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Tax Free Shopping for Overseas Visitors

Visitors to the UK who live outside the EC are eligible to receive a VAT refund on purchases made during their stay in the UK

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To Shop Tax Free you need to:

1. Reside outside the EU
2. Make a minimum purchase of £30 and collect a VAT refund form at the time of sale
3. Take goods home within three months of the date of purchase

To Get a Refund, at airports with a Customs Desk (i.e. Heathrow) you need to:

1. Visitors go to the H.M. Customs & Excise desk before check-in.
2. Have the goods, receipts and completed form with them.
3. Get a Customs stamp and post the form in the pre-paid envelope.

To Get a Refund, airports with no manned Customs Desk (i.e. Scottish airports) you need to:

1. Check in as usual
2. Place the form in the pre-paid envelope into the "VAT Retail Export Scheme" box provided by H M Customs & Revenue.This is usually found at passport control or after security.

In both instances the refund will be made to a major credit card or by bank cheque.
Visitors may also take their stamped form to the refund point at Heathrow airport for an immediate cash refund for purchases between £100 and £1,000. There may be a charge made for this service.

UK Tax Free Refund has City Cash Refund Centres in both Inverness and Edinburgh. For purchases between £75 and £1000 visitors may take their completed form to these locations and receive a cash refund while still enjoying their stay in Scotland.

To Receive a Cash Refund you need to:

1. Take the completed form to the UK Tax Free City Cash Refund Centre.
2. Have a Visa or Mastercard with at least 3 months till expiry.
3. The agent takes a pre-authorisation on the credit card and for a flat fee of £1 will give a cash refund.

No Customs Stamp = No Refund

All forms whether refunded to a credit card, or those which have been pre-paid at a cash refund point must have a Customs stamp on them and must be returned to UK Tax Free Refund Ltd.