VAT Refunds: If you are a registered company, and your business location is in the United States, and you are interested in applying for a VAT refund, you must download and submit a VAT Refund application. An explanation of the form can be found here: VAT Refund Information. The actual application form is here: Application for Refund of Value-Added Tax and it can be submitted online after you have filled in all of your details.

In case you would like to print out and send the application via mail please use the following address:

Bundeszentralamt für Steuern
Außenstelle Schwedt
Passower Chaussee 3b
D - 16303 Schwedt/Oder
Phone: +49 228/406-0
Fax: +49 228/406 4722
http://www.bzst.de

The minimum refund amount is EUR 500, unless the application is for the ongoing calendar year, in which case USD 250 are the minimum.