I would think if you are an American service member/citizen living on the base, you would not need to pay VAT. And in fact it looks like this is true: https://

I would think if you are an American service member/citizen living on the base, you would not need to pay VAT. And in fact it looks like this is true: https://garmisch.armymwr.com/programs/vat https://garmisch.armymwr.com/programs/vat > Department of Defense personnel stationed in or TDY to Europe may be eligible to use the U.S. Forces Tax-Relief Program to avoid paying this tax for their personal purchases. In other words, you may be able to have the sticker price reduced by extracting the 19% or 7% VAT when making qualifying purchases through a U.S. Forces VAT Office. So, if these stores have primarily eligible customers, it stands to reason that the labeling would reflect that. (Rather than having the sticker price reduced, the sticker would reflect the reality of what you're going to pay.) I am not sure about that though, this whole section says something different, and it's couched in various warnings and restrictions: > Note: there exists NO direct entitlement to VAT relief of the individual member of the U.S. Forces! VAT relief only applies to procurements by a procurements agency of the U.S. Forces, here the VAT office. A contract shall not be concluded between the individual and the vendor as in such case VAT relief is not available.