Tax Free purchase

Wim Meeussen BVBA offers its customers a tax-free purchases service. In this case, the customer needs to prefund Belgian VAT (21%) which will be refunded once the customer has performed exportation outside the European Union.

The customer needs to present this items while passing through the customs of the European airport from where the customer will export the jewel:

1. The purchased product and the invoice Wim Meeussen BVBA will transfer by bankwire to the customer the corresponding VAT refund amount exclusively upon receipt of the original product invoice stamped by the customs of the European airport from where the exportation took place.
2. Passport:The customer needs to be able to prove that he's no European resident.
3. Boarding pass:The customer needs to be able to prove that he's leaving Europe.

Wim Meeussen BVBA will transfer by bankwire the corresponding VAT refund amount exclusively upon receipt of the original product invoice stamped by the customs of the European airport from where the exportation took place. The export must happen within 3 months of the purchase/invoice.

The stamped invoice needs to arrive at the Wim Meeussen BVBA no later than 2 months after the date the invoice was stamped.

Refund can only be done when Wim Meeussen BVBA clearly receives the account number IBAN and BIC or SWIFT-code of the customer.

Tax-refund is performed according to the legal and European procedures prescribed by the Belgian Chamber of Commerce (142. The Article 8, 4°, of Royal Decree 18 states that the seller must establish the existence of the exportation by providing the customer with a copy of the invoice or a similar document bearing the stamp of the customs of exit from the European Community) according to which the presentation of the invoice of the purchased product (as exportation document) when passing through the customs is sufficient (in addition to the presentation of the three other items listed above - the product, the passport and the boarding pass). According to the Belgian and European law, no other documents are required.

Wim Meeussen BVBA will never be held responsible for any type of exceptional event that would prevent the client from exercising the right to claim a VAT refund.(For example: the closing of customs and impossibility for the customer to get the stamp, no reception or loss of the invoice sent by the client by the mail, … )

Wim Meeussen BVBA will never be responsible for any mistakes coming from the customer’s side that would result in bank fees. The customer will eventually be charged for these bank fees.