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‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] frank_exchange_of_views@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Which country doesn't charge VAT on services?

[–] tills13@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Some US states don't have sales taxes

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

These states in the US have zero sales tax: NH, OR, AK, DE, MT

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you hire a nanny do you pay VAT?

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

Not sure over here in Germany. Plenty of services are exempted from VAT.

The EU has standardized what is tax exempt though. You can read everything which falls under VAT here. The word "service" appears 472 times by the way.