Tax issues for purchases in The Netherlands by a US citizen?
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Relaxed got it right, but not the whole truth. I kept on hunting, and finally found the best option (if everyone is honest). According to the Tax and Customs Administration, I can get a receipt signed¹, send it to the shop, and the shop can issue a refund. The downside is that if the shop doesn't give a refund, I'm no longer in EU so it's hard to do anything about it. But (hard to believe the theory matches the reality), any EU country can sign it (stamp it) as I leave. And the leaving has to be less than ninety days after the purchase.
I could go to vatfree or one of the other companies in the links in Relaxed's Shiphol link. Three disadvantages there: (1) I have to go to Shiphol for vatfree.com²; (2) I do all the work except for the actual contacting the shop; and (3) they keep almost a third of the tax.
¹I think it's a stamp rather than a signature, and it is a certification that I actually took the thing out of the EU.
²Travelex is everywhere, but their fee is higher and I don't know if all their sites will handle Netherlands purchases.
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You can find many details on the official website of Schiphol airport. Provided you live outside the European Union, it is indeed possible to recover some taxes when shopping in the Netherlands but only if the shop participates in one of the tax-refund schemes.
Additionally, one of them, vatfree.com, will apparently try to get a refund for goods that weren't purchased in one of the associated shop but there are no guarantees. You cannot just buy stuff at a random shop and get the VAT back without their cooperation.
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