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frankieGom · 01-17-2012, 01:14 PM

I do not know how it gets presented in other countries, but when I buy at kobobooks.com from France, before check out I get asked to check the location I'm buying from so tax can be adjusted accordingly.

I know that there has been a move in the EU to enforce tax collection on sales from outside of the EU, so this is not overly surprising. I have also read that some of the states of America are now moving too to collect taxes on out of state sales, the rationale being that the previous tax exemption regime was more an oversight than anything... (I have not verified if that was confirmed, so it might just be hearsay).

François

01-17-2012, 01:14 PM	#14
frankieGom Interested Posts: 132 Karma: 16358 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Paris suburb, France Device: Kobo Touch & Glo, Sony PRS-T1	I do not know how it gets presented in other countries, but when I buy at kobobooks.com from France, before check out I get asked to check the location I'm buying from so tax can be adjusted accordingly. I know that there has been a move in the EU to enforce tax collection on sales from outside of the EU, so this is not overly surprising. I have also read that some of the states of America are now moving too to collect taxes on out of state sales, the rationale being that the previous tax exemption regime was more an oversight than anything... (I have not verified if that was confirmed, so it might just be hearsay). François Last edited by frankieGom; 01-17-2012 at 01:19 PM. Reason: gun fired on its own!