Swiss Tax Refund

By selecting Switzerland as a destination and picking up at warehouse as a delivery option, the system keeps 22% of Italian VAT; after the export of the purchased products our clients can send us the original copy of the invoice with the customs stamp on it to proceed with the refund of the paid Italian VAT.

This procedure is activated for orders higher than 500,00 €; in order to proceed with the refund of the Italian VAT, the invoice signed by Swiss customs must be received within 2 weeks from the date of the picking up at warehouse.

What to do in order to receive the refund:

The procedure to receive the refund of the Italian VAT is simple:

- go directly to Swiss customs;

- declare you're importing the products listed on the invoice;

- pay Swiss taxes;

- request Swiss customs to apply their stamp on the invoice;

- send us the original copy of the invoice with customs stamp on it.

In this way we can proceed with the refund of the Italian VAT.

The norm refers to rule n° 633 of 1972

Otello code is necessary for goods that refer to art. 38-quater of the same rule (that is "goods to be carried in personal baggages"). Our products very rarely belong to this specific section of the rule as they usually have bigger measurements.

Let's make an example on a product purchased from Switzerland with a total amount of € 1,220.00 and picked up at our warehouse:

- Total Italian VAT included of € 1.220,00; - once you pass through Italian Customs you will be required to pay € 77,00 of Swiss TVA; - by receiving our invoice with Swiss Customs stamp we will proceed with the refund of Italian VAT for a total of € 220,00 minus the costs of the international bank transfer (usually around € 15,00);  - € 1.092,00 is the estimated total cost for a Swiss customer that picks up at our warehouse products with a Total VAT included of € 1.220,00.

Our Customer Care is at disposal for further assistance.