dangerous_dom Wrote: > OK, thanks for that. I thought the price on the Slimdevices front page > included your version of VAT. Thanks anyway, i feel better knowing that > (i think!). >
Sales Tax (US version of VAT) is a little weird (well, from the POV of a brit like myself anyway!). Firstly, it varies from state to state (around 6% here in NJ, but the other side of the river in NY it's over 8%). Secondly, it's never quoted in advertised prices - so the price you see on the tag is rarely the price you pay. This applies to retail stores as well as online purchases, and is seriously annoying - "I'll buy this item for $0.99, as I have a dollar in my pocket - whoops - it's actually $1.07!". Thirdly, you often don't pay sales tax at all for online purchases. The idea is that interstate commerce isn't taxed, so if I live in NJ and buy from CA, there's no tax. However, if the company in question have an office in NJ (however tiny), then it's not considered interstate. And some states have recently changed their laws to allow them to try and recover the "lost" income from this kind of thing. So all in all, 5 different people in the US buying the same product can end up paying 5 different prices. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18854 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
