• Nope

    You pay the host nation's VAT and then they reimburse you.

    It's a scheme to encourage tourism I think.
    Happens all over the world. Def in the USA as well as EU

  • There is a duty free allowance of £390 (per person, per trip). Go over that and you do have to pay VAT and duty. That's what the red channel is for.

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