Rip off eh and we pay the equivalent of over $1 per litre for petrol !!! (0.73 ukp) I just wish I could convert the car to run on hot air - our 4 year old son has far too much of it. Dom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Botkin" To: Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: Online electronics store > 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 > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body