摘要 |
A method for processing a transaction relating to a purchase and refunding a tax paid on the purchase. The method comprises receiving, over a network from a merchant apparatus, payment transaction data relating to a payment transaction associated with an electronic payment card; analyzing the payment transaction data to determine whether the payment transaction is eligible for a tax refund; determining a tax refund value corresponding to the payment transaction; determining that the payment transaction is authorised for a tax refund, and coordinating with at least an issuer associated with the electronic payment card in order to credit an account associated with the electronic payment card with the tax refund value. The invention is also expressed as a computing platform configured to perform the method steps previously described, and also to a system. |