lord_blackfang wrote:Oooh. Well, listing the prices without VAT - or at the bare minimum a " (+VAT) " - is considered more than a bit disingenuous in the
EU.
Unfortunately there is more than one country in the world. The campaign is in USD, and there is a section describing VAT / Import fees. Most webstore fronts have different regions fir a purpose, so in addition to the Currency they can adjust prices shown to include VAT or not as required. I dont know if Gamefound as the function, and even if it did, you'd get people complaining about why the prices in Eur or GBP are + ~20% over the exchange rate.
As someone who has lived in Canada, the States, and now the
UK (both before and post Brexit) perhaps the context that taxes and import fees just shouldn't be assumed to be included comes more naturally.
Additionally, with the post Covid rise in online shopping, more countries are clamping down with mechanisms in place to collect taxes. For instance in the
UK businesses have to register with HRMC even if they are outside the
UK if they want to ship products to the
UK. They then have to charge VAT when shipping to the
UK but only if the value of the order is over £135.