Uzbekistan will launch Tax Free for tourists
Tourists will be able to claim the refund of VAT amounts soon.
From January 1, the Tax free system will be introduced in Uzbekistan, the press service of the State Tax Committee reports.
In Uzbekistan, from 2023, Tax Free for tourists will appear as an experiment – a VAT refund (value added tax) can be issued at the international airports of Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Urgench. The corresponding Decree was signed by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.
“From January 1, 2023, as an experiment, a Tax Free system is introduced to refund to foreign citizens the amounts of VAT paid by them when purchasing certain types of goods from entrepreneurs engaged in retail trade in Uzbekistan”, – the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan said in a statement.
The total amount of the purchase of goods must be at least 1 million soums.
It will be possible to return the tax within three months from the date of purchase when leaving the country, and the total amount of the purchase must be at least 1 million soums (about 90 USD). To do this, it will be enough to register in the Soliq mobile application and scan the checks of the online cash register (cash register) with a fiscal sign for the purchases made in it.
With the new system it will be possible to issue a VAT refund when leaving the territory of Uzbekistan through the international airports by contacting the system operator within three months from the date of purchase of goods.
