Comment Re:sales tax is always on the FULL PRICE (Score 1) 330
Amazon certainly do get that "luxury" as its how they are currently screwing over people in the UK for VAT on ebooks.
Amazon collect VAT from UK residents for ebooks, however as they are "based" in Luxembourg they remit a VAT rate of ZERO, so the VAT they collect is pure profit.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/amazon-exploits-vat-tax-loophole-090021516.html