GG indian Steam region --_--

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Now i regret that i changed my region to india -___-

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DANTE don’t worry New Zealand is also being given a 15% sales tax inclusion…

While this is not Steam’s fault, rather my government chasing their tax dollars, I’ll be thinking twice before buying via Steam from now on> Reason being that for whatever reason Australians & New Zealanders get hit with some regional price gouge (~33%) by Steam itself, for a digital product… the lack of sales tax meant that the price difference was slightly palatable, now not so much.

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Luckily no one in our government knows what Steam (or games in general) is so we don’t pay tax for already overpriced games \o/

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Katsuo I think that’s about to change too. Serbia is implementing the same tax and I think we’re the next. F***ing Balkan Mordor

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I always had a 27% VAT here on Steam.

Subtotal (excl. VAT): 6,29€
VAT at 27%: 1,70€
Total: 7,99€

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ButtStallion god dam you have bigger tax than me :slight_smile: I was on 25 % … pure ripoff

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I think Canadian taxes have been built in to the price for a while now…or maybe we’re still tax free…

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gord0 You can check that in your cart when you get a game on Steam. It should be displayed if you pay tax for the game or not.

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Katsuo said in GG indian Steam region --_--:

gord0 You can check that in your cart when you get a game on Steam. It should be displayed if you pay tax for the game or not.

I guess there’s no tax…

But I’ve seen tax on other websites though.

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Or maybe there is:

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gord0 It is still supposed to show how much tax you would have to pay. Just like in ButtStallion example. Something like this would appear:

Subtotal (excl. VAT): 6,29€
VAT at 27%: 1,70€
Total: 7,99€

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gord0 Btw that game here is 53.99 euros and 53.99 EUR = 74.85 CAD. And all that without tax XD

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Katsuo said in GG indian Steam region --_--:

gord0 Btw that game here is 53.99 euros and 53.99 EUR = 74.85 CAD. And all that without tax XD

Is that taking into account the sale?

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gord0 Yup. The normal price is 59.99 euros.

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and that game here is only 16 usd …

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DANTE said in GG indian Steam region --_--:

and that game here is only 16 usd …

Then it would seem the tax isn’t really a problem…if the games are so much cheaper.

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gord0 Don’t forget that the difference in life standards is huuuuuuuuuuuuge. $16 here is a nice amount of money. That’s like one (maybe even 2) day(s) of breakfast, dinner and evening snacks. So I assume, the same is in Bangladesh. But in Canada, I believe $16 isn’t that much. But I do agree that the games there are much more affordable than anywhere else so the tax wouldn’t be a problem. Even for them.

Btw, do you know French language? XD

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Katsuo said in GG indian Steam region --_--:

gord0 Don’t forget that the difference in life standards is huuuuuuuuuuuuge. $16 here is a nice amount of money. That’s like one (maybe even 2) day(s) of breakfast, dinner and evening snacks. So I assume, the same is in Bangladesh. But in Canada, I believe $16 isn’t that much. But I do agree that the games there are much more affordable than anywhere else so the tax wouldn’t be a problem. Even for them.

Btw, do you know French language? XD

Barely. Here in new brunswick it’s bi-lingual but everyone can speak english. In Quebec most people speak french. Everywhere else is English.

And yeah I usually spend $16cdn a day on cab fare (maybe 15minutes worth of driving).

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w000! Go Canada!