I live outside the US and I ordered an item from the online US apple store.
I had to pay tax on checkout but the package is leaving the US directly via a freight forwarder (shop and ship).
In this case will I be able to get a tax refund? If yes, how do I request that?
We all pay taxes of some sort in the US or when we buy in the US. See if your local Government will reimburse the taxes you paid. You won't get any refund from the US Government. But as etresoft said, be prepared for your Government to charge you import or other taxes.
fas95_ wrote:
Oh dear god...
Sorry. I don’t follow. However you import something, you are required to follow the law regarding said importation. That may require the payment of local taxes and duties. Generally non-US customs officials are pretty savvy about this and can spot these a mile a way. You may “get lucky” and avoid an extra payment, but it would be nothing more than luck. My wife once forgot her iPad, which was purchased in Canada, and left it in the US. When it got mailed back, we had to pay taxes and duties on it. In this case, we were entitled to a refund and we applied for it. We didn’t get it. Cross-border shipping, especially for high-value, Apple products, is always risky.
Hope the shipping forwarder you are using is not a scam site. Apple knows of almost all the shipping forwarders and will normally cancel your order if they see you are using one. There has been a rash of cases of fake forwarders who take your money, sign for your iPhone and then sell it and keep the money.
Not a chance! You’ll be really lucky to avoid double taxes and duties on top of that.
Oh dear god...
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