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Sales tax is the same across all goods sold in the US, irrespective of whether they were imported or not. VAT rate differ based on the origin which is the issue
by nxm 2y ago
Sales tax is the same across all goods sold in the US, irrespective of whether they were imported or not. VAT rate differ based on the origin which is the issue
- fiddlerwoaroof 2y agoThis isn't true: local (to me) jurisdictions vary between an 8ish% sales tax and a 10% sales tax. In many states, there's no sales tax on food but food is taxed in Alabama. There's any number of variations of this in the US.
- watwut 2y ago> VAT rate differ based on the origin which is the issue Which is a lie. They do not differ based on the origin and that is not the issue. The issue is that American top politicians are used and enabled to brazenly lie and their voters spread it happily.
- falcor84 2y agoIn what way does VAT differ based on the origin? All VAT is cancelled out except for the final purchase by a consumer, no?
- alistairSH 2y agoWTF? No. Not even remotely true. Rates vary by state and locality. And vary across type of good being sold. You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried. https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2024-sales-taxes/ https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2024-sales-taxes/
- insane_dreamer 2y agoBoth of those sentences are completely incorrect.