Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]le 23.02.2002 8:25, Nathan Wajsman à wajsman@webshuttle.ch a écrit : > Tarek Charara wrote: > >> le 22.02.2002 20:12, Steve Unsworth à mail@steveunsworth.co.uk a écrit : >> >>> As you say, prices seem high everywhere, certainly in Paris, any idea why? >>> Or is it just for historical reasons? >> >> I guess the reasons are: >> >> 1) rent >> 2) taxes >> 3) VAT > > I doubt that the rent for a shop in France (I am not just talking about Paris > here) is higher than, say, in Cologne (home of Foto Lambertin) or Frankfurt > (Foto Hobby). Taxes are also similar in the two countries, and the French VAT > is > only 3.6 percentage points higher than the German one (19.6% vs. 16%); the > price > differences are much greater than that. > > Nathan I don't know about the rest of France, but renting a store in Paris is very expensive. Blvd Beaumarchais isn't exactly the cheaper part of Paris either. The local taxes, general taxes, professional taxes and social contributions are much higher in France than in Germany. Tarek - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html