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Application for refund of VAT from other EU Member States by domestic businesses
Only businesses are entitled to participate in the VAT refund procedure. Permanent business establisments or branch offices of a company domiciled in Germany are to be regarded merely as parts of the company and are not eligible to apply for VAT refund. The VAT refund application must be submitted by the registered office of the management.
If you specify the authorised recipient/representative , you must add the State", "Email", "Identification number", "State of issue" and "Type" in addition to the address details.
"The VAT Identification Number (VAT ID) must not be specified. For better identification in the Member State of refund it is recommended to enter the VAT ID. If a VAT ID is provided, it must be atttributable to the applicant in the refund period applied for. If an incorrect number is entered, this may lead to a refusal of forwarding the application to the Member State of refund
If you specify the identification number of the authorised recipient/authorised representative (either tax number or VAT ID number), you must add the State which issued the identifier and the type of the identifier.
For the identifier, please enter either
- TIN - tax number
or - NVAT - VAT ID number
Restrictions for attachments:
- allowed formats: pdf, jpe, jpg, jpeg, tif, tiff
- maximum file size per attachment: 5.0 MB
- maximum file size of all attachments: 5.0 MB
If the data size of your attachments exceeds the maximum file size of all attachments totaling 5 MB, please contact the Member State of refund and ask in which way the supporting documents should be submitted.
Do not send these attachments separately to the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (BZSt). The BZSt cannot forward files and attachments not submitted via this form to the Member State of refund.