Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!walt.cc.utexas.edu!lshaw From: lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sales taxes (Was: Why is the Amiga 3000 so damned expensive in Europe) Keywords: taxes Message-ID: <34361@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 24 Jul 90 06:07:44 GMT References: <665@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org> Sender: news@ut-emx.UUCP Reply-To: lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) Distribution: comp Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 25 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. You're wrong. Here in Texas, the sales tax is about 6% state, extra 2% city. It ranges from about 4% (can't remember where) to around 15% (new york city). BUT, if I order something from, say, Florida (another state), I don't have to pay their sales tax, 'cause I don't live there. So, the way it works here is it wouldn't matter (to you, since you don't live here) if we had a sales tax of 100%, since you don't have to pay it. Prices are quoted without sales tax because (at mail order places) because most people don't have to pay them, and because it makes everything look cheaper. I hope I've cleared things up for everybody. ============================================================================ "The machine minded material man Logan Shaw desperately dreams of a brand new sedan. lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Wlll he expect long lasting gain ======================== from a toy that will race then rust in the rain?" - elim Hall, Things Break