Refunds

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The VAT Refund Is Becoming a Real-Time Decision

A VAT refund is often treated as the final administrative step after a return is filed. In reality it is one of the most consequential decisions a tax authority makes. Pay too slowly and legitimate businesses finance government uncertainty. Pay too readily and fabricated transactions become public money. Digital transaction evidence and AI are turning that blunt trade-off into a precise decision about what can be released, what must be verified and what warrants investigation.