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Re:Italy proposes tax on savings hidden in safety deposit boxes by mmustapic on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:13AM (#20183159)
You are not spending the first 20 NOK of your sale, you are just collecting them from the customer. If VAT was 0% then your sale would be for 80 NOK.
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Re:Italy proposes tax on savings hidden in safety deposit boxes by NightlyDev on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:30AM (#20183296)
Sure I am. If I didn't have to collect VAT then I could sell for 100 NOK instead.

It's not my money, but I still have to bill for it and pay it. The customer doesn't get a better product or service because of it.

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Re:Italy proposes tax on savings hidden in safety deposit boxes by sokoloff on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:40AM (#20183367)
If the customer didn't pay the VAT, they'd end up paying their taxes some other way and still have less money to spend on your products.
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