Auric Cells Now Have A Tax?

Leo
Leo Member Posts: 105
in General Discussions

Ever since the store came out, I've been buying a few Steam cards here and there to buy cosmetics. Usually I just put in my wallet code, pick the pack I want, and then go check out what cosmetics I can afford. Today, however, I noticed that the pack was asking for $21.35 instead of just $20.00. I checked the other packs and those all have some extra fees now too. I know that the tax wasn't there before because I would always have the same amount of money I had before putting in the code and after I bought the pack of Auric Cells. Does anyone know if this is a change in policy for Behavior or Steam? Because if so, I wasn't notified about it.

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  • Judgement
    Judgement Member Posts: 955
    edited November 2018

    Might be Chicago's 9% 'Amusement Tax'?
    That's assuming you live in Chicago though.
    https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/14/gamers-outraged-chicagos-new-9-percent-amusement-tax/

    I might be wrong though, I'm too lazy to figure out what 109% of $20 is lmao sorry.
    But if it's not the 'Amusement Tax' then I assume you're seeing Steam's price change because of regional pricing. Dead By Daylight only shows Auric Cell prices in USD I believe, but I could be wrong about that. The price in-game may appear different to the true price.

  • Chrona
    Chrona Member Posts: 245

    It could potentially be a new sales tax in your area. Whenever I buy content on steam, I get charged the sales for my state.

  • NMCKE
    NMCKE Member Posts: 8,243
    It depends on your country and if you are in US, then it boils down to your state. Since I live in a state that has 6% taxes, I buy my gift card there while I pay for taxes that comes with the card. Since I already played taxes, I get the exact prize on auric cell purchases.
  • HellDescent
    HellDescent Member Posts: 4,883

    We have taxes on psn

  • Leo
    Leo Member Posts: 105

    Thanks for responding, everyone! Would have replied sooner, but my power went out for the entire night.

    I don't live in Chicago, so the Amusement Tax isn't what's doing it. The sales tax in my area does match up with the taxes on the packs, but the tax rate is the same as it was before I started getting charged for it. I just don't know why suddenly the taxes are applicable to it when before they weren't.

    @Nickenzie said:
    Since I live in a state that has 6% taxes, I buy my gift card there while I pay for taxes that comes with the card.

    So you can pay for the tax at the store instead of just on Steam? That'd be nice.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,020

    Im pretty sure that they have always had taxes

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    It is my understanding that, in the USA, prices sometimes do not include tax. Maybe that changed recently.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,020

    I am pretty sure that auric cells have always had taxes

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @ToxicFengM1n said:
    I am pretty sure that auric cells have always had taxes

    It's not about having or not having taxes. Obviously the things were taxed. It's about whether the tax was displayed before the purchase or after.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,020

    @Orion said:

    @ToxicFengM1n said:
    I am pretty sure that auric cells have always had taxes

    It's not about having or not having taxes. Obviously the things were taxed. It's about whether the tax was displayed before the purchase or after.

    I play console so I have always had tax on auric cells and I know steam has taxes I have a steam account

  • SanKa_Games
    SanKa_Games Member Posts: 201

    I thinkg they just stopped including tax into the original price. That means that before they included taxes into the original price, meaning they'll get less than $20 in the end (not counting Valve's share). Now they just add taxes to the original price, meaning that they'll get exactly $20 and everything above is taxes.
    At least that's how it was for RUB Steam when we'ce got new digital content tax. Part of the content became 18% more expensive, while other part saved it's cost meaning less income for the developer.

    I hope that made thing more clear for you.

    Btw, DbD shows regional prices in the store.

  • Leo
    Leo Member Posts: 105

    @SanKa_Games said:
    I think they just stopped including tax into the original price. That means that before they included taxes into the original price, meaning they'll get less than $20 in the end (not counting Valve's share). Now they just add taxes to the original price, meaning that they'll get exactly $20 and everything above is taxes.

    That would make sense and explain why I noticed the change. However, some of the console players on this thread have said that they always had the tax when using the store. So I'm still unsure if this was just something that happened on PC, or if there's something else going on.

  • Watery
    Watery Member Posts: 1,167
    government gotta get that cash money
  • PhantomMask20763
    PhantomMask20763 Member Posts: 5,176

    @Watery said:
    government gotta get that cash money

    @Watery said:
    government gotta get that cash money

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  • Watery
    Watery Member Posts: 1,167
    PhantomMask20763 said:

    @Watery said:
    government gotta get that cash money

    @Watery said:
    government gotta get that cash money

    ThAt WaSn'T VeRy Ca$h MOneY oF YoU

    hOlD mY wEaVe