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Skriven 2009-06-08 10:43:42 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 33150 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
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Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Sunday June 07 2009 at 10:09:

RB>> As far as I know, Detroit and Dallas are still in the same country.

RW> If you're going to have a union of states, as in the EU, then I would
RW> consider that union as one country and what EU laws apply to Germany
RW> would equally apply to France, etc..

Fortunately or unfortunately, this is not the case. Nor is the EU a "union of
states". It is merely an economic association with some political context and
definite limits on its ability to regulate affairs.

RB>>>> And on the basis of EU regulations on prohibitioin of trade
RB>>>> restrictions within the EU, I would guess this applies throughout
RB>>>> the EU.

RW>>> If it doesn't, it should. It is a 'union' of states, afterall. Each
RW>>> state should be allowed the benefits of inter-state commerce without
RW>>> worrying about inter-state taxes. However, it sounds like that isn't
RW>>> so.

RB>> How so? There are no inter-state taxes as far as I'm aware.

RW> That would be an error of your union. The EU legislators should be
RW> setting interstate law that the states in the union must comply with.

As I mentioned, there are no interstate taxes to my knowledge. That doesn't
mean that all the EU countries have the same VAT levels - they don't. Only that
there are no taxes on imports and exports from/to other EU countries.

RB>> What I was describing (in part) were the different VAT levels in the
RB>> various EU members, which make it advantageous to buy where the VAT
RB>> is high and import into a country where it's lower.

RW> There shouldn't be any different levels of VAT under the EU.

That's the theory. The practice is otherwise, although the Germans love to
point out that their VAT levels are lower than those in many EU countries,
giving them the "right" to increase the VAT. They conveniently ignore the other
tax burdens in other countries.

RB>>>> Right. And the whole topic revolves around importation from ANOTHER
RB>>>> country.

RW>>> Like Canada and Mexico.

RB>> If you BUY there and import into the USA. Not merely if the cars were
RB>> assembled or manufactured there and sold in the USA.

RW> Each of the vehicles manufactured there are also sold there.

Sorry, but the statement means nothing. We're talking about facts, not about
"can be". Only cars sold OUTSIDE the USA are the subject here.

RW>>> Foreign cars purchased overseas are covered by factory warranties,
RW>>> just as if they were domesticly made.

RB>> That statement is full of loopholes, since you don't say _where_ the
RB>> factory warranties are valid (naturally they are valid where the car
RB>> was sold) and you also don't define "domestically" (it can mean the
RB>> USA OR the country where the car was sold).

RW> Foreign cars are serviced under warranty here at any dealership that
RW> services those vehicles. The factory pays the dealer to service cars
RW> in warranty. And when I state domestic, I mean here. Anything else is
RW> a foreign vehicle.

I remain doubtful in the case of foreign-purchased cars.

RB>> At any rate, I seriously doubt whether a foreign-made car sold
RB>> outside the USA and imported into the country would be serviced under
RB>> warranty without some problems arising.

RW> If it is still under factory warranty, it can be serviced in any
RW> dealership that sells/services that make of vehicle. That's why
RW> they're called dealerships.

Good luck. Maybe you're right.

Cheers, Bob

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