Regulations for international commerce are, in some cases, different that interstate commerce. US sellers have always had to charge Provincial and Federal sales tax for Canadians. I pay sales tax when buying from any on-line retailer. You will have the same situation soon in the US, if your state governments have their way.
PS: We don't get to keep the tax money, yanno. It gets sent to your government.
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
I was willing - somewhat - to deal with the transaction fee. But the state sales tax??! How am I being charged a sales tax when Kobo is located and delivering from Canada? If I buy a book from Amazon I do not get charged a state sales tax because Amazon is not located in my state and does not have a physical presence in my state (well, lack of state since I don't live in a state). There is no reason I can find for me to be charged this fee.
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