On: Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do

[TMWNN]

>Being from Norway I considered buying electronics cheap in the in the US but discovered it was not worth it. Once you factor in the 25% VAT in, the difference shrinks.

Nowhere in the US is there a 25% sales tax (the US VAT equivalent); 5-8% is the norm. Some states have no sales tax at all.

[AnssiH → TMWNN]

If you import electronics from U.S. to Norway you have to pay the Norwegian 25% VAT, not U.S. sales tax.

[mips_avatar → AnssiH]

But the sales tax savings over VAT pay for your flight from Oslo to nyc. Then you just don’t declare the laptop as a purchase made in USA.

[gaspoweredcat → mips_avatar]

this exactly, i almost did it when buying my laptop, also there are tax free states like oregon (im not sure why its just what i read)