Revell (Revell of Germany and Monogram)

[NARSES2]

Tower, like Revell, is part of Hobbico, so the pricing makes ya go hmmm.
Of course the US price has no VAT, as it doesn't exist over here.

Do you pay State taxes on models in the U.S. Jon ?

[scooter]

Tower, like Revell, is part of Hobbico, so the pricing makes ya go hmmm.
Of course the US price has no VAT, as it doesn't exist over here.

Do you pay State taxes on models in the U.S. Jon ?

Yes we do- brick and mortar and some but not all internet vendors.  I'll pay NJ sales tax on stuff through Amazon but not, as an example, Squadron.  Of course, the Division of Taxation asks for it around tax time.

[NARSES2]

Yes we do- brick and mortar and some but not all internet vendors.  I'll pay NJ sales tax on stuff through Amazon but not, as an example, Squadron.  Of course, the Division of Taxation asks for it around tax time.

How come ? Plus I assume you pay at the point of sale and not annualy ?

US taxes have always confused me whenever I've been over there, especially when I've crossed a State line and it suddenly changes  Also I find the way they sometimes price something on view and then slap the local tax on after you've decided to buy it ! Can come as a huge shock to someone who's used to only seeing the VAT (our sales tax) split out on a receipt.

[scooter]

Yes we do- brick and mortar and some but not all internet vendors.  I'll pay NJ sales tax on stuff through Amazon but not, as an example, Squadron.  Of course, the Division of Taxation asks for it around tax time.

How come ? Plus I assume you pay at the point of sale and not annually ?

US taxes have always confused me whenever I've been over there, especially when I've crossed a State line and it suddenly changes  Also I find the way they sometimes price something on view and then slap the local tax on after you've decided to buy it ! Can come as a huge shock to someone who's used to only seeing the VAT (our sales tax) split out on a receipt.

Sales taxes are a point of revenue for each state, and, in some cases like NYC, city.  Which is why sales tax percentages vary from state to state, and what gets taxed.  Mississippi doesn't have property taxes, but they do have a 20% VAT on durable goods, like cars.  When I got my Grand Prix there in '07, I had to have base legal provide a letter for the dealer to exempt me from that tax, but I still had to pay the NJ sales tax rate of 7%.

Usually if they have a presence in the state, you pay sales tax on internet purchases.  Amazon has distro hubs in several parts of New Jersey, ergo, NJ sales tax; Squadron doesn't, therefore no sales tax.  Galls, a public service (police/fire/EMS/Military) retailer I use on occasion is a subsidiary of Aramark (who has a presence in the state), so I pay tax on stuff purchased through them- including clothing items, which normally *aren't* subject to sales tax in NJ.  NJ doesn't tax what they classify as necessities- primarily unprepared food and clothing.

So yes, sales tax is *extremely* confusing.

[PR19_Kit]

While spending two weeks in Minneapolis back in the late 80s, one of my American railroad modelling friends in the UK asked me if I could find him a two unit diesel loco (an NYC E8-E8B pairing if you want the details) but I couldn't find one locally, just one at a store in NYC. I phoned them and they said they'd be happy to mail it to me COD! I'd never heard of this method in the UK, so said go ahead, and it arrived for me in the plant's mail 2 days later! 

I paid my own employer's mail room for the model (!) and didn't have to pay ANY Sales Tax at all, as it was going to be 'exported'. What a wonderful scheme, eh? 

[rickshaw]

Dowunder goods purchased within Oz have a GST (12.5% IIRC) on it.  Goods purchased from outside Oz, if under $2000 in cost don't.  The introduction of the GST over a decade ago removed local sales tax.   There are some goods like sanitary products for women which don't have GST.  Every year the Government announces the carve up of the GST income for the states/territories dependent on how much they have contributed.  Some states do well, some do badly.   There is talk of imposing GST on all internet purchases from overseas but it hasn't yet happened, thankfully.   

[jcf]

Tower, like Revell, is part of Hobbico, so the pricing makes ya go hmmm.
Of course the US price has no VAT, as it doesn't exist over here.

Do you pay State taxes on models in the U.S. Jon ?

In states that have a sales tax, Oregon for instance does not, in Washington state
it varies as the counties and cities tack their own amount onto the standard rate set
by the state. Here in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington it's 9.7%.
Groceries and prescription drugs are not taxed.

[jcf]

Also I find the way they sometimes price something on view and then slap the local tax on after you've decided to buy it ! Can come as a huge shock to someone who's used to only seeing the VAT (our sales tax) split out on a receipt.

That's the standard way of business, the price on the shelf is the pre-tax price,
pretty much everything taxable in Wa. is that way. As stated, the tax rate varies by
locality, so unique price+tax labels would need to be printed for everything, not
something likely to happen.

Here's the Wa. rates by community:
http://www.sale-tax.com/Washington_all

[NARSES2]

in Washington state
it varies as the counties and cities tack their own amount onto the standard rate set
by the state. Here in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington it's 9.7%.
Groceries and prescription drugs are not taxed.

Flippin' Adda, so it varies even within the State, talk about confusing  The only confusion that can arise in the U.K. is whether an item is exempt from VAT or not. There are very few where the exemption depends on usage so it's not a problem. VAT in the UK is 20% by the way.

Yes we do- brick and mortar and some but not all internet vendors.  I'll pay NJ sales tax on stuff through Amazon but not, as an example, Squadron.  Of course, the Division of Taxation asks for it around tax time.

I'm even more confused now. So do you ever pay a sales tax on items bought from Squadron ?

[Spey_Phantom]

If you want revell's Haubenu UFO kit, you better get now while you can still find them 
the company is pulling them off the shelves, the reason is just absurd 

https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism

[AS.12]

If you want revell's Haubenu UFO kit, you better get now while you can still find them 

Quite fancied a couple of those and then saw they're £50 on Hannants

Much like their ISS kit, I didn't know about it until too late.

[PR19_Kit]

If you want revell's Haubenu UFO kit, you better get now while you can still find them 
the company is pulling them off the shelves, the reason is just absurd 

https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism

'The German Children's Protection Association (DKSB) and the Military History Museum (MHM) in Dresden had previously criticized the product for its inaccurate representation of history.'

Hm, so all of us here are definitely in their bad books! 

But wasn't the Haubenu kit manufactured by someone else originally?

[seadude]

If you want revell's Haubenu UFO kit, you better get now while you can still find them 
the company is pulling them off the shelves, the reason is just absurd 

https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism

More political correctness run amok!      If the product description was so bad or misleading, then why not write a new and better researched description instead of pulling the damn kit off the shelves?

[The Wooksta!]

FFS...

[Weaver]

If you want revell's Haubenu UFO kit, you better get now while you can still find them 
the company is pulling them off the shelves, the reason is just absurd 

https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism

More political correctness run amok!      If the product description was so bad or misleading, then why not write a new and better researched description instead of pulling the damn kit off the shelves?

Well they have to get the kits with the incorrect description off the shelves, otherwise they're still 'misleading' people.

It strikes me that a revised instruction sheet and possibly box design will solve the problem.