Tax Refund Rate:

50% Online or ATX Shops || 70% cacao.tax eShop (paying with PayPal, Cash or Venmo)

1. Shop in TX
2. Schedule and Get your Refund
3. Travel Internationally

It is that EASY!


We are the first Tax-Back Service for international travelers in Austin, Texas, operating from the UT Austin Campus at Dobie Mall (Hook'em!).

We refund TX Sales Tax for your purchases according to the following stores (rates):

1. cacao.tax eShop (70% - paying with ONLY PayPal, Cash or Venmo);

2. Participating Austin,TX Physical Stores (50%);

3. Major Online Retailers (50%).


Whenever you are ready, Schedule your Tax Refund. *ONLY BY APPOINTMENT*

Book your Tax RefundSee Requirements
Appointment Tax Refund

Shop Tax Refund Service

i. Our refund service is for non-US Residents buying in Texas (including our eCommerce) and exiting the U.S.A. INTERNATIONALLY;

ii. Bring your passport, original receipt and travel documentation (airplane ticket or reservation) to complete your Sales Tax refund when you pick up your merchandise. See Full Details;

iii. We only Process Refunds by appointment. Schedule your Refund;

iv. We refund 50% (Online or ATX) or 70% (cacao.tax eShop) of your taxes. Our goal, however, is to eventually achieve a larger scale that allows us to refund 100% of your Taxes *True Duty-Free*;

Inventory for Tax-Free eShop: If you require an item NOT currently offered in the Inventory, please email: contact@cacao.tax (we can include things and match prices from Amazon, BestBuy, and B&H Photo among others);

(Updated Oct, 2024)

FAQs of Tax Refund Service

cacao.tax, All your brands, Duty-Free