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iPhone price in New York
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The tax is on a state by state basis.
Now if you could get your friend to visit a tax free state, you could get it for $400.
Tell him to change his plans
The tax is on a state by state basis.
Now if you could get your friend to visit a tax free state, you could get it for $400.
Tell him to change his plans
Tell your friend just to drive 7 hrs up to NH, no sales tax there!
Tell your friend just to drive 7 hrs up to NH, no sales tax there!
Actually, Delaware is only 2 hours away, which also has no sales tax.
However, a round trip to the Delaware Apple store from Manhattan is about a tank of gas (250 miles). With the NY tax being $33.50, and a tank of gas costing about the same, I would say save yourself the four-hour round trip and just buy it in New York. Obviously driving to New Hampshire would be even worse.
Ah right, I forgot that he would be driving through toll roads in either direction. So it makes even less sense to go on a roadtrip to buy an iPhone than just pay the tax in New York.
Ehhh... most of us were born into it, so its normal for us
Yeah, I actually lived in USA for 2 years and I found the tax thing as a UKer really annoying!! Like if I see something for $5 and I have a $5 note, I wanna be able to buy it...but nonono.....TAX! haha, but your right, I guess it just becomes natural if you grow up there
On an offtopic sidenote - which states have the lowest and highest taxes, and how much are they?
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So Oregon and Montana are the places to be! I used to live in Chicago, so pretty high there....7.6%...
Almost 10% in Tennessee...that would hurt
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So Oregon and Montana are the places to be! I used to live in Chicago, so pretty high there....7.6%...
Almost 10% in Tennessee...that would hurt
New Hampshire and Delaware are also 0%. I used to live in Massachusetts, so NH was less than an hour away.
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So Oregon and Montana are the places to be! I used to live in Chicago, so pretty high there....7.6%...
Almost 10% in Tennessee...that would hurt
There are other tax considerations as well when living in the US. There are city sales taxes, state and city income tax and property tax.
Tennessee might have high sales tax but no income tax and relative low property tax.
Hmm I have never heard of this....where is tax included in the price?????
To the OP....what kind of question is that???? Why would you think an iphone is not subject to sales taX????
Pretty much most other countries quote their prices with tax already included. Thus, the price you see is the price you pay.
Another way of looking at it is that in other countries the tax is hidden, whereas in the US we're reminded of it with every purchase.
Yes, thats what I meant. Eg. If a product says £99.99 on the label, then thats the price you pay at the till.
Obviously the tax is theoretically seperate, but its always quoted in the price as you see it.
ie. VAT in UK.
It does hurtTY
So Oregon and Montana are the places to be! I used to live in Chicago, so pretty high there....7.6%...
Almost 10% in Tennessee...that would hurt
Especially for us shopping freaks like myself. When I bought my macbook pro, tax was ridiculous. Could've bought a brand new ipod for that price :/
in Belgium we pay 21% sales tax, try to live with that
I think we did, then we had something called the Revolutionary War =D
Yeah, but remember, most of these countries with higher taxes get something in return, for example, free(ish) health care and a good(ish) education system