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Originally Posted by plaster
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Enforcement stands a snowball's chance in Hell of success in the US courts.
The EU directives have no juristiction.
The EU VAT laws have jurisdiction only within the EU Community. Otherwise, Uganda could force EU companies to charge Ugandan VAT (or General Sales Tax, as the case may be) on digital sales from EU member state sellers to Ugandan citizens -- to think this international taxation scheme is wise is ludicrous.
The are 62 state tax jurisdictions in the USA alone and internationally hundreds more. They may all demand a piece of this action. Be careful of what you ask for you might just get it.