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The Netherlands 🇳🇱 /

Standard VAT rate: 21%

Low VAT rate: 9% on food and drink, agricultural products and services, medicines, books, daily newspapers and magazines.

Minimum spend amount: EUR 50 per store per day

Time limit to export: before the end of the 3rd month, after the month of purchase

Ask in the store: A normal receipt, invoice, Tax-Free receipt or Tax-Free form showing your name, non-EU address and passport number. If the store can't provide a purchase document showing your details, you can print a standard Tax-Free form yourself.

Required for Dutch Customs:

A purchase document showing your name, non-EU address and passport number (can be a regular receipt, invoice or Tax-Free form)
Any other purchase receipts or documents received from the store
Passport
If you have an EU passport; other proof of residence outside the EU
Boarding pass
Purchased items

Tip: In The Netherlands, Customs needs to see a purchase document from the store which shows your name, non-EU address and passport number. This can be any normal receipt, invoice, Tax-Free receipt or Tax-Free form. If the store can't provide a document with your details, you can print a standard Tax-Free form yourself.