Visa Offers Tax
Rebate On
Purchases in Costa Rica
Visa Latin America is
offering visitors to
Costa Rica a chance to
get a reimbursement on
sales taxes paid in
the country with
purchases made with
a VISA® or VISA Electrón® cards.
The rebate is equal to
the tax paid on
purchases in Costa Rica
between 9 January 2009
and 22 February 2009.
Visitors leaving Costa
Rica will be able to
present their Visa
vouchers at the Juan Santamaría
airport and have a
chance to win a rebate
of the 13% sales tax on
the purchase. Not
eligible are ATM
withdrawls, purchases
made online and
purchases were sales tax
did not apply.
On presenting the
vouchers at the airport,
winners, who are chosen
at random, will be
notified immediately and
will receive a Visa
debit card with the
amount of the tax paid
in Costa Rica on their
purchase.
The Visa module at the
airport is only open
between 9am and 7pm from
Monday to Sunday.
For more information and
details of the "tax
free" promotion, visit:
http://www.visalatam.com/taxfree/index.jsp
and click on
"BASES Y CONDICIONES"
which opens a new
browser window with all
the rules and
regulations of the
promotion or call (506)
2287 8090.
The website and its
content on the promotion
is only available in
Spanish. Clicking on the
"English version" at the
top of the page will not
get you to the
information.