Pay your taxes, and appreciate the fact that you have health insurance for all citizens, retraining for unemployed workers, realistic retirement plans, and other social benefits that are unheard-of in the wild wild West (aka, U.S.).
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Anthony32599
Veteran Member
There's nothing like being a rugged individualist. I've learned to take care of myself.
Anthony
Anthony
Not so in Norway. We have to add Norwegian tax to all importedbuying it over the internet also avoids sales tax...
equipment. So I have to add 24% on the price in the US (it's also
added 24% tax on the shippent cost). One other consern about
importing from the US. The warranty is not valid in Norway (at
least not if I buy a Nikon). If I but a Canon in Europe, the
warranty is valid in Norway, but not if I buy that camera in the US.
Geir Atle
Geir Atle Ward
Leading Member
Yup, I do.
Not so in Norway. We have to add Norwegian tax to all importedbuying it over the internet also avoids sales tax...
equipment. So I have to add 24% on the price in the US (it's also
added 24% tax on the shippent cost). One other consern about
importing from the US. The warranty is not valid in Norway (at
least not if I buy a Nikon). If I but a Canon in Europe, the
warranty is valid in Norway, but not if I buy that camera in the US.
Geir Atle
21% taxes?????I live in Belgium and we have to pay 21 % of taxes and sometimes
the customs add the taxes and if you're lucky they don't, in
surplus we also have to pay some additional taxes, but if you're
buying for your business finally you don't have to pay the 21 %. So
that's a big advantage for those who can use it for their
profession.
Dirk
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Dirk
Wow.....
I wonder how many people "circumvent" these taxes.
That seems very high to me. Do you have an income tax or is the tax only on what you purchase?
Joe G. Baldwin
Forum Enthusiast
24% sounds good to me. In the USA we have income tax, earned income credit tax(a few pay more so many pay nothing). property tax, school tax, city income tax, county tax, levy district tax, hospital district tax, fire district tax, community college tax, state income tax, corporate income tax(corporations don't pay taxes, consumers do), Social Security tax, Medicare tax, FUTA tax, wire the schools for the internet tax, phone tax, luxury tax, franchise tax, beer tax, cigarette tax, whiskey tax, automobile tag tax, Airport security tax, airline ticket tax, tire disposal tax, battery disposal tax, use tax, tariff tax(now on steel), and finally death taxes...just to name a few there are hundreds more. And we still have to pay for our healthcare, retirement, unemployment, the whole works.
I'll take 24% anyday compared to our 50%+ rate.
Joe
I'll take 24% anyday compared to our 50%+ rate.
Joe
personally, i´m off to germany to make my buys this summer
and, the first price is always the highest - i find it hard to
beleive they will be able to be competitive with such an eccesive
price, i hope it will come down quite a bit when we see real sales
m
"Camera am arriving a Jun month. Celebrated am laying runt 45.000
kronor."
I think this translates as: Camera will arrive in June.
Anticipated cost is 45,000 kronor.
Either that or you have to fool around with a runt to get the camera.
Anthony
45,000 Swedish Krona comes out to $ 4,287.76 U.S. dollars according
to the CNN currency converter. That's about the same as 3020
British pounds.
Does Sweden have import duties? I was hoping for a price more
competitive with the D60 or D100. This price seems very high to
me, unless that includes a bunch of taxes we may not have here in
the U.S.
Anthony
Fujifilm's Swedish web-site says that the camera will be available
in June at around 45,000 SEK
http://www.fujifilm.se/fujifilm/
Regards,
Anders
Geir Atle Ward
Leading Member
This is not a competition, but we have to pay VAT on "EVERYTHING" that can be bought, and on top of that we have to pay tax on income, the companies also have to pay taxes.
How about +100% tax on cars, petrol cost approx 1 dollar pr. litre (of almost 80% is taxes). 1/2 litre of beer cost 8 dollars (the same 80% is taxes). I could go on and on.....
But, I have a job, earn my money, and I pay my taxes. No with joy, but I pay. There will come days when I need help from the society, and this is why we pay taxes.
Geir Atle
How about +100% tax on cars, petrol cost approx 1 dollar pr. litre (of almost 80% is taxes). 1/2 litre of beer cost 8 dollars (the same 80% is taxes). I could go on and on.....
But, I have a job, earn my money, and I pay my taxes. No with joy, but I pay. There will come days when I need help from the society, and this is why we pay taxes.
Geir Atle
I'll take 24% anyday compared to our 50%+ rate.
Joe
personally, i´m off to germany to make my buys this summer
and, the first price is always the highest - i find it hard to
beleive they will be able to be competitive with such an eccesive
price, i hope it will come down quite a bit when we see real sales
m
"Camera am arriving a Jun month. Celebrated am laying runt 45.000
kronor."
I think this translates as: Camera will arrive in June.
Anticipated cost is 45,000 kronor.
Either that or you have to fool around with a runt to get the camera.
Anthony
45,000 Swedish Krona comes out to $ 4,287.76 U.S. dollars according
to the CNN currency converter. That's about the same as 3020
British pounds.
Does Sweden have import duties? I was hoping for a price more
competitive with the D60 or D100. This price seems very high to
me, unless that includes a bunch of taxes we may not have here in
the U.S.
Anthony
Fujifilm's Swedish web-site says that the camera will be available
in June at around 45,000 SEK
http://www.fujifilm.se/fujifilm/
Regards,
Anders
Artichoke #46716
Leading Member
just in case you haven't figured that big one out
1 liter = 0.26417 gallons
I live in Texas where the sales tax is 8.25 % but there is no income tax
property takxes can be a bit high depending on where you live
social services are surprisingly mediocre, given the wealth of the state, however (hence a famous local saying, "it's hell being poor!")
gasoline is cheap...I have seen recently $ 0.78 per gallon (US, not Imperial) for regular gas and $ 0.89 is not unusual...of course we make the stuff here
1 liter = 0.26417 gallons
I live in Texas where the sales tax is 8.25 % but there is no income tax
property takxes can be a bit high depending on where you live
social services are surprisingly mediocre, given the wealth of the state, however (hence a famous local saying, "it's hell being poor!")
gasoline is cheap...I have seen recently $ 0.78 per gallon (US, not Imperial) for regular gas and $ 0.89 is not unusual...of course we make the stuff here
Geir Atle Ward
Leading Member
So do we. Norway is one of the largest oil exporting contry in the world. But lets talk about digital cameras....thats far more interesting than politics.gasoline is cheap...I have seen recently $ 0.78 per gallon (US, not
Imperial) for regular gas and $ 0.89 is not unusual...of course we
make the stuff here
John Ellis62065
Leading Member
Boy, with the other guy's SLR's they have some serious competition. Can't imagine paying such a price. Fuji may have the color advantage, but heck, I can do some of that in PS and I might learn a little in the process. These things need to be sub 2K to move. There is a large prosumer base out here much bigger than the pro base. But you can't deduct personal use on your taxes, so I am waiting for a little progress here. Marketing means finding a need and filling it. MInimal sales effort required. What they are doing instead is just making hideously expensive cameras and paying a high priced sales force to move them, like IBM used to do. That is what they call sales, and most companies have learned to approach it the other way or they slowly go out of business.
http://www.digitalkamera.de web-site says that the camera will be available
in June at around 4500 Euro--John Ellis
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