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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1605670, member: 37498&quot;]Maybe Mikey or GoldMark could help answer this, but my main concern with buying bullion in Germany would be their Value Added Tax.&nbsp; As far as I know, it&#039;s currently at 19% on&nbsp; most goods and services.&nbsp; (7% on some items like food, and some goods and services are exempt, like banking and health services).&nbsp; Is buying PM for investment purposes considered &quot;banking&quot;?&nbsp; (Unfortunately, I&#039;m thinking the banking exemption is for banking services.)</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was stationed in Germany, we were exempt from paying the VAT.&nbsp; However, in order to exercise that exemption we had to have the merchant fill out a form, bring that form back to post and have it signed, and then go back to the merchant and purchase the item.&nbsp; With all that hassle it wasn&#039;t worth it for buying a bratwurst, but it was worth it for buying more expensive items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m hoping for my sake and Mikey&#039;s, that bullion purchases are exempt from VAT.&nbsp; Or, for Mikey&#039;s sake, that the VAT exemption still exists and that they&#039;ve reduced or eliminated the administrative burden of exercising it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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