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Isn't it the case that US prices are without sales tax, whereas all EU/UK prices are inclusive of tax by law?

• dec0dedab0de 1y ago
  Makes me wonder if the author tried different states/providences to see if they have multiple prices per country.
  • mobeigi 1y ago
    I checked several states from the US and some from other countries. I did not find any discrepancies within a country but I didn't check every combination of course!
  • paxys 1y ago
    In the US at least sales tax is only going to show up on the final checkout page, so this dataset won't have it.
• pkaye 1y ago
  Yes as the sales tax rules vary from state to state. The interesting thing is historically I think sales tax was only for physical goods if you download the software there is no sales tax but if you get a physical CD then its taxed. Some states have modified the laws but many like California still don't tax downloaded software.
  • Doxin 1y ago
    For what it's worth VAT isn't uniform across the EU either. IIRC the EU specifies minimums, but countries are allowed higher rates and can manage their own exclusions too.
    • pkaye 1y ago
      It can get even more complicated here because you can have a county and/or city sales tax add-on so sales tax can vary from city to city.. Doesn't matter to much until you get into big purchases like cars that people starting buying cars in the lowest tax cities. So then the state starting requiring that the tax to be calculated to the address where you are registered.