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Cosmetic Surgery Tax Refund

What is the value-added tax(VAT) refund?

• At the tax refund-affiliated clinics or hospitals in Korea,
• Foreign tourists, who have received cosmetic plastic surgery worth at least KRW 15,000,
• Can get a value-added tax(VAT) refund before they leave Korea.

• Available Medical Instsitution List for Cosmetic Surgery Tax Refund Download

People Subject to the Tax Refund

Nonresidents in Korea

• Foreign tourists
  • Length of stay : Less the six months
• Koreans Overseas
  • Residency aboard : At least two years
  • Length of stay in Korea : less than three months

Departing Korea within three months after undergoing cosmetic surgery

Medical Services Subject to the Tax Refund

• Double eyelid
• Facelift
• Facial bone contouring
• Breast surgery
• Liposuction
• Hair removal
• Nevus, freckles, lentigo, chloasma, acne
• Skin regeneration, skin whitening, antiaging, pore tightening
• Hair loss, hair transplant
• Rhinoplasty
• Tooth recontouring
• Tattoo, tattoo removal, piercing
• Other

Medical Institutions Available for Tax Refund

• Medical institutions affiliated with tax-refunding service operators among medical institutions registered to attract foreign patients with the Ministry of Health and Welfare

Medical Institutions Available for Tax Refund

• 1 Visit medical institution to receive its service.
  • Check if the medical institution is available for the tax refund
  • Check if the medical service is subject to a tax refund
• 2 Receive the Certificate of Selling Medical Service after payment.
  • Check the locations of tax refunding service operators when paying for the medical service.
• 3 Visit the refund points to get a refund
  • At the airport/port or downtown(Option : cash, Credit card, digital cash, etc.)

Refund Methods