South Korea to Offer Tax Refunds for Breast Augmentation, Liposuction

August 19, 2015

(UPI) – Tourists looking for a little nip and tuck while earning a tax refund may have a new must-visit destination on the horizon: South Korea. Seoul’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in early August the country is to exempt foreign cosmetic surgery recipients from the value-added tax that comes with paying for treatments such as breast augmentation, wrinkle removal, rhinoplasty and liposuction, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported.