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Moving from the US to the EU soon... Any advice? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which tax? Federal? State? County? City/Municipality? What if some of those are zero?

This is why no one does it. I think smart labels may change that some day, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Edit: ah, to be clear, those tax types can all vary. I used to shop at a place where the same store on the opposite side of the street was cheaper because the tax rate was less.

[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The reason usually mentioned is that the labels are produced centrally or some such. Though "They know the price to charge at the till' might be slightly off when the tax is calculated on the transaction as a whole rather than on a per-item basis (i.e. rounding shenanigans). That seems like a totally solvable problem to me, though.

I took my wife to meet my parents and had to remind her when we went shopping that we had to add tax to everything (and tip in bars/restaurants/etc.) Some things looked cheaper than in Japan until tax (especially at that time when the exchange rate was awful).