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US state sales tax averages 6% or 7% and here in MI; food, medicine, services/labor, books and newspapers, tuitions, property rental are exempt.
That is a big difference from the VAT tax in the UK and Europe of 18% to 27% -- like 3 or 4 times as much and on almost all goods and services. Taking the taxation of the seller's labor also ... the costs on the GDP is even higher.
Some countries have reduced VAT for foodstuffs like Holland but in France the VAT is full rate on food.
Under the state sales tax rules purchases of goods for businesses not for resale or materials used in *industrial processing* are taxable as end user purchases.
You are comparing apples and oranges -- they both grow on trees and are fruits -- they are both consumption taxes but the similarities end there.
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