r/Interrail • u/0O0P5 • 5d ago

EU Stamp missing or fewer items

I live in Switzerland and recently bought some tax-free items in Amsterdam.

I’m traveling from Amsterdam to Paris by train and then back to Switzerland by train as well.

A few months ago, I got an EU customs stamp in Germany around two months after leaving Paris. They stamped my forms, but they only checked some of the items from the boxes.

This time, some of the items I bought are gifts, and my family will bring them to my home country via Switzerland. So when I go to get the customs stamp, I may not have every single item with me anymore.

Has anyone had experience getting a tax-free customs stamp when some items were already given away or are no longer with you?
Do customs usually check every item, or mainly the receipts/forms and a few items? And could the whole tax refund be rejected if some of the items listed on the form are missing?

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u/Deval_Dragon 4d ago

It literally depends on the officer. I’ve seen it go both ways.