How much VAT(Value Added Tax) do you pay on your fabric. Here in Ireland we pay 21%. Fabric costs us €14.95 per meter including VAT.

Wow! I thought $8.00 to $12.00 a yard was high!! :shock:

We have a Sales tax added when purchasing fabric. The percentage varies with the state you live in. In Pennsylvania it is 6%, Texas is 8%, New Jersey is 7%, etc.

And those in Montana don't have any sales tax on fabric!
We just pay high property taxes.

We pay 18% mark up on fabrics, our sales tax is 5%.

SO, we (USA) have Fort Knox - and you have LQS :)

Sales tax, it can be 5% up to 9% depending on where you live... some states still do not have it though. That is the only tax we have to pay here in the states :D:D:D

We pay almost 7 cents sales tax.

Wow! Maybe we shouldn't complain.

between state and local, sales tax around here ranges between 7% and 10%.

i don't feel guilty about complaining.

i just have a great deal more sympathy for our international quilting friends than i do for myself.

Sales tax here is 13%. So a good quality fabric at my LQS could cost me as much as $19.00 - $20.00 a metre.

Living in Brooklyn New York, we have state tax and New York City tax. In total it's about 8.7%.

Very interesting topic. I've heard talk of VAT tax in USA, but as of yet, they haven't done it.

Where does the 18% mark-up come from? And the 5% is the goods and services tax. (Canada)

Ontario Canada, just about everything has a HST of 13%. Even your trip to the barber!

A lot good Fort Knox is to us now. We'll have a VAT soon enough in addition to state sales tax. Can't wait.

B.C. --Hst (every time I see hst, I think half square triangle) is 12%.

Okay I just checked online and converted the 14.95 euro to usd and came up with $19.79 roughly... so that is alot per yard so next time someone complains about our prices I will mention how high it is overseas... thanks for reminding us how blessed we are...
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Quiltinmama

tax here is 8.75 %

Maine is 5 pct.

It varies in Minnesota depending on what city you live in. Where I am it's 7.5%. What is strange though is that some fabrics are taxed and some are not. We do not have a clothing tax in MN. I work at Hancock Fabrics and it is just a little strange which fabrics come up being taxed when we ring them up. Customers have complained, but it really is beyond our control.

Oh my gosh! I could never afford a stash at that rate. One quilt at a time is all I could afford. My stash is only left over pieces.

We know the VAT will arrive in US sometime. It bothers me because it is a repeating tax. It is added on to every level until the consumer buys it - whatever you buy.

Isn't that the truth!

Here in Smithville we have a sales tax, but our average price for fabric is between $4.99 to $5.99, exceptions are Moda, Thimbleberry, etc. I feel blessed.

In New Hampshire we pay no tax on purchased goods of any kind.

I've never heard of this VAT before. Isn't this double taxation? We left VA because they wanted to tax us for any tools or equipment we had that we could maybe make some extra income from. We paid taxes on it when we bought it. We shouldn't have to pay taxes on it again. I'm totally fed up with all these fees they keep slamming us with. And we aren't even getting a cost of living raise again. They should make a moritorium on raising prices when the economy is the way it is. We have to adjust our budget for these increases and our government should have to do the same. Ohhh, venting feels so good. LOL

So far we don't have a VAT tax in the U.S.A. but some politicians are talking about one. Hope we don't get one. We pay enough taxes now.

How many mm seam allowance you folks use? I'm not used to the metric system and my husband is asking me.

I live in Oregon and we don't have any sales tax. We have a high income tax, but no sales tax. I think we may be the only state in the union that doesn't have sales tax.

They have to fund their pay raises somewhow! Sorry, but we are taxed when we make it, when we spend it and just for having it {and taking good care of it}.....and if we sell it.
We have 6% sales tax, except for groceries, which is 2%. We do have to pay an ad valorum tax {luxury tax} on our vehicle when buying a tag each year. The more your vehicle is worth, the more you pay.
I guess that is why we have learned to be resourceful. I love the many hints that have come across this board. :) :)

In Canada, we buy our fabric in meters (39.4 inches) but usually sew in inches because so many of our patterns are from the USA. 1/4 inch is still 1/4 inch. Our fat quarters are about 20 inches instead of 18 inches.

Here in Uk VAT is 17 1/2% at the moment ,, but is going up to 20% in the New Year. A lot of the major stores have advertised that they will be absorbing the extra VAT during the sales, but I do not think that will happen with fabric shops.

You need to make a trip to the good old USA and
bring empty luggage....and fill it with material.
Lancaster, PA is great for fabric prices.

Thank you all for your input. Love my quilting and will continue to quilt. I have enough fabric for a few years.

Yes, I buy fabric from my LQS in metres but sew in inches. 1/4" seam allowance and 5" blocks, for example.

Illinois 10% highest in the nation! Wisconsin 5%. No tax on food or clothes in Minnesota at 5%.

Thank you both for answering that for my DH! :-)

I set my sewing machine needle to 6mm and use the edge of my foot as my guide

I believe Delaware has no sales tax as well.

The tax may be up there percentage wise but the fabric at Hancock's in Paducah whatever I paid was worth the trip from Ontario. The choice though was unbelievable and I know I bought way too much but what the heck it will end up as quilts sooner or later

In California, there is a state sales tax, plus some cities and counties have an additional tax that has been approved by voters locally.
I pay 8.25% tax on local purchases.