-added tax, and the value-added tax rate in each country is different. The value-added tax in Britain is 20%, but it doesn't mean that you can get 20% of the total price of goods. Why?

Tax Refund Fast Calculator The price you paid = the actual price of the goods+the actual price *20%, so the value-added tax is about 17% of the price you paid, but the handling fee of the tax refund company is deducted from this 17%, and the final price is only about 12% of the price you paid. Here is a calculator. You can enter your own shopping amount and work out how much tax can be refunded.

For example, if you buy a bag of 1 0,000, you will get a refund of10.22. According to computer calculation, the more things you buy in the same store, the higher the tax refund ratio. For example, if you buy something with 10000, the tax refund can be 1400.

What can I return? Not everything can be refunded. Tax refund service can only be provided if the store indicates tax exemption. Even if there is a sign, not all goods can be refunded. You'd better consult the waiter before buying.

For example, large shopping malls in Britain, such as Searle Foric Department Store, Harrods Department Store and Harvey Department Store, are loved by everyone.

Nichols, Liberty, bicester Village and Burberry Discount Store all provide tax refund services.

Tax refund can also be given in some places where there is no tax exemption sign. For example, TKMaxx, a big-name discount chain store on the high street in Britain, can also get a tax refund. Remember to ask the waiter for a tax refund when you buy something.

What can't be returned for second-hand goods, including cars, clothes, bags, etc. ;

Service fees, such as hotel fees and taxi fees;

Goods excluding VAT, such as food, books, children's clothes, etc.

Cars;

Exporting goods worth more than 600 pounds for commercial purposes;

A gem;

Online shopping items (except some e-commerce direct mail to China can be directly refunded online).

British tax refund process 1. Shop and fill out the tax refund form.

When you buy goods over 50 pounds, you need to ask the merchant for TaxFree.

Form). The time requirement for tax refund is within 3 months before departure. If you stay in the UK for more than 3 months by visiting relatives or visiting, you'd better not buy it in advance, but buy it within 3 months before departure, otherwise you can't get a tax refund.

Before going to the airport, you'd better fill out the tax refund form, which needs the signature of the clerk and keep it with the shopping receipt.

The tax refund form provided by each merchant may be different, depending on which tax refund agency your merchant uses. This is the tax refund form of GlobalBlue in the picture above, except for Premier and tax.

FreeWorldwide, GB, Innova and other organizations.

Fill in the tax refund form as shown above. You can choose cash tax refund (2.75 pounds per transaction) and credit card tax refund (including domestic credit card and Alipay, regardless of whether you use this card or not).

2. Go to the airport for tax refund

The tax refund process at each airport is different. In many international airports in Europe, the tax refund process is to let customs officers check the tax refund items first, stamp them and then enter the security check, and then find a tax refund company to handle the tax refund.

London Heathrow Airport can complete all tax refund matters before security check.

There is nothing wrong with these two modes. The key is to remember to arrive at the airport in advance and reserve enough time for tax refund, especially during the summer vacation, winter vacation and the eleventh period. There are many people waiting in line for tax refund, especially the flight from China, which is really crowded. Bunley has met people who were too late to get a tax refund because of the rush of time. So here is a special reminder, be sure to arrive early! Arrive early!

What you must know is that as long as airports around the world have tax refund areas for China flights, the queues must be very long, and you need to be patient. Remember to sort out the goods that need tax refund so that they can be checked when tax refund is made.

When you get to the airport, just see the VATRefund sign and line up.

3. Information to be prepared for tax refund

passport

air ticket

Tax refund form

Purchase bill

Goods to be refunded (don't check your luggage too early, the customs will check whether the goods you bought are consistent with the receipt and tax refund form when you refund the tax, and you can't apply for tax refund without showing the goods).

Cash or bank card tax refund

If there is a cash tax rebate, of course, it is best, so the operation is actually the most reliable, and you can get the money on the spot;

If there is no cash tax refund, you can only choose bank card tax refund. If it is a tax refund form of GlobalBlue, you can directly operate it on the spot and return the money to your card within a few working days. If it weren't for Universal,

Blue's tax refund form may put you in the mailbox next to it, which will be a little risky. If you fill in the wrong form, you can't confirm it on the spot, which will lead to the money being returned.

Customs regulations on luxury goods tax refund stipulate that jewelry, watches and electronic products over 250 pounds must be used as hand luggage, so there are tax refund points outside and inside Heathrow airport security check. Baggage that needs to be checked will be refunded outside the security check, and hand luggage will be refunded inside after passing the security check.

The specific operation is to carry the valuables to be refunded with you through the security check and go to the terminal for VAT.

Tax refund office, show your tax refund information, the service staff will check and stamp it, and then take the tax refund form to TRAVELEX, the money exchange agency with a blue signboard, and they will return the cash according to the tax refund form. However, before the tax refund, TRAVELEX people may need to call the jewelry store for confirmation.

Except Heathrow airport, small airports may stamp the tax refund form outside the customs and ask TRAVELEX for a refund when entering the customs. If there is no service, just put the completed tax refund form in the tax refund envelope and still put it in the tax refund mailbox.

London Heathrow Airport Tax Refund Point

T 1 terminal is closed.

There are tax refund points inside and outside T2 Customs, and the tax refund is universal all over the world. Working hours are from 5 am to 22 pm;

T3 has two companies (inside the customs, outside the customs) that accept tax rebates for goods purchased from any European country. Working hours: 5 am to afternoon 10, seven days a week.

T4 is also a company inside and outside the customs, accepting worldwide tax rebates, and its working hours are from 5 am to afternoon 10. There is also a tax refund mailbox.

T5*** has three tax refund points, all of which can be refunded in cash. Working hours are from 6: 00 am (except 6: 30 am) to afternoon 10.

Everyone should pay attention to the fact that the airport tax refund cannot be advanced. If you fly in the early morning, you'd better go to the shopping place for tax refund on the day of shopping, otherwise you will make a contribution to the British economy in vain.

In addition to airport tax refund, other tax refund locations in Britain also have tax refund points in some large shopping areas, but other tax refund points are stricter than airport tax refund offices, and generally only goods purchased locally in Britain are returned. Remember to bring tax refund items, air tickets and passports, as well as tax refund forms from Britain (not in Europe). The specific address is:

1. westerfield Tax Refund Point in London

Unit 302a, Ariel Way, Central London, W 12.

7GF, only local tax refund is supported. Working hours are from Monday to Saturday 10: 30 to 9: 00 pm, and from Sunday 12 to 5: 00 pm.

2. Tax refund point in Oxford Street, London

The address is the downtown refund point, 339 Oxford Street, W1C.

2JB, only local tax refund forms are accepted, and the working hours are complicated. Monday to Sunday from 8 am to noon 12, and from 6 pm to 8 pm, there is actually a six-hour lunch break.

3. Edinburgh Tax Refund Point

EH2, 3rd Street, 3rd District, Edinburgh City Center

This office only accepts local tax refund forms. Working hours are from 9: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and from 10 to 5: 00 p.m. on Sunday.

4. bicester Village Tax Refund Point

ChangeGroup has a store in bicester Village, which provides tax refund and currency exchange policies. The criteria are as follows:

1. You must live outside Europe.

2. The minimum consumption of each receipt is 50 pounds, and the maximum consumption is 3000 pounds.

A valid passport (or a photo or copy of the original passport) must be presented on the day of tax refund.

4. You must have a credit card (Visa/MasterCard/American Express) with a validity period of at least 3-6 months, and the specific time has different requirements according to different duty-free shops.

You must fill out the tax refund form completely and have the signature of the merchant.

6. When you leave Europe, you need to fill in the form with customs seal completely and mail it to the duty-free office by envelope within 2 1 day.

7. If this form is not received within this time, the tax refund will be returned to the previously authorized credit card, and a certain fine or management fee will be charged.

In other cases, guests must go directly to the airport as before.

But in the end, I tell you a good news. Alipay in Greater China has gone global, and now Britain, France, Italy and Germany have all opened Alipay tax rebates. We bid farewell to the distress of queuing for tax rebates. For specific operations, please click: How to use Alipay tax refund?

Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport is divided into South Terminal and North Terminal. Both terminals have MoneyCorp tax refund counters, which also provide cash tax refund and bank card tax refund.

Everyone needs to go to the customs to stamp and exchange cash at the tax refund counter.

Edinburgh airport tax refund Edinburgh airport tax refund is divided into cash tax refund and mailbox tax refund.

Needless to say, there is tax between Gate 4 and Gate 5 of the airport.

Just drop the tax refund form into the refund mailbox. However, it should be noted that the tax refund form needs to be stamped by the customs, so don't seal the envelope yet.

Cash tax refund needs to be handled at the currency exchange counter opposite Starbucks at the airport (6: 00 am-4: 00 pm). The processing flow and precautions are the same as above.

Pay attention to cash tax rebate. Try to choose sterling cash. If you switch to other currencies, the exchange rate will lose a lot. Before, a friend of Bangli asked for RMB cash, and the exchange rate was 8.5. As a result, the RMB exchange rate is only about 1:7.

Manchester Airport Tax Refund Manchester Airport recently opened a cash tax refund counter. Before, many small partners responded that the tax rebate at Manchester City Airport was only a mailbox tax rebate, and frequent tax rebates were unsuccessful, which made a contribution to the British economy in vain. Now, the Travelex tax refund counter (with Chinese logo) has been opened at Manchester City Airport, T 1,

There are counters in terminals T2 and T3.

T 1, working hours of cash refund counter in T2 terminal: 6: 00 am-7: 30 pm;

Working hours of cash refund in T3 Terminal: 6: 00 am-4:30 pm.

Similarly, everyone should try to choose the pound tax rebate, otherwise it will lose a lot of exchange rate difference.

Birmingham airport tax refund Birmingham airport has two tax refund counters, one next to Boots, and its business hours are from 6 am to 6 pm; One is opposite the check-in counter, and its business hours are from 4: 00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Duty-free or duty-free, which is cheaper?

Bonley used to be asked whether I bought the same thing cheaply at the counter or directly at the airport duty-free shop.

The difference between tax exemption and tax refund To answer this question, first of all, we clearly distinguish the difference between tax exemption and tax refund:

1.DutyFree (duty-free), the duty-free shop at the airport is what we hear the most. Duty-free means to exempt goods from import duties and value-added tax generated when they are imported. The tax rates of different commodities are different, starting from 20%.

Up to 100%. There are no restrictions on duty-free goods. Anyone who leaves the country can provide passports and air tickets to buy in duty-free shops.

2. Tax

Exemption (tax refund) refers to consumption tax and value-added tax. The tax rate varies from country to country, and it is 20% in Britain. But the actual refund is about 12- 14% of the total price of the goods you paid. The tax refund is restricted by identity, mainly for tourists and non-EU residents who are about to leave the EU. We have made it very clear before, so I won't repeat it here.

Duty-free or tax refund, which cheap tax refund is fixed, if the tariff rate of a commodity is higher than the value-added tax, then it is the most cost-effective to buy it in duty-free shops, such as cigarettes, wine, tea, perfume and cosmetics, which are all bought cheaply in duty-free shops;

Like some luxuries, such as bags, clothes, shoes, ornaments and so on. The tariff rate is not high, so it is the cheapest to buy it in a shopping mall or specialty store and then refund it.

But for those who can't get tax refund, such as permanent residence, international students, work visas, etc. No matter what goods, it is the most cost-effective to go to the duty-free shop.

Frequently asked questions on tax refund 1. If I leave from England and want to transfer to other European countries (such as the Netherlands) to return home, where should I go for tax refund?

There are two situations here:

One is a joint flight ticket, that is, you don't have to transfer at the airport and fly directly to China in the Netherlands. In this case, you need to apply for a tax refund in the UK;

The second is a joint flight ticket, but the transit time exceeds 12 hour, which will probably allow you to apply for a check-in baggage tax refund in the UK, and then apply for a carry-on baggage tax refund in the Netherlands. Of course, good customs will not torture you like this;

Third, no return ticket. For example, if you want to travel to the Netherlands for a few days and then return to China, you need to go to the Netherlands for tax refund. Because the tax refund is aimed at the whole EU, the tax refund personnel need to apply for tax refund when they leave the EU, that is, the last stop.

2. Now that Britain has left the European Union, can the things I bought in Britain be refunded in other European countries?

Britain will not officially leave the European Union until next year, so the tax rebate policy is the same as before. What will happen after next year? We will update this article.

3. What is the relationship between Customs, Travelex and GlobalBlue?

There are so many tax refund agencies in the article at the same time, which makes people puzzled. What is the relationship between them?

To understand the relationship between the three, let's first sort out the tax refund process:

Go shopping in the store, issue a tax refund form-stamp it after customs inspection to confirm that it meets the tax refund conditions-send the tax refund form back to the store-receive the tax refund.

The seemingly simple steps actually involve many processes and institutions. For example, it is an act of the state for shops to make tax refund forms and give consumers tax rebates. We don't know the middle layer. How can businesses have the energy to operate such complicated steps? As a result, the corresponding tax refund agency (simple and rude, also called tax refund intermediary) came out, Global.

Blue is our common tax refund agency, and its scale is global. You can contact us after returning to China. They will handle the tax refund between merchants and consumers.

There are actually many tax refund agencies like GlobalBlue, such as Premier, TaxFreeWorldwide, GB, Innova and so on.

Wait, how do they make a profit? Of course, they charge tax refund agency fees. Different businesses will sign different tax refund agencies. Does that mean that consumers have to go to the corresponding tax refund agency to apply for tax refund according to their tax refund forms, so it will take a day to complete shopping.

At this time, Travelex came into being, which is equivalent to a comprehensive platform for tax refund agencies. As long as your tax refund form belongs to the above five tax refund agencies, you can apply for tax refund at Travelex.

Suggestion 1. If you can choose cash tax refund, you must choose cash. Bank cards and Alipay tax rebates are not very reliable, and people often vomit and do not receive money;

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If you choose cash, you must choose pounds. Otherwise, the huge exchange rate difference will make you want to scold the street in minutes. Because these institutions that finally give money are foreign exchange institutions, their main business is to exchange foreign exchange, and earning exchange rate difference is their main income, so they will ask you to change it into other currencies. At this time, you can be tough and stick to Sterling;

The bank card used for shopping should be consistent with the name on the passport as far as possible. There have been cases where bank cards that have been swiped before are not their own, which leads to tax refund.

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Leave enough time for tax refund. This point has been emphasized several times before, especially at Heathrow Airport during the tourist season. There are many people who really get a tax refund, and they have to queue for a long time. The longest person has been in line for three hours.

5. Try to get the school to issue the graduation certificate of tax refund for international students, otherwise the customs officers can't judge whether you really want to leave or not, in case you come back one day.