Marc Verwerft schrieb: > Well, I live in Belgium and I can assure you that sales tax here is 21 > % as opposed to Germany's 16 % ...
It is 19% in Germany since 2007 ;( > A lot of people are just crossing the border to Aachen/Koln to find > 'cheaper' computer hardware (pc, pda, phone, digital camera's, ...) If all works out well you will be able to buy the devices from germany then, either from us or others who offer them. If you have a valid European VAT ID you can even buy without VAT. > Is there any other sales tax you are referring to then? Well, there is of course customs that will add on the sales price - the customs due from Taiwan into the EU of course, there is none within the EU. The only major issue I still have is "EAR" (German term but also valid for other European countries as far as I know), i.e. the "electronic waste regulation". For Germany it means that I as a reseller have to register (which is expensive!) at a piblic service center, tell them how many kilograms of electronic waste I am going to bring into public circulation (i.e. sell) and will then have to pay the waste dump cost for this. Since the Neo is not that heavy it should not be that much but the whole process is redicously complicated (and you have to deposit the expected cost at the *beginning* of the year!). This process is valid for all electronic devices you see nowadays with the crossed out dust-bin symbol on them. So this will also add to the sales price. > Regards, > Marc Cheers nils faerber -- kernel concepts GbR Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Sieghuetter Hauptweg 48 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57072 Siegen Mob: +49-176-21024535 -- _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
