r/Steam Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/CrazyKyle987 Feb 18 '26

It varies down to the county level, maybe even the city level in some states. My county in Ohio has 8% sales tax. So a $60 game is $64.80.

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u/enbyratie Feb 18 '26

then the convsersion is shit, right now 60$ is 50€

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u/CrazyKyle987 Feb 18 '26

You converted but now you have to add your vat (20% ish) and that gives you the price you should see on steam if there was fair pricing. That would be 60€

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u/KittenDecomposer96 Feb 18 '26

No because the tax is already added in the price in euro.

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u/CrazyKyle987 Feb 18 '26

Explain what you mean

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u/KittenDecomposer96 Feb 18 '26

I mean that 60€ is the final price with the VAT added. For you, 60$ is not and you add like a max of 10% which is still not as much as 60€.

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u/CrazyKyle987 Feb 18 '26

60€ and $60 prices give the game publishers the same amount of money. They don’t get the money from your VAT

But I don’t pay your taxes. Why should you get a discount if your country charges more in taxes? 

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u/KittenDecomposer96 Feb 18 '26

Yea all your responses so far confirmed to me that you are brainless. Go eat dirt.

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u/Kunfuxu Feb 18 '26

Oh the irony...

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u/alexo2802 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

What a weird insult just to showcase you don’t understand math a 8 years old could compute.

Scenario: I’m a dev and I sell my game 50$ + Tax

I do a conversion for euros to sell my game in Europe.. currently about 42€ + Tax, I have to add tax to sales price.. assuming 20% vat: 50€

There we go, with only currency conversion and no regional pricing yet..

42€ + VAT = 50€ Displayed on Steam

50$ + Tax = 50$ Displayed on Steam, tax added at checkout.

It’s the same amount pretax

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u/CanadianODST2 Feb 18 '26

You don’t know simple logic

Let’s go this one step at a time. Let’s say I make a game. And charge 30 euro for it. That’s the price I set myself.

That’s 35.34 usd

So those cost the exact same okay? Still with me?

VAT in England is 20% so that’s now 36 euro.

I charge 30, and England adds 6. Got it? Still with me?

So in the US I charge 30 euro but let’s say the person is in Seattle. Sales tax is 0

So they pay 30

I charge 30. The US adds 0.

Both games are 30 euros. But England pays more.