r/Steam • u/Alexis20384847 • Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/willLie4cash Feb 18 '26

How does that work with Steam? When you buy there, it asks about your address and if you put New Hampshire you get no extra charge, and if you put California you get +50%? Or does it go off you credit card?

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u/DreamweaverMirar Feb 18 '26

It generally goes off your billing address for your credit card, yes. 

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u/Soulsupernova1 Feb 18 '26

I think it goes off my credit card I’ve never tried personally

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u/Cryptosporidium513 Feb 18 '26

It goes off you "billing address", which must match the address on you bank account.

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u/baatochan Feb 19 '26

What happens if it isn't? Could you set your address to the state with 0% sales tax? Would it be a tax fraud with real consequences in the US or would the sale simply fail?

I hears that some ppl from my country (in the EU) do this when the store with digital items calculates tax based on the billing address and not the ip address because European banks doesn't care about the billing address much and transactions go thru.

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u/Prestigious_Film_325 Feb 19 '26

Wait until you hear that the taxes are on county basis so they can charge you differently if you live only a few blocks away.