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minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoHow do you pay it twice, if the US doesn’t apply a vat?
minus-squareDacoTaco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoPay sales tax on purchase and then again on import to border control because they believe vat wasnt paid yet because it wasnt declared right
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoIt wasn’t declared as vat because usa doesn’t have vat, only sales tax. Sales tax is similar to vat, but not the same, so declaring sales tax as vat would be fraud.
How do you pay it twice, if the US doesn’t apply a vat?
Pay sales tax on purchase and then again on import to border control because they believe vat wasnt paid yet because it wasnt declared right
It wasn’t declared as vat because usa doesn’t have vat, only sales tax. Sales tax is similar to vat, but not the same, so declaring sales tax as vat would be fraud.