OREANDA-NEWS. March 14, 2014. BOC launched tax refund services for tourists shopping in Italy. Tourists can have taxes refunded at BOC's outlets in Italy, both ridding of the trouble of queuing up at airports and getting the refunds on site. The currency for tax refund could be RMB, Euro and US dollar.

The tax refund services of BOC cover all the tax refund business of Global Blue, Tax Refund and Premiere, the biggest three service providers in Italy. Tourists need to bring their purchase invoices, tax refund forms, valid passports and credit cards as collateral (with a expiry date of over 4 months away), and the maximum refundable amount is equivalent to 2,000 Euros for every tourist.

BOC has set up outlets in the downtown area of Milan and Rome, near shopping districts and accessible by tourists on foot within several minutes. The business hours for such services are from 8:45 am to 4:00 pm.

BOC would like to offer a special reminder that customers need to deal with tax refund within the prescribed time limits of tax refund companies based on their varied requirements, the longest of which is 1 month after shopping. Meanwhile, tourists with tax refund needs shall note whether their date of departure meets due requirements of tax refund companies during shopping.