Tax-free shopping means that the VAT included in the price of a product can be refunded to the buyer if the product is taken unused out of Finland and the EU. Only persons permanently residing outside the EU and Norway are eligible for a refund. To receive a refund, the product must have been sealed for tax-free purposes at the place of purchase.


The refund must always be claimed at the airport from which the flight to a country outside the EU departs.


More information is available, for example, on the Finnish Customs website.