VAT refund
VAT refund for exports in personal luggage
If you are resident abroad (non-EU) and would like to export the goods ordered from us yourself, we will be happy to refund the VAT directly to you. The place of residence in this sense is the place entered in your passport or other border crossing documents. This address should be used as the billing address when ordering.
The statutory deadline must be observed for the refund. The export must be proven to have taken place before the end of the third calendar month following the month of delivery.
There is no export of purchased goods if:
- it is a vehicle, its components and accessories.
- the buyer dispatches the goods by a forwarding agent, railway, post or other carrier.
- the buyer does not transport the goods in the usual luggage, but transports e.g. furniture or larger household appliances to the destination in his own or rented lorry.
Procedure at the border customs office
The border customs office confirms, stating the place and date by means of an official stamp
- the clearance of the goods presented for export and specified in the invoice
- that the details of the name, address, passport number or other border crossing document correspond to the details on the invoice.
If you were resident in a non-European country at the time of delivery but were unable to prove this to the border customs office, you can have a substitute confirmation issued, e.g. confirmation from an official office of the Federal Republic of Germany (e.g. German diplomatic mission abroad) in the importing country. Substitute confirmations from non-Community customs offices are not recognised.
Note: BMS does not provide pre-filled forms for customs clearance either by download or by enclosure.
Refund - procedure
Please send the customs stamped (BMS) invoice to:
BMS Bernd-Michael Schröder Sailing Wear GmbH
Am Sandtorkai 25-26, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
After processing, we will refund the VAT amount to the bank or credit card account specified in the order. Please do not send any bank details by e-mail or post. A refund to another payment method is not possible.