On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> Germany has 16% Mwst (VAT)
> UK has 17.5% VAT
> NL has 19% VAT

Wow.  I'm...  speechless.

> USA has how much sales tax?? IIRC something of the order of 1/3 of these.

It varies by location, since there is no national sales tax.  In my little
corner of the country it's 6.5%, I've seen much lower and as high as 8-9%,
there may be places where it's even higher.  One typically doesn't pay
sales tax when buying from an out of state or foreign supplier (for
example when I order from Digi-Key), though this is a matter of some
debate depending on where you are.  There are taxes on gasoline, tobacco,
alcohol, etc. but I suspect they're probably also nowhere near as high as
Europe and some other areas.

Wow.  16 to 19%, huh?  That really, really sucks.  My condolences.

Dale

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