When purchasing from a seller in a different country that lists prices in their
own currency, BrickLink figures the amount of my local sales tax based on the
foreign currency, thereby charging me too much sales tax. Case in point, Australian
dollars and Canadian dollars are a greater number (of dollars) than US dollars
for the same amount. The sales tax is my local sales tax and therefore should
be figured based on my local currency. How do we fix this?
Also...
When a seller issues a refund without using BrickLink's refund system, which
refunds the sales tax, how do I as a buyer get that sales tax refunded?
The sales tax is based on a percent, so it isn't going to make a difference.
If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone else can explain in further
detail with an example.
When purchasing from a seller in a different country that lists prices in their
own currency, BrickLink figures the amount of my local sales tax based on the
foreign currency, thereby charging me too much sales tax. Case in point, Australian
dollars and Canadian dollars are a greater number (of dollars) than US dollars
for the same amount. The sales tax is my local sales tax and therefore should
be figured based on my local currency. How do we fix this?
Also...
When a seller issues a refund without using BrickLink's refund system, which
refunds the sales tax, how do I as a buyer get that sales tax refunded?
The sales tax is based on a percent, so it isn't going to make a difference.
If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone else can explain in further
detail with an example.
value of items in an order = 100
currency exchange rate = 1.3
tax percentage = 0.1
When purchasing from a seller in a different country that lists prices in their
own currency, BrickLink figures the amount of my local sales tax based on the
foreign currency, thereby charging me too much sales tax. Case in point, Australian
dollars and Canadian dollars are a greater number (of dollars) than US dollars
for the same amount. The sales tax is my local sales tax and therefore should
be figured based on my local currency. How do we fix this?
Also...
When a seller issues a refund without using BrickLink's refund system, which
refunds the sales tax, how do I as a buyer get that sales tax refunded?
The sales tax is based on a percent, so it isn't going to make a difference.
If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone else can explain in further
detail with an example.
value of items in an order = 100
currency exchange rate = 1.3
tax percentage = 0.1
When purchasing from a seller in a different country that lists prices in their
own currency, BrickLink figures the amount of my local sales tax based on the
foreign currency, thereby charging me too much sales tax. Case in point, Australian
dollars and Canadian dollars are a greater number (of dollars) than US dollars
for the same amount. The sales tax is my local sales tax and therefore should
be figured based on my local currency. How do we fix this?
Also...
When a seller issues a refund without using BrickLink's refund system, which
refunds the sales tax, how do I as a buyer get that sales tax refunded?
The sales tax is based on a percent, so it isn't going to make a difference.
If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone else can explain in further
detail with an example.
value of items in an order = 100
currency exchange rate = 1.3
tax percentage = 0.1
100 * 1.3 * 0.1 = 100 * 0.1 * 1.3
The above is correct, unless you’re saying that the sales tax is calculated based
on the foreign currency amount and then shown as the same figures but in USD.
When purchasing from a seller in a different country that lists prices in their
own currency, BrickLink figures the amount of my local sales tax based on the
foreign currency, thereby charging me too much sales tax. Case in point, Australian
dollars and Canadian dollars are a greater number (of dollars) than US dollars
for the same amount. The sales tax is my local sales tax and therefore should
be figured based on my local currency. How do we fix this?
Also...
When a seller issues a refund without using BrickLink's refund system, which
refunds the sales tax, how do I as a buyer get that sales tax refunded?
The sales tax is based on a percent, so it isn't going to make a difference.
If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone else can explain in further
detail with an example.
USA, Washington
Canada, British Columbia