Tax Genie
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PUBLIC RESEARCH PILOT
NO LIVE REFUND CLAIMS

Tax Recovery Intelligence / Screen Pilot v0.2

EU cross-border VAT.
Evidence before recovery.

Explore a possible EU VAT refund application route for a hypothetical business. Compare basic EU-wide application thresholds and deadlines, and see what remains unverified. This calculator does not establish refund entitlement or estimate money you will recover.

01 — Scenario inputs

Use example values only. No documents, names or personal information. Inputs remain in your browser only. No accounts, uploads, tracking scripts or tax filing.

Business and refund countries
A period shorter than 3 months is generally only allowed for the remainder of a calendar year.
Example amount only. This is VAT paid, NOT an estimate of refund entitlement.
Eligibility varies by country and category. Category rules are not enabled.
Unverified scenario assumptions
The selected route is for research navigation. Except for general EU-level information, no country-specific law or expense rule has been verified. This tool accepts no uploaded documents.
02 — VAT amount for screening
€1,200.00
Hypothetical VAT charged — never presented as an expected refund.
Application pathway
Scenario route
General EU application threshold
Threshold comparison
General EU submission deadline
Estimated recoverable VATNot assessed
Country-specific expense restrictionsNOT VERIFIED
Verification Agent — research design only. Future country rule packs will reference authoritative legal text, source date, jurisdiction, applicable period and human review. No live monitoring or legal validation is running in this pilot.

Official sources and what this pilot does not cover

Directive 2008/9/EC ↗General cross-border EU VAT refund framework, periods and application thresholds. Your Europe · VAT refunds ↗Official introductory guidance and application pathways. European Commission · VAT refunds ↗Overview and references to the legal and national procedures.
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Research pilot v0.2 — 21 October 2026. This website is operated by Proof & Signal. Not tax, legal or financial advice. No filings, forecasts, tax eligibility conclusions, live invoice imports, backend calls or personal data collection. This pilot has no country-specific eligibility rules and cannot advise whether a claim is permissible. All input is processed locally in the browser. No analytics are enabled in this build; search-engine indexing is disabled until live QA and publication approval. External source links navigate only when clicked. Use fictional amounts only; do not enter identifiable business or customer information.