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Originally Posted by slex
I know this is probably a question for Americans, but I'll take the opportunity to express my dissatisfaction with the additional charges by Amazon. I don't know if it is only where I live or also in other parts of Europe, but, for example a book that is $0,99 for Americans, is $3,44 for me. VAT here is 20% and I expect to be charged something in the range of $1,20 (as it is when I shop from Kobo). I guess the difference comes from the "free" shipping.
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I live in Brazil, and if I try to buy any book using my brazilian address, there's a $2 surcharge on every book (not sure whose fault this is). Therefore I always use a fake US address and a proxy to purchase Kindle books.
As for the question posed by the OP, since I'm not a resident of the US I don't pay the tax when Amazon ships stuff to my hotel. And speaking as a tax auditor familiar with the literature on tax compliance, I highly doubt a substantial fraction of buyers ever pay such taxes.