On 12/3/10, Thomas Bohn, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Why don't the US get an VAT like the rest of us? I mean I pay 19 % VAT
>no matter if I buy on or offline, well sometimes it is just 7 % but
>who cares about those details?

Americans do pay a sales tax at the point of purchase, but only within
the state in which they live. Which is a bit daft as if you're in say
Virginia and you buy online from B and H in NY, then you don't pay the tax...

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