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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by retired on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:07PM (#46772255)
If you sell products to all 27 EU members and sell above a certain threshold you will have to work with all 27 tax offices in regard to VAT. There is OSS for B2C but that comes with significant downsides.

The US does not have that.

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Re:France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Tea... by everfrustrated on Monday January 26, 2026 @09:12PM (#46774631)
The US has state has county taxes. All with different thresholds of when you're required to collect and remit.
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