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There is no VAT in the US, Zelda. Most states have a sales tax, but it's much lower than European rates of VAT - less than 5% in most states. Prices in the US (even the prices marked in stores!) always exclude tax. Also, if you buy an item "mail order", you don't pay the sales tax if the store you're buying from doesn't have a "physical" store in your state. In that circumstance, you are supposed to repay the "owed" tax in the form of what's called "use tax", but it appears to be socially acceptable to evade the payment of this tax.
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