Thread: If only I lived in the US.
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Old 02-15-2010, 05:58 AM   #169
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Since the point of sale is at the customers location it is strange that the shop can sell and not pay VAT. I would have guessed that it would be considered a local shop.
By Swedish (or Polish or French or Chilean or...) law it probably would be, since, as you say, it's a "local" sale. Since the actual seller is waaaay outside the reach of the Swedish (or etc.) authorities, though, they can expect to get away with routinely breaking the law without ever paying a penalty for doing so.

That said, a delightfully-appropriate way of drawing attention to the problem might be to organize an arrest for conspiracy to commit tax fraud next time John Sargent visits Europe...
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