AFAIK, you can only get a VAT refund for GOODS you take with you, not for
the VAT on goods or services "consumed" in country.
Janet
ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org wrote on 08/02/2013 09:28:57 AM:
From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ca>
To: IAOC List <IAOC(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>, "ietf\@ietf.org list"
<ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Date: 08/02/2013 09:31 AM
Subject: Re: Berlin was awesome, let's come again
Sent by: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Many countries let you claim VAT paid as you leave.
If we organized ourselves, then the whole issue of VAT could be neutral
to
non-EC attendees. EC-attendees, likely can claim the VAT paid anyway.
--
Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ca>, Sandelman Software
Works
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