Big spenders from abroad can get a partial refund of the 15 percent (10 percent in Baja and Quintana Roo) federal sales tax, although it is not easy. Shoppers must buy from affiliated stores and then present photocopies of passport, tourist card, boarding pass and the invoices and credit card vouchers from their purchases. Minimum purchase from each merchant is 1,200 pesos. Anything less is not worth bothering about. There is no maximum, provided purchases were made with a credit card. TaxBack, the agency obtaining refunds, keeps about one-third of the refund to cover its operating costs.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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