Avoid the UK and Save Big Bucks
Dec 21st, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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service charges, such as hotel expenses
so I can get a refund of hotel and restaurant service charges but only IF the establishment participates in the voluntary VAT Retail Export Scheme
Q- How many hotels and restaurants participate - McDonalds?
and
<First, you need to choose a shop that operates the VAT Retail Export Scheme. It's a voluntary scheme and not all shops operate it, so you need to check before you buy anything.>
Well 0% of my VAT-ed purchases are from such shops - meaning I cannot get any VAT refunded, contrary to flanner's claim that "unlike America, we even refund the sales taxes visitors play on merchandise" - so as usual flanner is blowing hot air and misleading folks.
so I can get a refund of hotel and restaurant service charges but only IF the establishment participates in the voluntary VAT Retail Export Scheme
Q- How many hotels and restaurants participate - McDonalds?
and
<First, you need to choose a shop that operates the VAT Retail Export Scheme. It's a voluntary scheme and not all shops operate it, so you need to check before you buy anything.>
Well 0% of my VAT-ed purchases are from such shops - meaning I cannot get any VAT refunded, contrary to flanner's claim that "unlike America, we even refund the sales taxes visitors play on merchandise" - so as usual flanner is blowing hot air and misleading folks.
