Tax refund strategy for Heathrow Airport in the UK (time step process)

Thousands of passengers come and go from London Heathrow Airport every day. You can buy a variety of exquisite products in the duty-free shops here, and you can also apply for tax refund procedures. The relevant procedures and precautions are explained in detail below.

Wevat app, online UK tax refund

When traveling in the UK, basically all shopping receipts (except supermarkets, services, tickets, meals) can be uploaded to the app for tax refund. Because most stores in the UK will only ask you if you want tax exemption if you spend more than 50 pounds at one time, and some stores even cannot refund tax, so this app really gives you a lot more tax refunds! Souvenirs bought at boots and museums are refundable, which is great.

Secondly, the tax refund rate is about 2% higher! Because every airport in the UK has handling fees, getting a bunch of tax forms for tax refund will actually cost a lot of handling fees, and the refund rate of Premier (now called Planet) is really low.

After I checked, I was charged ￡10 for every Gucci I bought at the airport. Finally, the 10% tax rate is refunded by premiertaxform, but the 12% tax rate is refunded by wevat.

All you need to do is download the registration software, fill in your personal information, and upload a photo of your receipt at any time. The backend staff of the app will review each purchase order, and immediately display how much money can be refunded for the order after approval, which is very transparent.

Print the tax refund form

After reviewing all the invoices, Lin Fei clicked "Get Tax Refund Form" the day before. There are two ways to get it: print it yourself or print it at the airport. Because there is a printer where I live, and I am afraid that there will be many people printing tax refunds at the airport in the summer, I did it myself. The software will generate a tax refund form for all uploaded receipts and send it to the mailbox, then print and sign it. When you go to the airport to claim your tax refund, take all receipts and tax forms with you.

Notes:

1. Please pay attention to the message notifications sent by the app at any time. If you don’t know anything, just ask their human customer service!

2. If you use the app to refund tax, do not take the tax refund form from the store! When the clerk asked him if he needed tax exemption, he said no.

Because I struggled with this for a long time. Some stores cannot use the app to return items. These items must be returned with the store's tax bill. For example, independent stores of LV and GUCCI are still unable to return goods, but Harrods stores can use the app to return goods. I don't quite understand.

When I went to Bicester for the first time, Wevat customer service said that all stores can use the software to return goods, but when the store clerk asked me if I wanted a tax form, I was dumbfounded when I came back and couldn't send the app. If I asked for a tax return, I would have a double tax refund problem.

The second time I went to Bicester, I didn’t ask for a tax form at Gucci, but when I got home I found that I couldn’t get through the app. The customer service said that I changed the rules yesterday and did not refund the bill from Gucci Bicester. I'm really angry. I sent an email that night and asked Gucci for the after-sales tax bill. It took several days to get it to me.

After filling out the wevat non-refundable tax form, I took the receipt and tax form to the airport to refund the tax.

I had done enough planning before and knew that there might be a long queue, so I arrived at the airport at 2:30 pm for my 9 pm flight! In fact, I checked the tax refund time and I actually waited in line for less than half an hour, so I communicated quickly with the customs staff and there was no problem.

T4 tax refund is still very convenient. After taking the express train to the airport, take the elevator directly to the first floor, which is the Travelex tax refund area. Everyone in line seemed to accept it.

Here comes the routine. A staff member will ask you about the refund method at the entrance of the queue and explain that part of the refund will go to Alipay (wevat) and part of the refund will go to premier. At this time, her expression immediately changed and she said fiercely, "The pound is very slow and there are many procedures." After the refund, she still had to go back and go through the formalities.

Don’t listen to her! Be sure to insist in a gentle tone of voice for your pound cash back! Many people were tricked by her into going to the RMB cash window. That day, the RMB cash refund rate for my friend’s delayed flight was only 6.8, which was really a big difference.

Then she coldly sent me the queue number for the pound area, saying that I was trying to save time

As a result, there were three people in front of the number to return the pound cash, and Other windows had long queues at least 20 days ago. When doing the strategy, I came to the conclusion that it is safer to withdraw cash, because the premier is a rogue, and withdrawing credit cards is basically a dead end. And, if you return cash in advance at a mall or airport, Premier will deduct the refund and penalty from your secured credit card if you don’t receive the tax bill in the mail within 21 days! Wevat refund with Alipay is also very convenient.

At the counter, the staff was very nice and did not open my box. After reading the tax bill, they all stamped it for me without even looking at the receipt (my friend told me that except for high-priced tax bills such as jewelry and watches, everything else must be stamped). If you have valuables, they will tell you not to check them into customs before they can stamp them for tax refund.

Pay attention to the customs stamp and remember to take a photo of the tax bill! Wevat's tax bill will be taken away directly, and other cash refunds will be checked by you, and you can take your boarding pass to refund elsewhere.

Then I waited for my luggage to be checked in on the second floor. I took my boarding pass and picked up pounds at the Travelex counter on the same floor outside customs. My little brother is fine too. I quickly read the tax bill, took it, and gave it to me! The whole process didn't take more than 1 minute, but the first few people had various problems, some of the first floor was not sealed, and some of the lids were leaking.

Send the photo of the stamped wevat tax form to the app customer service, and they will send the money to me immediately, and the tax refund is completed perfectly.