| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Price of laptop - Europe (Spain) vs US Thread poster: Sheilann
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sarahl (X)
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| Plug adapters may be hard to find | Jun 24, 2006 |
When I travel to the old country all I get is the last part of the cord, the part that connects into the adapter on one end, and plugs into the wall outlet on the other end. Those are easier to find than plug converters, less clumsy too.
On another note, why don't you spend a couple weeks in the US, say, once a year? It's tax-deductible as you need regular immersion into your working language, and that would solve your... See more When I travel to the old country all I get is the last part of the cord, the part that connects into the adapter on one end, and plugs into the wall outlet on the other end. Those are easier to find than plug converters, less clumsy too.
On another note, why don't you spend a couple weeks in the US, say, once a year? It's tax-deductible as you need regular immersion into your working language, and that would solve your shipping problem.
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| slabejka
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Slovak to English
Patricia Lane wrote: Fernando Toledo wrote:
A important point of view is that if you buy it in the country where you are resident, you can , at least easier, declare it as "working tool" in your income tax.
In USA prices are without VAT in Europe with VAT!
Regards You can as well by declaring it at customs yourself and paying VAT (say if you came back from the US with a computer) or customs will bill you for it if it is shipped over (in which case VAT will be on purchase price+shipping costs+insurance costs). Patricia
While it's true that US prices are always listed VAT exclusive, VAT is a relative term in the US, the issue here is sales tax and US sales tax (depending on location) is not nearly as hideous as European VAT - I paid 7% sales tax on my laptop as opposed to the 19% VAT I would have paid in Slovakia! I still saved several hundred dollars over what I would have paid in Slovakia
| | | | | Sales tax + VAT | Jun 25, 2006 |
Let's not get confused here --
paying sales tax in the US does NOT liberate you from paying VAT in Europe if you are either bringing back or having a purchased shipped over, especially if you want to be able to claim it as a legit business expense!
slabejka wrote: Patricia Lane wrote: Fernando Toledo wrote:
A important point of view is that if you buy it in the country where you are resident, you can , at least easier, declare it as "working tool" in your income tax.
In USA prices are without VAT in Europe with VAT!
Regards You can as well by declaring it at customs yourself and paying VAT (say if you came back from the US with a computer) or customs will bill you for it if it is shipped over (in which case VAT will be on purchase price+shipping costs+insurance costs). Patricia While it's true that US prices are always listed VAT exclusive, VAT is a relative term in the US, the issue here is sales tax and US sales tax (depending on location) is not nearly as hideous as European VAT - I paid 7% sales tax on my laptop as opposed to the 19% VAT I would have paid in Slovakia! I still saved several hundred dollars over what I would have paid in Slovakia
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Hi, few months ago i bought a laptop of DELL. Its not that much costly and at the same time its working fine.
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