> so total sales tax is 8% GP was comparing to European Union by stating sales tax in the US "generally ends up being about 18-20%, which is in-line with VAT

> so total sales tax is 8% GP was comparing to European Union by stating sales tax in the US "generally ends up being about 18-20%, which is in-line with VAT in most Euro countries" Most countries in the EU have 20%+ VAT indeed [0], however the average combined sales tax in the US is 7% [1] - a third of that. [0] https://taxfoundation.org/value-added-tax-2021-vat-rates-in-europe/ https://taxfoundation.org/value-added-tax-2021-vat-rates-in-... [1] https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/info-2020/state-sales-tax-rates.html https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/info-2020/state-sales-tax-r...