Refunds under the 13th VAT Directive serve as a mechanism for taxable persons established outside the European Community, not registered for VAT in EU Member State, to claim refunds on VAT incurred.
To initiate a claim for a refund under the 13th Directive, eligible taxable persons must complete the prescribed form provided by the authorities. The application form includes detailed instructions on how to accurately fill out the required information.
Once the application is duly filled and completed, it must be submitted to the relevant tax authority. It’s crucial to adhere to the timeline stipulated for submission, which genereally mandates that the claim must be lodged within six months from the end of the calendar year in which the tax became chargeable.
We recommend European Union sources for further details on the matter per country:
Austria:
vademecums-Austria.pdf (europa.eu)
Bulgaria:
To the European Commission (europa.eu)
Belgium:
c70fcb2f-ea66-455e-9bfa-4eca10007515_en (europa.eu)
Cyprus:
5232a24b-2f4d-4686-b912-ea6e7f5aa09c_en (europa.eu)
Croatia:
Czech Republic
Denmark:
Estonia:
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Finland:
cb6d0a94-f745-4e9f-88ae-2634869e6a7c_en (europa.eu)
France:
Bundesministerium der Finanzen (europa.eu)
Greece:
Hungary:
Ireland:
Italy:
Latvia:
Lithuania:
Luxembourg
1872b1ae-94e5-4f3e-b9b3-5750dfb87a5f_en (europa.eu)
Malta
Poland
Portugal:
Netherlands
Answers to the questionnaire on VAT refunds under the 13th Directive (86/560/EEC) (europa.eu)
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
(questionnaire expected to be temporarily not available on European Commission website)
Spain
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Sweden
13a5ba5c-9b15-4d4d-bd25-564d35bb3ceb_en (europa.eu)
