Immediate refund: cumulative limit per stay
₩5,000,000KRW total across the visit
The limit that arrives without warning, because it accumulates silently across separate shops and days. Someone who has been taking the tax off at the till all week can be told at the counter that this purchase does not qualify, with no obvious reason — and the reason is a running total nobody has been showing them.
- Applies to
- Shoppers using immediate refund repeatedly during one stay in Korea
- Review cadence
- Checked once a year
What we have recorded
- 2026-09-28₩5,000,000
Cumulative cap on immediate refunds during a single stay. Beyond it, further purchases go through the ordinary refund route rather than being deducted at the till.
Korea Tourism Organization — tax refund guidance
One reading so far. This becomes a history the first time the figure moves while we are watching — which is the part that cannot be reconstructed later.