VAT refund in shipping

Im going to visit London in two weeks from now and I want to buy an iPhone 6. I want to order the iPhone through shipping. Can I get the form of the VAT refund in my shipping?

No Apple don't ship internationally or subscribe to the tourist VAT refund docket system.
The later is because iPhones are priced and warranted ONLY within the Domain of sale (only within the EU are they obliged to provide limited cross border warrantees by EU law)
Other Apple gear can be bought at some airside stores for export outside the EU VAT free .

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VAT / CST if Ship-to-Party is different

Dear All,
Issue is regarding the Tax calculated for the respective Partner.
Sold-to-Party & Bill-to-party is in Karnataka (VAT applicable).
Ship-to-Party is in other state say Tamil Nadu or Andra Pradesh (CST Applicable).
Logistics has to say that CST will be applicable, whereas Finance dept. has to say VAT is applicable.
May I know Tax calculation will be for CST or VAT?
Inputs and if any authenticated document supporting for the same will be of great help.
Awaiting for the response.
Thanks n regards,
Vijayashree

A similar argument was going long time back and I got this document from a tax consultant.
Meaning of u2018Inter State Sale
Section 3 of CST Act defines Inter-State sale or purchase as follows : A sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce if the sale or purchase (a) occasions the movement of goods from one State to another or (b) is effected by a transfer of documents of title to the goods during their movement from one State to another. Thus, inter-state sale can be as per section 3(a) or section 3(b).
It has been held that these two modes are mutually exclusive. u2013 Tata Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO) v. S R Sarkar - (1960) 11 STC 655 (SC) = AIR 1961 SC 65 = (1961) 1 SCR 379 - confirmed in UOI v. K G Khosla & Co. Ltd. - (1979) 43 STC 457 (SC) = (1979) 2 SCC 242 = AIR 1979 SC 1160 = (1979) 3 SCR 453, i.e. when a sale falls under section 3(a) it cannot fall under section 3(b) and CST can be levied only once. In Bharat Heavy Electricals v. UOI - AIR 1996 SC 1854 = (1996) 102 STC 373 (SC) = (1996) 4 SCC 230 = JT 1996(4) SC 427, it was held that whether a particular sale is inter-state or not has to be decided only with reference to section 3 of CST Act alone and no other section. Similarly, to decide question in which State the tax is leviable, only section 9(1) is relevant - no other provision is relevant.
Sale which u2018Occasions movement of goodsu2019 - As per section 3(a), u2018Inter State saleu2019 takes place if the sale occasions movement of goods from one State to another. In CST v. Suresh Chand Jain - (1988) 70 STC 45 (SC), it was held that a sale can be said to be in the course of inter-state only if two conditions concur viz. sale of goods and (ii) a transport of those goods from one State to another.
There are following essential ingredients of inter-State sale under this sub-section:
Transaction must be a completed sale.
+Location of buyer and seller is immaterial. Thus, even if buyer and seller are within the same State, sale will be inter-state, if sale occasions movement of goods from one State to another. e.g. the buyer may have construction site in another State and may ask seller to despatch goods directly to the site. Inter State sale by transfer of documents is also possible even when buyer and seller are in same State.+
There should be an agreement to sale which contains a stipulation (express or implied) regarding movement of goods from one State to another. - Balabhgas Hulaschand v. State of Orissa (1976) 37 STC 207 (SC) = AIR 1976 SC 1016 = (1976) 2 SCC 44 = 1976 2 SCR 939.
It is immaterial whether a completed sale precedes the movement of goods or follows the movement of goods or takes place while the goods are in transit. What is important is that movement of goods and the sale must be inseparably connected - CST, UP v. Bakhtawar Lal Kailash Chand Arhti - (1992) 87 STC 196 = 1992 AIR SCW 2246 = AIR 1992 SC 1952 = JT 1992 (4) SC 388 (SC 3 member bench) [In Balabhgas Hulaschand v. State of Orissa (1976) 37 STC 207 (SC) = AIR 1976 SC 1016 = (1976) 2 SCC 44 = 1976 2 SCR 939, it was held that concluded sale should take place in a State which is different from the State from which goods move. However, now the later judgment (i.e. 1992 judgment) prevails].
From the above, you can conclude that tax should ONLY based on Ship To Party.
Hope this should be helpful to you.
thanks
G. Lakshmipathi

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I wanted to purchase iPad from apple store, will they give me the VAT refund VAT407 form?

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I have a student Visa. I wanted to purchase the new macbook with retina display. Can i clam a VAT refund?

When I go to europe and head back to the states I can go to customs at their airport i.e france, italy or germany and get VAT refund for all the purchases I made. It does not work the other way around. purchase in the US heading back to europe as far as I know but you can ask US customs at the airport if they do such thing, just make sure you have copies of your receipts.

IPhone VAT REFUND

I'm an Asian student who studying in uk during 2014/2015
if i pre-order an iPhone 6 online or buy it at apple retail store , and I'm leaving uk at June or July 2015 how could I get the VAT REFUND ?

Usually those refunds are only made if you leave the country within 30 days of purchase, but you'll have to inquire there. We don't know the UK's policy on VAT refunds.

VAT refund for buying ipad online in uk?

I want to buy a ipad online and my question is: can I get a vat refund form for this item? I will go back to asia in next month.

Goods you can claim refunds for
You can obtain VAT refunds for anything on which you pay VAT in the UK apart from the following:
new or used cars
a boat you plan to sail outside the EU
goods worth more than £600 exported for business purposes
goods to be exported as freight
goods that need an export licence - except antiques
unmounted gemstones
bullion over 125g, 2.75 troy ounces or ten Tolas
mail order goods, including Internet sales
goods used or partly used in the EU, such as perfume
service charges, such as hotel expenses
So, NO, you cannot get a VAT refund for an Internet purchase of your iDevice.
Source: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/sectors/consumers/overseas-visitors.htm
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IPhone 4 VAT refund query

Hi,
I'm from India, & will be buying iPhone (sim-free) in UK, during my visit to UK in August.
I had some query regarding VAT refund for my iPhone 4:
I called up 2 UK stores, regarding the same, but couldn't get them resolved !
1. There's a 17.5% VAT on iphone purchase,
Bath, South gate store told me, they refund the VAT at store itself, Where else Regent street store told me, i have to get it at the Airport ?
2. Do i get full 17.5% refund, or is there a Admin charge on this refund,
Bath, South gate store told, there's no Admin charge, where as Regent street store told me, that VAT refund gets reduced to 13%, due to some Admin charge !
Kindly answer these queries.

Hey, I just checked the HMRC website and it does say
"First, you need to choose a shop that operates the VAT Retail Export Scheme. It's a voluntary scheme and not all shops operate it, so you need to check before you buy anything."
So you'll need to double check the Apple store you plan on visiting does operate the VAT scheme.
It also says;
"You may not get all the VAT back. The retailer and/or the refund company may make a charge to cover the cost of handling your form. If they do, this will be deducted from your refund before you receive it."
So it does appear the reduction to 13% due to the handling charge may be legitimate.
Full instructions on how to get a VAT refund if possible are on here
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/sectors/consumers/overseas-visitors.htm#2
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I just bought an iphone 6 at the store. I got the tax refund form and I am pretty sure that I am eligible to get the tax refund at the airport. The only problem is that I am not sure whether I can activate now or I have to wait after getting the refund to activate my phone. Do I have to keep my phone in box to get the tax refund?

Because I found this
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I'm based in Jersey, Channel Islands, which is 0 rated for VAT so would like the VAT on my monthly subscription refunded. How do I get that to happen as over the year it will total £60 of unnecessary expenditure.

Hi Thanks all and dear SK,
I sort of got an answer and no I havent got a refund yet.
Essentially, because we are not part of the EU in the Channel Islands, we're classed in a peculiar bracket of what I can only call "rogue" states and in theory, we shouldn't have the adobe suite as they wont sell it to us! in order to get a refund you'd have to buy the software from a licensed reseller in the UK and then get the refund of the VAT from them - BUT I havent worked out in practice how that would work and as I've already set up my account for the CC suite, I'm not entirely sure if that would mean I'd have to cancel it all and re-start.
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Kind regards,
Matthew

Which VAT Code ( from ship-to or bill-to ) will be reflected in Invoices

Hi All,
A Main Customer has role ( sold-to and bill-to) and is attached to 20 ship-to customers ( sub customers).
All the customers ( main and sub ) have the VAT code maintained and the tax code is also maintained.
So the confusion is which VAT Code is selected over the Invoices while creating them for ship-to customers, either from main Customer bill-to role or from sub- customer ship-to role.
Kindly assist in this case.
Thanks in Advance
Jatin

Hi raj,
     I think your solution is too complexity.may be you can use BADI "CRM_ISA_GEN_DOC_SEL" to solve you problem,
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     2.Create implementation for BADI,and overwrite method "INIT" to add new condition record for shipto.
Best Regards,
Xianjun

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How to fetch the VAT registration number of the ship to party from billing

Dear SDN Team
How to fetch the VAT registration number of the ship to party from the billing document. Can you proide some information for fetching the VAT registration number of the ship to party.
Normally only the payer VAT registration number will be displayed in the Invoice. But in my case the Ship to party VAT number is displayed.
I have resolved this problem by doing the customizing setting in order to have the payer vat registration number. But for the Old Billing documents it is more than 30,000 documents where it was printed with the ship to party VAT number. So i need to identify those documents.
Can you please help to resolve this problem.
With Regards,
Jai

Hi,
To get VAT from the ship to from Billing, You have to first fetch the BILLING NUMBER from the VBRK and then goto the Document flow in VBFA to get the SALES DOCUMENT NUMBER and with sales document you will get the SHIP TO number from the VBPA with the PARVW = SH
Once you got the SHIP TO , then goto the KNA1 and get the VAT ID in the field STCEG
so the logic will be as follows
VBRK---VBELN and then
VBFA--VBELN with the document Category as C
VBPA-VBELN and get the KUNNR with PARVW =SH
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regards,
santosh

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The German Apple Store does say that you can apply for a VAT refund but doesn't detail the process. Someone else here may have been through the process and be able to provide details, but if not, you'll have to call the Apple Store in Germany and ask them how to submit.
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