Originally Posted by
PeteHski
That's how I understand it too. But since I was comparing apples with apples on pricing i.e. Canyon vs Specialized it doesn't really matter as long as we are consistent. i.e. US vs US or UK vs UK pricing. Tax rates only come into it when comparing prices across different regions/countries.
Yep. I was just putting out why I think there's the difference.
I'd also say that there's likely many other factors in pricing between different markets than just sales tax / VAT. Particularly when talking about differentiated non-commodity goods -- while costs/overhead/corporate-taxes are a factor, the advertised price is usually more about what the manuf thinks people are willing to pay rather than being a strict function of costs.