[eShop] Do you change your country to get away from paying tax?

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  • #21
Isn't this thing illegal??? I thought it was called "Tax Fraud" where you do not pay your taxes... I guess it does not matter THAT much though... I mean, it is only like $2.20 :/
 
  • #22
Isn't this thing illegal??? I thought it was called "Tax Fraud" where you do not pay your taxes... I guess it does not matter THAT much though... I mean, it is only like $2.20 :/
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If everyone did this, that $2.20 could become a lot more. I think people who cheat taxes are lame. Yeah, taxes aren't fun or nice, but without them the government would be worthless (not that it isn't now :p).
 
  • #23
If everyone did this, that $2.20 could become a lot more. I think people who cheat taxes are lame. Yeah, taxes aren't fun or nice, but without them the government would be worthless (not that it isn't now :p).
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Lol... So true, I do not cheat my taxes though because the government actually uses a little bit for good stuff! (Isn't that amazing! The government actually does something for the good!) Lol obviously.
 
  • #24
Yeah I do I don'tlike just paying,tax e.g if u bought a 40$ prepaid card and use it to buy a game u have to pay tax which means u have to add more cash to it xD
 
  • #25
I do when I buy more expensive games, then I switch it back to my actually zip code. I got blocked from downloading games once >.> wasn't fun fixing. @Heart
 
  • #26
I always had my 3ds set on "Trinidad&Tobago" and there wasn't anything on the eshop execpt Swapnote x) But now I put it on USA. I heard since there are NNID's, it's impossible to change your contry, or I will loose my money?:confused:
 
  • #27
I always had my 3ds set on "Trinidad&Tobago" and there wasn't anything on the eshop execpt Swapnote x) But now I put it on USA. I heard since there are NNID's, it's impossible to change your contry, or I will loose my money?:confused:
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You should check NNID Faq on Nintendo Support FAQ.
 
  • #28
I heard since there are NNID's, it's impossible to change your contry, or I will loose my money?:confused:
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You can't change your country once you get the NNID, so you'll be stuck with whatever eShop you chose.
 
  • #29
You can't change your country once you get the NNID, so you'll be stuck with whatever eShop you chose.
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Thank' god I tought about changing it to US before I created my NNID :eek:
 
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  • #30
You can't change your country once you get the NNID, so you'll be stuck with whatever eShop you chose.
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i did my real country (canada) but i found that you can still change the state.
 
  • #31
I do when I buy more expensive games, then I switch it back to my actually zip code. I got blocked from downloading games once >.> wasn't fun fixing. @Heart
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LOLLLLLLLLLLLL
that was the most worrysome moment of my 3ds career.
 
  • #32
I didn't even know this was a thing. Would have been nice, I would have probably saved at least 30$ by now.
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same here. We have to pay tax? just a way of making more money out of us. xD
 
  • #33
same here. We have to pay tax? just a way of making more money out of us. xD
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The problem is USA laws...
For example, in Europe, taxes are already included, being the digital games more expensive than the physical ones.
 
  • #34
Thank' god I tought about changing it to US before I created my NNID :eek:
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That's great news, it's a good thing I found Pedia before I started to buy digital games, or I wouldn't have known what to do, and end up putting my country as Trinidad and Tobago...

Anyways, yes! I do have my country set to US and (I think) my state is Florida.
 
  • #35
I changed my region from Canada to United States, California. Heck who is going to pay 13% tax for a 40$ game? Not me for sure :p
 
  • #36
I changed my country to the United Kingdom, but not for the taxes, but because Mario & Luigi: Dream Team was completely in Dutch and I can't stand it when the text in games is in Dutch :p
 
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  • #37
I do when I buy more expensive games, then I switch it back to my actually zip code. I got blocked from downloading games once >.> wasn't fun fixing. @Heart
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How many games did you download? What did you do to fix it?
 
  • #38
I changed my country to the US because I can't even open the eShop using Malaysia or Singapore as my country :facepalm:
 
  • #39
I recently changed my address just to make sure I won't get charged tax. Tax just doesn't make sense, especially on an isolated eShop selling digital games. In addition, if I only have $40 funds on my account and I want to buy a $40 game, I can't because I don't have the funds to cover tax. I think I'd take the address workaround rather than having to go out and buy another eShop card in order to pay off the tax.
 
  • #40
same i find that anoying i got a 20$ card and i am only going to use it for taxs because in canada you can not have them
 
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