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Does that apply to sales tax or import duties though? I’m not aware of any jurisdiction which has different sales tax rates for different types of clothing. Import duties are a whole other can of worms (in some cases, products are partially disassembled before crossing the border to lower the import duties and then reassembled after import).


> I’m not aware of any jurisdiction which has different sales tax rates for different types of clothing

I’ll have to ask someone as I’ve forgotten the specific jurisdiction, but yes, it was sales tax specifically. If memory serves, it was either a county or municipality sales tax I thought in one of the states of the United States, but I’ll see if I can confirm.

Edit:

Here’s one source:

https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2020/02/how-to...

In that case, it’s statewide it seems for Pennsylvania. Clothing in general isn’t taxed, but formalwear is.

I know there are a lot more odd variations than just that.




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