System and method for recovering refundable taxes
CA 2358798 A1 · Owner: Mastercard International Incorporated · Inventors: Cerra, Peter J.
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A system for recovering refundable taxes such as value-added taxes (VAT) uses a transaction card, such as a credit or debit or electronic cash card to , record purchases made by a traveller that are subject to VAT in a foreign country. The traveller loads the transaction card with a software application that is able to record the purchases subject to VAT. The traveller uses the card to make purchases in the foreign country and the card calculates and , accumulates the VAT subject to refund. When leaving the foreign country the , traveller inserts the card into a terminal the software application reads the , VAT subject to refund and the traveller selects whether to receive the refunded …
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- Filed January 18, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 18, 2020.
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