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Sales taxes are regressive. People who spend more money on services and less on goods are typically wealthier. Sales taxes hit the poor the hardest. Whereas the property tax on a multi unit building is typically a better rate for each family than a single family home.

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Ton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
True they abused the system. That wasn’t my point, which is that these high property taxes have a tendency to give high quality services to affluent neighbourhoods and low cost housing get low quality services.

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frank_exchange_of_views@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Which country doesn’t charge VAT on services?

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- roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you hire a nanny do you pay VAT?
  
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  - yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not sure over here in Germany. Plenty of services are exempted from VAT.
    
    The EU has standardized what is tax exempt though. You can read everything which falls under VAT here. The word “service” appears 472 times by the way.
    
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- Horsey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  NH, OR, AK, DE, MT
  
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- tills13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Some US states don’t have sales taxes
  
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