Barcelona Duty Free has one store in Terminal 1, located on Floor 1 inside the shopping center in the Departures inside the Schengen Area. The store offers an exclusive selection of tax free fragrances, liquors, food items, tobacco, souvenirs, watches, and sunglasses.
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What do you need? You simply need to fill in the Tax-Free form in the shops where you buy your purchases. Then, get the form validated at Customs within 3 months of the purchase date. The electronic VAT refund procedure (DIVA) makes the validating process quicker and easier.
You can also claim your sales tax refund at the airport at the airport where you fly out of the European Union. All airports including Barcelona airports have a tax-free office, where you can declare your Tax free purchases at customs, get your tax free cheques stamped and get your tax-free refund.
There are two stages, getting the stamp on the form from customs and getting the refund from one of the refund points at the airport. The customs office for VAT refund in T2 opens every day from 7amto 10pm and works 24h in T1.
Items in Europe are already significantly cheaper to purchase than in the U.S., and you can also get a percentage of your money back from the taxes you paid. Let's break it down. The Louis Vuitton bag that I purchased in Spain was $740 cheaper than the U.S. price.
The standard VAT rate in Spain is 21%.It applies to most goods and services. The two reduced VAT rates are 10% and 4%. Spain also has some zero-rated goods, the sale of which must still be reported on your VAT return, even though no VAT is charged.
For the 2022 and 2023 Spanish tax years there is a basic personal allowance for people under 65 of €5,550. Once you reach 65, the allowance rises to €6,700 and from aged 75 this increases again to €8,100.