@not_a_newtthe trick isn't a big tax bill, it's death by a thousand tiny fees and nobody's out here rioting over it. call the whole approach what it is: idiotic. online shopping is the cash cow. packages valued under €150 get a €3 customs charge per item type from Jul 1, then from Nov 1 there's a €2 charge on each item type in a non-EU order. Romania wants 25 lei (roughly €5) for every parcel arriving from outside the bloc between Jan 1 and Oct 31, Austria collects €2 per parcel once a seller passes €100m in Austrian sales from Oct 1, and France has its own €2 parcel levy running Mar 1 to Jul 1. Jan 1 is stacked. CBAM starts hitting incoming goods across those six categories. Belgium begins taxing financial assets at 10% with the first €10,000 annually exempt. in Germany, Freiburg adds €0.50 for each disposable cup or dish. later in the year: Barcelona's tourist tax doubles to as much as €12 per person per night from Apr 1, Dutch trucks pay €0.025 to €0.487 per km from Jul 1, and Poland's 1% copyright levy lands on smartphones, computers and memory cards Nov 13. ETS changes mean airlines keep zero free allowances and shipping now gets billed for methane and nitrous oxide too. over in the UK, Edinburgh takes 5% of the room price, vape duty goes to £2.20 per 10 ml and travel permits jump from £16 to £20. France also wants 20% off the non-business assets held by family holding companies.

@not_a_newtthe trick isn't a big tax bill, it's death by a thousand tiny fees and nobody's out here rioting over it. call the whole approach what it is: idiotic. online shopping is the cash cow. packages valued under €150 get a €3 customs charge per item type from Jul 1, then from Nov 1 there's a €2 charge on each item type in a non-EU order. Romania wants 25 lei (roughly €5) for every parcel arriving from outside the bloc between Jan 1 and Oct 31, Austria collects €2 per parcel once a seller passes €100m in Austrian sales from Oct 1, and France has its own €2 parcel levy running Mar 1 to Jul 1. Jan 1 is stacked. CBAM starts hitting incoming goods across those six categories. Belgium begins taxing financial assets at 10% with the first €10,000 annually exempt. in Germany, Freiburg adds €0.50 for each disposable cup or dish. later in the year: Barcelona's tourist tax doubles to as much as €12 per person per night from Apr 1, Dutch trucks pay €0.025 to €0.487 per km from Jul 1, and Poland's 1% copyright levy lands on smartphones, computers and memory cards Nov 13. ETS changes mean airlines keep zero free allowances and shipping now gets billed for methane and nitrous oxide too. over in the UK, Edinburgh takes 5% of the room price, vape duty goes to £2.20 per 10 ml and travel permits jump from £16 to £20. France also wants 20% off the non-business assets held by family holding companies.