UK residents can now shop tax free in Greece
UK residents are now eligible to shop tax free in Greece and can save up to 24% by claiming back the VAT on their purchases.
Find out how much you can save
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Original price / Tax Refund (approx.)
What shopping can I claim tax refunds for?
A variety of goods qualify, provided you take them home with you unused in the original packaging. Fashion, cosmetics, jewellery, technology and food and drink items, with many of the best high street retailers and global luxury brands offering Tax Free Shopping services.
Tips for tax free shopping
‘Deeply damaging’: Courts rule against challenge to new UK VAT rules
May 24, 2021
The UK High Court has rules against a legal challenge brought by members of the travel retail industry against the changes to tax-free shopping laws in the country
“The Treasury has baked-in a competitive disadvantage for UK tourism by making this the only country in Europe not to offer tax-free shopping.”
That was the reaction from travel retail industry leaders after the UK’s High Court and Court of Appeal blocked a legal challenge against the country’s new duty-free laws.
The case, brought by
Dufry and
Global Blue, sought to challenge a decision by the Government to withdraw the VAT Retail Export Scheme (RES) and the Extra Statutory Concession (ESC) on duty-free and tax-free shopping.
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In its latest quarterly ‘Observatory’ report, Global Blue (NYSE:GB) has examined the potential impact of recent changes to Tax Free Shopping legislation in the UK on international shopper behaviour in Europe. The report includes findings of surveys amongst international shoppers
1 and UK travellers
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With the gradual reopening of UK borders and their new eligibility to shop Tax Free in the EU, UK residents represent a new opportunity for European retailers
With the reopening of the UK borders planned after 17
th May 2021, UK tourists are eager to return to travel and spending in Europe. 65% of them intend to travel abroad this year. Affluent tourists