Analysis shows 162,000 visitors from outside the European Union sought refunds on VAT exclusively in the UK in 2019, a year before the scheme was ended.
Charging holidaymakers more to experience the natural beauty of our beaches, moors, towns and villages, knowing it is helping these very communities to thrive after they are gone, is a small price to ask.
Question: Taxpayers should be warned that May 17 is the deadline for amending their 2020 tax return or claiming refunds still not received for that year. After May 17 it will be too late. While taxpayers have a three-year deadline after filing to make corrections or claim refunds, the IRS has 10 years to collect from them for any tax due.
Malcolm Bell, Chief Executive of Visit Cornwall, admits the idea of implementing a tourist tax upon visitors to the area is a concept he can 'certainly envision' in the future.
Millions of people have an unclaimed tax refund from 2020 waiting for them at the IRS but don't know it. Are you one of them?
The new charge will be introduced at one of the island's most beautiful natural beauty spots - the Roque Nublo
The new charge will be introduced at one of the island's most stunning natural beauty spots
Manila now has two of the four radars it bought from Tokyo for US $99 million in 2020.
The IRS estimates that it has more than $1 billion in unclaimed refunds due to one million Americans having yet to file their 2020 tax returns.
Tenerife authorities confirmed an eco tax will be introduced on 1 January 2025. Holidaymakers will be slapped with the charge when visiting protected sites. Move will help placate protestors who demand changes to tourism on the island
Crowds have been flocking to the Fuji-Kawaguchiko town, which have led to locals' complaints of litter, danger to road traffic, and illegal parking
The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.