Patent attributes
System for handling of refunding of value-added tax to a consumer who has purchased goods in a foreign country includes a central database and first terminals, placed in shops) connected to the system. The first terminals include equipment for entering purchase data. The system creates electronic checks on the basis of the data, and includes information carriers intended to be carried by the purchaser. Personal details, such as name, address and passport number, are stored on the information carrier. An identifying reference is stored on each carrier and the system has computer programs for linking the reference and electronic checks for the person's purchases, and for storing the checks together with their references in the database. Second terminals are provided with equipment for gathering the references from the information carriers of consumers.
