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Real 50,000-won banknotes (Shin Saimdang) fanned on a wooden desk beside a red wallet and white envelopes, Korea 2015
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TAX BACK FROM **₩15,000.**. One receipt, one Tax Free store. Before 2024: **₩30,000**.
Instant-refund tills at Olive Young Myeongdong, Seoul — LED strips read PLEASE PREPARE YOUR PHYSICAL PASSPORT (FOR IMMEDIATE TAX REFUND)
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₩1M A BASKET. **₩5M A TRIP.**. Stay under both, and the Tax Free till takes the tax off.
The Service desk and self-service kiosks inside an Olive Young branch (Wonju Dangu, Gangwon), 2020
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ASK BEFORE **YOU PAY.**. Bring your **physical passport** — and ask if this branch refunds at the till.
The Daiso Myeongdong flagship tower on Toegye-ro, Seoul, with the red-and-white daiso cube sign on the roof, next to Hotel Prince
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ONE RECEIPT. **ONE BRANCH.**. Ten small buys across three Daisos refund nothing; one **₩16,000** basket does.
Departure lobby of Incheon International Airport with check-in counters and travellers with luggage trolleys (2006)
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KEEP IT SEALED. **3 MONTHS.**. Goods leave Korea within **3 months**, unopened — customs may check.
Twin towers of a Lotte-branded hotel in Seoul (Lotte City Hotel Mapo) with the LOTTE sign — a Seoul hotel shown as an example, not as a designated tourist hotel
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HOTEL TAX BACK **MAY END.**. A government proposal ends it **30 June 2027** — if the National Assembly passes it.
A real Seoul mart receipt (2013), cropped at native resolution to the item lines and 과세액 / 부가세 (VAT) 1,036 / 면세액 / 합계 11,400
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TREAT RECEIPTS LIKE **MONEY.**. VAT is 10%; after fees, roughly **5–8%** comes back. **epickor.com**

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KOREA TAX REFUND · 2026

TAX BACK FROM ₩15,000.

One receipt, one Tax Free store. Before 2024: ₩30,000.

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