Non-Thai residents who purchase a certain amount of goods can go through the formalities of tax refund before leaving Thailand. Don't be silly. No tax refund! But you can save a lot of money! Let me teach you how to refund the tax!

The following are the tax refund steps:

1. Carry a passport or a home page with personal information printed on it.

Shops marked with "VAT refund for tourists" offer tax refund service, so you can ask the store directly.

note:

You need to spend more than 2000 baht in the same store on the same day to apply for tax refund.

The total consumption must exceed 5000 baht/person before you can apply for tax refund when you leave the country.

2. The store will provide a yellow "tax refund form" when checking out.

When giving the original passport, the staff usually fill in the name, nationality, passport number and seal, and then sign it.

How to apply for tax refund at the airport

1. Find the customs tax refund office at the airport and stamp it.

Go to the airport with tax refund forms, documents and shopping items, and find the customs tax refund office stamped by the customs before you check your luggage, before you can enter the next step.

Every store that buys more than 2000 Thai dollars must fill in a tax refund form, and the tax refund form in hand must be stamped by the customs.

All items worth more than 1w baht need to be carried with you for the staff to check.

Go to the tax refund counter after security check.

If you do a good job of tax refund, you can go through the boarding formalities with confidence. After the security check, you can find the tax refund counter for tourists. You can get the tax refund by showing the stamped yellow tax refund form, all the original shopping documents and passports.

Choose the payment method of tax refund: cash, bank draft, credit card: Alipay is also acceptable.

Airport tax refund point

Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK): 4th floor of the departure hall/next to the boarding gate of 10/0.

Don mueang international airport (DMK): The third floor of the departure hall, between 1 and Exit 2 and the control area of the departure hall.

Chiang Mai and Phuket airports are relatively small, and both have Chinese signs, which are easy to find!

Note: Go through the tax refund formalities at the airport or customs tax refund counter. You need to show your passport, tax refund form and shopping invoice before going through the tax refund formalities. You need to prepare in advance! It is best to reserve a longer time for processing! It is very likely that there are many people waiting in line!