> > 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.


        Well here in Ontario, Canada we pay 7% GST (federal sales tax) and 8% PST
(provicial sales tax) which comes out to 15% total. Much of Canada is
similar (except for Alberta which doesn't have PST, AFAIK). TTYL

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