Paris Tax Refund Guide Paris Lafayette Tax Refund Process

When traveling abroad, there will definitely be shopping, and if you do shopping, you will definitely need a tax refund. Today I will tell you how to get a tax refund. You can refer to it to see if these tax refund strategies are suitable. It is worth your reference.

Basic knowledge

Standard VAT rate: 20%

Drug 10%

Food, books: 5.5%

Reduced tax rate for certain goods and services: 2.1%

Minimum purchase amount: €175.01

Who can enjoy tax refund shopping?

If you are a non-EU permanent Resident

If you are over 16 years old

If you spend more than 175.01 euros

If you purchase less than 15 items (per tax refund application form

How to shop with a tax refund

How to receive a tax refund, including how to fill out a tax refund application form

Tax refund products:

Tax refunds can be made for outbound goods in customers’ personal luggage .

Maximum 50 pieces of the same (duplicate products)

Non-refundable products:

Tobacco

Pharmaceuticals

Cars and car parts

Weapons

Cultural relics over 50 years old

Stamps

Galeries Lafayette tax refund

1. 12% credit card refund: Show your designated credit card when issuing the tax form, scan it directly at the customs and send it away. Generally, it will be refunded to this credit card in two or three months. Since the return is sent by regular mail instead of registered mail, it may be lost in the mail. It is also common. Moreover, the general currency for credit card settlement is US dollars. It is equivalent to charging two conversion fees when converting euros to US dollars and converting to RMB. This tax refund method is not very cost-effective.

2. On-site. Cash tax refund. With this 10.8% tax refund method, you can get cash immediately! After you get the cash, you can go shopping again! It should be noted that you need a tax refunder to get cash on site (that is, who has a passport with the same name as the credit card guarantee) . In short, the money is given to you first but with a credit card as collateral! The tax bill scanned or stamped at the customs must be sent back to the tax refund company within 21 days. If the tax refund company does not receive the tax bill scanned or stamped, then The tax penalty will be deducted from your credit card! Therefore, it is recommended that friends who are traveling from Paris within a week use this tax refund method to be safer!

3. 10.8% airport cash tax refund does not require credit card guarantee ~ at. You can get the tax after stamping or scanning it at the airport. This method is the safest way to get the tax! However, there are only certain windows at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport where you can take euros, and other windows can only take US dollars or RMB, which have a very bad exchange rate! About There will be tips for everyone in this article later!

4. Although tax refund methods such as Alipay are now available for tax refund, they are not yet popular in France, so I will not introduce them first.

How to refund tax?

Please note! Galeries Lafayette adopts a centralized tax refund method! That is, instead of refunding tax at each counter, you go to the tax refund center for a unified tax refund after buying everything!

< p>Please put your shopping receipts together because after completing your shopping, you will be able to get a tax refund with your receipt~

Where to go for tax refund

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Free travel friends

The specific location of RDC tax refund is on the 0th floor of Galeries Lafayette. Just go up the small stairs next to Rolex! You can apply for tax refund here, but you want to Friends who want to enjoy on-site cash tax refund at Galeries Lafayette, please read below and follow the steps in the second half of the group tour.

Friends traveling in a group

The new Galeries Lafayette is the tax refund service center for Asia-Pacific group guests. The specific address is 21 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris

This is a newly opened hotel by Lord Buddha for group guests from the Asia-Pacific region. With all Chinese services in the museum, you no longer have to worry about finding the north! Simple diagram! Go out from the Lancel entrance on the 0th floor of Galeries Lafayette, cross the road in the direction of Sephora, and look to the left to see it!

The tax refund department is located in the new building -Floor 1! There are also a lot of cosmetics brands here, and there are not as many people as in the main store. If you still have a lot of time at this time, you can go shopping!

If you want to get cash at the Galeries Lafayette, go straight out and turn right after issuing the tax form at the tax refund department (if you are traveling independently, you will notice from here) High-end machine! Just scan it under the guidance of the staff and you’re on! Get cash~ It’s super convenient!

What should I do with the envelope after the tax refund?

After the tax refund You will get one or more tax forms and several envelopes

Please keep these things. When you leave the country, you will need to scan or stamp them at the customs! Be sure to keep them!

How to scan or stamp at the customs? (For those who are leaving the country in Paris

The day has finally come when you have to say goodbye to Europe, and you arrive with a little sadness, pushing a lot of loot. Charles de Gaulle Airport was momentarily confused.

Where is the customs?

At this time, please look up at the sign and you will find a word called détaxe. Follow the instructions and you will find the tax refund machine as shown in Figure 7__! You can select Chinese for operation! Please pay attention to the Do not check your luggage first because the customs has the right to check whether all the items you want to refund are taken out of the country! Generally, the tax form of Galeries Lafayette can be scanned on the machine. When you see a smiley face on the screen, it means it is OK~

If a smiling face appears, please take your luggage to have it stamped manually!

What to do after stamping?

1. Get cash on site at Galeries Lafayette And the baby who refunded it to the credit card

Please put your tax bill in an envelope and put it in the yellow mailbox next to the machine! There is no need to affix stamps because every envelope of the tax refund company has paid postage!

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Go to a window called Travelex, which is a currency exchange window, and you can get cash! If you want to make sure you get euros, please read the tips below!

< p>Key Tips

1. France has introduced regulations that each person can only receive 1,000 euros in cash per day. If you are traveling with a group of people, it is recommended to spread out the tax refund and calculate the tax to reduce this trouble. After all, what if you can’t get the money back in your credit card? There are many friends who don’t have credit cards yet.

2. The credit card used to guarantee cash tax refund at Galeries Lafayette must have Mastercard or Visa. Only UnionPay credit cards are not allowed

3. Friends who have relatives in France, please Attention! Please do not refund tax for things that your relatives did not take away! If the French customs discovers that you did not take away the things for tax refund, all your taxes will not be paid to you and you will be fined! It may even affect your next visa!< /p>

4. If you are still leaving the country in other countries, please stamp it at the customs at the last stop when you leave the EU

5. (Emphasis added if you want to ensure that you get euro cash Tax refund please! We have marked the only window at Charles de Gaulle Airport that guarantees 100% refund of euros! There are many people! Please be prepared to queue for an hour!! At the back of the Air China checkinhall! Terminal 1! Number 1!

6. For children who are traveling with us, please set aside at least one hour to apply for tax refund! Especially during the Chinese New Year and the peak seasons of July and August! It’s really crowded!

7. No matter what you use It doesn’t matter which card is in whose name or if you use cash to buy things, it does not affect the tax refund! Purchase and tax refund are two completely separate steps!

8. When purchasing LV, you need to provide a passport! You must provide the passport information of the tax refunder Same~

9. Please be sure before mailing the tax bill! Be sure! Be sure to take photos and back them up! The French are unreliable and must leave some evidence!

10. It’s always a scam UnionPay cards are the most cost-effective!! 0 handling fee! Friends who have visamastercard_UnionPay cards, don’t worry! Galeries Lafayette will use the UnionPay channel by default~