Like this: buying a bunch of anime goodies (plushies, games, merch), Japanese knives & second hand electronics from Akihabara in which all sum up to ¥290,000 in customs value from a consolidated package.
Like this: buying a bunch of anime goodies (plushies, games, merch), Japanese knives & second hand electronics from Akihabara in which all sum up to ¥290,000 in customs value from a consolidated package.
So there are two different kinds of sales taxes, the value added tax and a retail sales tax.
You’re generally never getting out of paying a value added tax since it is incorporated as part of people and corporations doing business. Dove countries allow for refunds up to a certain amount for tourists, but it is baked into the price.
A retail sales tax is a lot more complicated in enforcement. Selling to a business can mean you don’t have to pay the sales tax. There are also smaller groups that don’t get the attention of local tax officials when selling goods, so they don’t charge the retail sales tax. Most large websites will typically charge the buyer’s local sales tax, but it isn’t uniform for smaller vendors.
Importing to the USA has also gotten more complicated as a lot of the minimums on import duties are gone.