Why The Hell Are Consoles So Expensive In The UK?

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Ka-pi96 said:

sc94597 said:

Import duties - The U.K has a freer (slightly) trade market than the U.S. 

VAT, how does the VAT compare to U.S sales taxes? 

The UK market is freer with regards to EU trade mostly though, there are still import duties on stuff from outside the EU, where most consoles are made.

UK VAT is %20   US sales taxes are all different, some states don't have any at all.

Yes, I suppose you're right, and the areas in which the U.S lags in terms of free-trade likely have to do less with luxury goods and more with normal goods/resources. 20% is pretty crazy, here in Pennsylvania it is 6% (in Pittsburgh 7% because of sports stadiums.) Then again the U.K corporate tax is only about 20-22% while in the U.S it can be as high as 30-40% (federal + state + local) on top of sales taxes of 0-11.275%.