Pristine20 on 05 August 2008
| ChichiriMuyo said: "here in united states it is 7.25% for the highest tax state, california." I'm sorry, you need to do better research. 1 Tennessee 9.35% 2 Louisiana 8.70% 3 Washington 8.45% 4 New York 8.25% 5 Oklahoma 8.15% 6 Alabama 8.00% 7 Arkansas 8.00% 8 California 7.95% 9 Texas 7.95% 10 Arizona 7.80% And realistically, most of those are higher. I live in Arizona, and I typically pay more than 8% thanks to city/county tax. http://www.fairtaxation.org/facts/sales_tax_rank.php Anyway, VAT works in a totally different way than sales tax, so it's pointless to compare them directly. And on top of that, there is a difference in the buying power of a Dollar and a Euro. While conversion rates highly favor the Euro, meaning it's good for Europeans to travel to the U.S., basic costs of living are still practically 1 to 1 in most places. |
That really sucks. In delaware, there's no tax on electronics. I live in philadelphia. Most people here just drive down to DE to buy expensive electronics
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