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In the US, in states that charge sales tax, the merchant is generally supposed to charge sales tax. And if they don't, the purchaser is generally supposed to pay a "use tax" that is the same amount as what the sales tax would have been.
The latter pretty much never happens though, because there isn't the tax infrastructure to do that for individuals.
Yes if you get it yourself and therefore don't pay import taxes, otherwise you are swapping a 10% sales tax for a 10% import tax (in Australia)
Varies a lot based on country of origin and destination.
Here in norwegialand we have VAT between 15 and 25% depending on the type of goods when buying domestically as a private person. When buying something from abroad instead, such as online shopping, this is replaced by a customs fee/tariff of about the same amount. There are exceptions and caveats, but that's the gist of it.
The only way to do it tax and duty free would be to go to Akihabara yourself, buy the goodies in person (paying sales tax), and get a receipt. Then submit the receipt to the relevant tax authority to get your sales tax reimbursed (there are companies that will help you with this for a fee). Then you take the goodies back with you in checked baggage and hope you're under the personal limit for importing goods, otherwise they'll hit you with the import duty anyway.
So there are two different kinds of sales taxes, the value added tax and a retail sales tax.
You're generally never getting out of paying a value added tax since it is incorporated as part of people and corporations doing business. Dove countries allow for refunds up to a certain amount for tourists, but it is baked into the price.
A retail sales tax is a lot more complicated in enforcement. Selling to a business can mean you don't have to pay the sales tax. There are also smaller groups that don't get the attention of local tax officials when selling goods, so they don't charge the retail sales tax. Most large websites will typically charge the buyer's local sales tax, but it isn't uniform for smaller vendors.
Importing to the USA has also gotten more complicated as a lot of the minimums on import duties are gone.
How can anyone answer this unless you vaguely doxx yourself?
You might avoid sales tax (like GST or VAT) but you'll be hit with an import tax instead which can often be higher than the sales tax.
depends on how it's declared and transported. as there is classes for each type.
surprisingly, I believe jewelry and personal goods is the lowest tax bracket. which technically applies to alot of things even electronics.
obviously every nation is different, but you have to be careful in how things are declared, otherwise they may be just flat out rejected because it wasn't bought inside your nation. (censorship controls apply to imported goods like media, toys, magazines, electronics goods, and household items. it's best to treat each thing not as what it actually is but what it's made from to avoid refusals and overtax due to poor import system that blindly denies.)
In the US it does not.
The vat is paid when it crosses the customs. There's no way around it.
When I go shopping in Germany I can claim the VAT back, so sometimes I guess?
Depends on the countries but generally yes you avoid local sales tax but you may have to pay import duties on them.