As a Global Blue Direct Promotion Chinese Consultant, we assist overseas travellers and Chinese students and scholars who intend to return to their non-EC residence to fast track their tax refund when they shop in the UK.

Global Blue is the world's leader in Tax Refund Services, refunding over 38,000 satisfied customers every day and operating in 40 countries on 5 continents with over 300,000 affiliated retailers internationally.

Sinolink provides a complete range of shopping assistance service, from identify the right shop destination to match your taste, providing transportation and tour guiding if you travelling for the first time to the UK, and a personal shopping assistant who speaks your language to make sure all your shopping requirements are met and tax refund form are accurately completed. We will help you to calculate how much VAT you are eligible to claim back at the airport customs desk and in which form is the best to your benefit.

As an overseas visitor you are entitled to claim back the tax (VAT) you pay on your purchases when you take them home under the VAT Retail Export Scheme (RES). The easy and safe way to reclaim your tax is with Global Blue, the world's leading tax refund company. This service is offered by major retailers world-wide.

Under the Scheme VAT can be refunded to overseas visitors travelling to a final destination outside the EC provided that export takes place within three months of purchase. If the retailer is approved to use the Inward Processing Relief (IPR) tax free shopping scheme, relief from customs duties may also be claimed on eligible export sales.

Note: If you are a European Union (EU) resident you cannot use the VAT refund service within the EU. The VAT rate in the UK is 20%. (on top of the purchase price).To qualify for a refund you will have to make a minimum purchase of the goods set by the store that are eligible under the VAT RES.

The following goods are excluded from the VAT Retail Export Scheme and are not therefore eligible under the IPR TFSS: New motor vehicles for personal export, used motor vehicles for export, Boats sold to visitors who intend to sail them to a destination outside the EC, goods with a value of over 600 pounds,exported for the customers business purposes,goods for consumption in the EC, goods requiring an export license(antiques requiring an export license can be exported under the VAT Retail Export Scheme and, therefore, under the TFSS); un mounted gemstones; bullion over 125g (2.75 troy ounces or 10Tolas); and any goods zero rated for VAT.

Your Global Blue form, which can be obtained from the Customer Service Desk or, in smaller outlets, at the payment till, must be stamped by Customs at departure from the EU within 3 months from the end of the month in which you purchased your goods.Your refund amount is the VAT less an administration fee. At the point of sale, it is the retailers commercial decision whether the goods are sold to entitled customers on a tax inclusive or exclusive basis, this must be clearly identified in the IPR application. If sales will be made on a tax inclusive price, details of how refunds will be made to the entitled customer must be provided. VAT RES allows the goods to be retained within the EC for up to three months following the date of purchase.

Sinolink is tied in with a number of high quality retail outlets, such as Selfridges, Harrods and Bond Street stores. We can arrange gift cards and a discount service with our partner retailers.

GLOBAL BLUE: http://www.global-blue.com/