I know ghat Bush/Blair considers the UK as the 51st US State but this is ridiculous :)
Tried to purchase a small software package today from a US company and was startled when VAT at 17.5% was added to the total at checkout. WTF?
There was a note on the Website to the effect that this was in order to comply with 2003 EU regulations.
I guess I must have been asleep at the helm over the last 2 years :( First time I've come across this.
Anyone else come across this in their online shopping runs?