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Mexico City – Mexican vacations would be a little bit cheaper next year under a measure approved by the lower house of Mexico’s Congress.
The bill would allow tourists a refund of Mexico’s 15 percent value-added tax as of July 1, 2006.
The measure now goes to Mexico’s Senate. The federal Tourism Department is promoting the measure, which is similar to a practice used in Europe.
Only tourists arriving by air or sea would be eligible for the refund, which would apply only to products purchased in and taken out of Mexico.
The total of the purchases would have to amount to a little more than $100.
Tourists would have to obtain a formal receipt from the seller of the items.
