Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!mpmst1 From: mpmst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (metlay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sales taxes (Was: Why is the Amiga 3000 so damned expensive in Europe) Summary: yep. you're wrong Keywords: taxes Message-ID: <26143@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 23 Jul 90 13:53:10 GMT References: <665@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org> Reply-To: mpmst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (metlay) Distribution: comp Organization: Atomic City Music, a division of MysTech Productions Lines: 20 In article kk102029@tut.fi (Karsisto Konsta) writes: >No you wouldn't. As far as I know prices in the US are always quoted >without any sales taxes, because there are _no_sales_taxes_ in most of >the states. >Correct me if I'm wrong. >Konsta Karsisto kk102029@tut.fi -- me, myself and I Konsta, you're wrong. Consider yourself corrected. The USA has no sales tax in only one or two of its states at most; almost everywhere, one has to pay sales tax on the state level (and often on the local level as well). Rates are lower than in Europe, though, usually from 5% to about 8%. The reason why sales taxes are not quoted in ads is because most states do not have any reciprocity agreements for collecting taxes from one another, so transactions via mail order that cross state lines are non-taxable. This situation is changing rapidly, however. We're writing our Congressmen, but (as usual) they can't read. |-> -- metlay | MYSTECH, P.O.Box 81175, Pittsburgh PA 15217-0675. | Home of Beamline Records, Atomic City Music, and metlay@vms.cis.pitt.edu | the Oberheim Xpander Users' Group. Write for data.