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.
Read detailed information on VAT refunds to foreign businesses. A refund application can be downloaded here.

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.