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Posted by Bill Young on August 1, 2025, 14:36:31, in reply to "now for the rest of the story"
Generally, when I order from Europe, VAT is deducted from the price of the item. However, when the item arrives in my home country it gets taxed at a 13% rate. So no way of avoiding extra expense. Tariffs will ultimately suppress consumption and generally will not bring production 'home' as the capital outlay to take advantage of onshoring will not happen. Witness today's terrible June employment numbers and downward revision of previous months. Ppl were saying that tariffs didn't seem to be impacting the economy- today's data put the lie to that notion. Consequences are being delayed, not avoided. Welome to the world of high-priced goods America. Your Prez is doing a real good job of keeping the lid on prices. lol 
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And here is a sampling of what other countries charge for tariffs, VAT, consumption tax and various other names:
Australia (Last reviewed 27 June 2025) Goods and services tax: 10%
Canada (Last reviewed 13 June 2025) Combined federal/provincial/territorial sales taxes range from 5% to 15%.
France (Last reviewed 05 June 2025) Turnover tax: 20%
Germany (Last reviewed 30 June 2025) 19%
Greece (Last reviewed 21 July 2025) 24%
Italy (Last reviewed 10 February 2025) 22%
Ireland (Last reviewed 11 July 2025) 23%
Japan (Last reviewed 02 July 2025) Consumption tax: 10%
Netherlands (Last reviewed 07 July 2025) 21%
Norway (Last reviewed 14 January 2025) 25%
Spain (Last reviewed 30 June 2025) 21%
United Kingdom (Last reviewed 01 July 2025) 20%
https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/quick-charts/value-
added-tax-vat-rates
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A new executive order eliminates the de minimus exception on small purchases. It was perviously eliminated on HongKong & Chinese items, it now applies across the board
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
It used to be shipments valued as $800 USD or less woulf have no tarrifs collected. It now looks like ordering garage kits and parts from non-US suppliers will now become more expensive.
Paragraph 3.(c) and following lays out the rates for each tarrif bracket:
25% $200 per shipment
So, a purchase from an EU country with a 16% tarrif would have an additional $80 slapped on it, collected by the post office at delivery.
All this might change as TACO has slipped the 8/1 effective date back to 8/7, but be prepared.
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