Tax Free Shopping in Otopeni Airport Bucharest allows non-EU citizens to get VAT associated with goods of a value over 175 euros (bought in Romania). Tourists outside the EU now have the chance to buy from Romania, in Tax Free terms, goods with a value over 175 euros. Buy from stores that are part of Tax Free Romania network and you receive the tax on the value added back.

• The TAX FREE Shopping concept consists in giving back the VAT to non-EU citizens applies only when buying goods (not services) and is is available only in authorized stores.
• What is the TAX FREE system?
• TAX FREE = returning VAT to non-EU citizens
• TAX FREE Shopping allows natural persons non-EU residents to get their VAT associated with goods bought in Romania with a minimum value of 175 euros back (value per receipt, which can include more than one acquisition).
• Shopping in the TAX FREE system can be made only in authorized stores.
• The VAT return is made on the condition of leaving the EU space 90 days after buying the goods. The proof of taking the goods out of the EU territory is made through the receipt and the document of returning the VAT at the customs office.

What does the client/tourist have to do?

If the client/tourist leaves the EU space through International Airport Henri Coanda Bucharest, after they get the stamp on the VAT return and on the receipt, they can get cash from the Tax Free office, next to customs. Beware, if the goods are in the hold baggage, the client/tourist has to ask for the presence of a customs agent at check-in, before giving their luggage.

If the exit from Romania is made through another customs point, after receiving the stamp on the document of VAT return and the receipt and after leaving the EU space, send the two documents to Ask for TAX FREE, in an envelope labeled TAX FREE.

After this procedure, wait for the return of your money in your bank account. The money received will represent the VAT payed for the goods bought minus a commission of administration taken by Ask for Tax Free for the return services. The stamp of the customs is obtained from the last customs spot in the EU.

Important! If the information on the documents do not correspond, the customs can refuse to certificate the exit of the goods from the EU.

Attention! With no stamp from customs you cannot get the VAT value back.

Ask for Tax Free is the first company in Romania specialized in returning VAT for goods bought in a Tax Free system.