On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:32:13AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:14:14PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > In the US, you'd generally pay sales tax, and that's much lower than > > European VAT. It also applies only to the final sale to the consumer and > > not at every stage in the production process, which helps make prices > > lower overall. In NYC the sales tax is 8.375%, and that's considered high > > by US standards. It's indicated explicitly on the receipt, so if Europe > > subtracts foreign consumption taxes against European VAT, you'll have the > > numbers and proof to do that. I don't know if that applies, but that's > > European and not US policy. > Furthermore, sales tax is levied on a per-state (and per-county, and > per-municipality) basis - they don't make exceptions for visitors from other > states, and they don't make exceptions for visitors from other countries > either. I knew the per-state thing. I just know that Americans (among others) can get tax exempted here in the EU in shops participating in some tax refund system. I wondered if the same is possible in the US. And no, sales tax paid in the US will not be subtracted from VAT you need to pay at customs.[1] Kind regards, Philipp Kern [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Value_Added_Tax#Importation_of_Goods -- .''`. Philipp Kern Debian Developer : :' : http://philkern.de Release Assistant `. `' xmpp:phil@0x539.de Stable Release Manager `- finger pkern/key@db.debian.org
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