High level of tax on Storage purchase?

sdwaring

Hi Everyone,

This may seem a bit dumb but I have just purchased the extra storage 10GB for $100 and upon checkout it said $100now + $105 USD tax per year........Do I understand that I have to pay an additional $105 a year fore the storage. if so it seems crazy that the tax is higher than the product value. Sorry if there is a simple answer but in the UK tax is always included in the price (unless your buying construction materials)

adamsmith

no, that's a quirk of how google pay displays recurring charges - you pay 100$ for the first year and 105$ for subsequent years - so you'll pay 105$ in one year. I didn't even know it was displayed as "tax", but that just means it's a recurring charge.

You don't have to pay any taxes on this due to the arcane sales tax regulations of the US.

sdwaring

Thanks very much for clearing that up, makes much more sense.