AFAIK, you can only get a VAT refund for GOODS you take with you, not for the VAT on goods or services "consumed" in country.
Janet ietf-boun...@ietf.org wrote on 08/02/2013 09:28:57 AM: > From: Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> > To: IAOC List <i...@ietf.org>, "ietf\@ietf.org list" <ietf@ietf.org> > Date: 08/02/2013 09:31 AM > Subject: Re: Berlin was awesome, let's come again > Sent by: ietf-boun...@ietf.org > > > Many countries let you claim VAT paid as you leave. > If we organized ourselves, then the whole issue of VAT could be neutral to > non-EC attendees. EC-attendees, likely can claim the VAT paid anyway. > > -- > Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works > > > [attachment "attpcwe7.dat" deleted by Janet P Gunn/USA/CSC]