Duty free shopping Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties
About Duty free shopping
The "tax and duty free shop" concept originated inShannon,Irelandin 1947 as a means for trans-Atlantic air travellers to purchase spirits for immediate export without incurring local excise taxes. The duty-free shop is a retailer located at an airport, on board a ship or at an international border, situated so that the items sold can not be brought back into the country of purchase without going through Customs. There may also be a possibility to get taxes already paid refunded when leaving a country, if the goods were bought for export and needed procedures were followed. In theory, these items as exports are not subjected to local tax in the country they are exported from (hence the name "duty free" or "tax free") but could be taxable in the country which they are imported into. Many cou
Duty free shopping Travel Guide Sections
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