Re: sales tax on freerunners

2008-05-25 Thread Kevin Dean
There's no "American tax". I was chatting with a friend from Croatia who was confused by how American sales tax works because apparently it's more common elsewhere (or particularly in Europe) to roll the sales tax (VAT?) into the advertised price of the good. In America, each state has it's own sal

sales tax on freerunners

2008-05-25 Thread Robin Paulson
while i was looking up the gst/duty i'll have to pay for importing my freerunner, this occurred to me - is american/californian/whatever sales tax included already in the price of the phone? will i be taxed twice, or will your local tax only be applied for local purchases? this might seem like a d