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Most underdeveloped nations in the cosmos have sales taxes or value-added taxes at all or definite of the national, state, county or city Uncle Sam levels
- Underdeveloped Countries in western Europe, especially in Scandinavia have some of the world's highest visit valued-added taxes
- Norway, Denmark and Sweden have the highest VATs at 25%, although reduced rates are nearly new in some cases, as for groceries and newspaper.
In some countries, there are multiple levels of authority which each impose a sales tax. For example, sales boodle in Chicago (Cook County), IL is 10.25%--the highest in the nation--consisting of 6.25% state, 1.25% city, 1.75% county and 1% regional transportation authority. However, there is no nationwide sales nick in the United States.