Tax free shopping to be available for tourists travelling to Azerbaijan

Tax free shopping to be available for tourists travelling to Azerbaijan
# 17 June 2016 10:25 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Musa Ahmadov - APA-Economics. Tourists travelling to Azerbaijan will benefit from tax-free shopping, Ministry of Taxes told APA-Economics.

Tax-free shopping (TFS) is the buying of goods in a foreign country and obtaining a refund of the sales tax which has been collected by the retailer on those goods. The sales tax may be variously described as a sales tax, goods and services tax (GST), value added tax (VAT), or consumption tax.

Tax free shopping in Azerbaijan is not available for Azerbaijani citizens, foreigners having permission to live in Azerbaijan temporarily or permanently, having work permit to engage in paid labour activities and those without citizenship, staff members of air transport directly fulfilling their duties and under the age of 14.

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