- State Secretary Van Rij answers questions about VAT refunds for international travelers, posed by MP Vermeer
- Increasing digitalization can lead to a more efficient VAT refund process
- The Customs has positive experiences with digitally validating goods leaving the EU, allowing for VAT refunds to non-EU travelers
- Plans are in place to make the validation process mandatory and digital to simplify and speed up VAT refunds
- The use of VAT refunds is not solely determined by digitalization, but also by other factors
- Plans are in place to implement a digital validation system for goods bought in the Netherlands and exported outside the EU
- Manual VAT refund processes can lead to long queues at airports, affecting the competitiveness of the Netherlands compared to other European countries.
Source: open.overheid.nl
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