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> Let me tell you I know why you don't see an "Amazon of Japan", apparently in here I'd have to calculate the sales taxes for every country where my products ar

> Let me tell you I know why you don't see an "Amazon of Japan", apparently in here I'd have to calculate the sales taxes for every country where my products are sold through agreements of Japan-{said country}. Some countries don't even have agreements like Brazil so they are in a gray area. AFAIK this is true for any other country, not just Japan. If you're in US, and you want to sell and ship products outside of US, you need to take care of the sales taxes and customs for each of the countries you ship. Or you leave the burden to your customers, but they might not be happy to have to pay expensive custom to the mailman to get their package.

franciscop 5y ago
Apparently it's either not a requirement or not so strongly enforced in the US and EU as it is in Japan, or that was my understanding from the conversation. Update: searching a bit and reading about the EU sales taxes, there are few rules but overall it's pretty clear you either don't pay or pay local sales taxes even for international sales for low-volume B2C sales (sorry it's Spanish): https://www.carrilloasesores.com/post/iva-de-ventas-por-internet-o-comercio-electronico https://www.carrilloasesores.com/post/iva-de-ventas-por-inte...
- Naga 5y ago
  In Canada, it is a requirement to self-assess GST on purchases you make online. When you buy something online, you're supposed to fill out a form and mail a cheque to the government for the GST you should have paid on it. That being said, this is completely unenforced as well as unenforceable. Also, if you ask basically anyone in Canada they probably would have no idea this was a rule, but the rules are the rules. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/b-079/self-assessment-hst-on-supplies-brought-into-a-participating-province.html#5 https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publi...

franciscop 5y ago

Apparently it's either not a requirement or not so strongly enforced in the US and EU as it is in Japan, or that was my understanding from the conversation. Update: searching a bit and reading about the EU sales taxes, there are few rules but overall it's pretty clear you either don't pay or pay local sales taxes even for international sales for low-volume B2C sales (sorry it's Spanish): https://www.carrilloasesores.com/post/iva-de-ventas-por-internet-o-comercio-electronico https://www.carrilloasesores.com/post/iva-de-ventas-por-inte...

Naga 5y ago
In Canada, it is a requirement to self-assess GST on purchases you make online. When you buy something online, you're supposed to fill out a form and mail a cheque to the government for the GST you should have paid on it. That being said, this is completely unenforced as well as unenforceable. Also, if you ask basically anyone in Canada they probably would have no idea this was a rule, but the rules are the rules. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/b-079/self-assessment-hst-on-supplies-brought-into-a-participating-province.html#5 https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publi...