Thai companies exhibiting in France are invited to contact Promosalons Thailand to ask for VAT refund. We have worked in close collaboration with UCCIFE (Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad) since 2005 and helped more than 20 Thai companies to get the VAT back.  

VAT is refundable for the following expenses:

- Cost of hiring of space, flowers, hostess services, translations, phone, electricity, transport de goods or machinery,...

- foods and beverages, restaurants bills,

- 80 % of the VAT on gasoil

- Hiring of furniture (article 259 A of French General Tax code),

- services such as: advertising... (article 259 B of French General Tax code

The VAT is not refundable for the following expenses: hotels, car hire, airlines and train fares, taxi fares and purchase of presents.

Download the VAT Refund Request Form

To organise your  VAT refund, Please send to UCCIFE  at above address the following  documents :

1 – Original of all invoices showing the refundable amount of French VAT (hiring of space,  furniture, flowers, advertising, hostess services, phone, electricity, food and beverages…)

IMPORTANT:   copies of invoices,  even certified, will not be accepted by the French Administration.

Should the amount to be refunded be important, please send a copy of the receipt Bank payment,…).

2 – Two original copies of the mandate should be typed on your company’s letterhead, written in French and signed by the representative of your company.

3- Should your company be residing in one of  the European Union countries,  an official certificate showing that your company is a VAT payee in the country where  established. IMPORTANT : this  certificate must imperatively be an original copy dated and valid for less than one year and bearing the stamp of administration concerned and duly signed by its agent. The French Administration shall not accept any certificate if these conditions are not fulfilled

OR

If your company is not operating in the European Union, an original certificate of registration as a business entreprise must be provided.

4 – A Bank account Identity number enabling the French chamber of commerce to transfer the VAT refund.

IMPORTANT : The French Administration must receive all the required documents duly completed at the latest 30th of June following the date of the issuance of invoices. No further delay shall be allowed.

For advance partial payment being made for hiring of space for an exhibition (in this case only) it will be exceptionally possible to submit the invoices refund claim up to the 30th of June following the event. 

UCCIFE / French Chamber of Commerce abroad fees for this service are calculated as follows:

• 60 Euro HT if total  amount of VAT refund is under 600 Euro
• between 601 and 5 000 Euro : 10 %  of the total amount of the VAT refunded
• above 5001 Euro: 8% of  total VAT amount refunded.

These fees are payable directly on the administration refund and will be invoiced to your company upon reception of this refund.