Taxes are set by your government. If you're not happy, take it up with them. Nothing Steam can do.

You may wish to source another income.

Originally posted by Hi Im Swat:

Taxes are set by your government. If you're not happy, take it up with them. Nothing Steam can do.

You may wish to source another income.

thats not the issue, but not only my country, a lot of items are now need to be sold at least for 1 cent and 2 cent tax

It's not set by the government at all, this is on Steam's comission fee, and it's now way over the usual 15%. They haven't addressed this yet, but I hope they do, cuz this makes the micro market aspect of things pretty useless.

In the near future, even more scams will appear, offering a favorable exchange rate.
Exchange cards + a few rare backgrounds in exchange for the desired game or game key. This is more profitable than paying crazy tax to the store where you lose money (in my case almost 65% of the cost) Personally, for me, the Steam market died with these changes, and various communities are the priority.
Now even more things will bypass the store market. CS2 cosmetics were not enough for them. This is a "brilliant" solution.

people often forget whenever thing goes expensive... mean gov done such bad work with taxes

It has nothing to do with any government. Valve is making the minimum fees equal (or close to equal) across all currencies. 0.01 USD minimum for all three parties, which are you (85%), the game developers (10%), and Steam (5%).

Steam is now for the rich. I wouldn't be surprised if they introduce minimum prices on games and discounts next year.

Originally posted by Hi Im Swat:

Taxes are set by your government. If you're not happy, take it up with them. Nothing Steam can do.

You may wish to source another income.

The government does not choose the taxing on this platform, Valve does. Ironic coming from someone who has " Sorry, but I have no time for childish behaviour." in their profile, all while engaging in childish behavior.

Originally posted by Sakura:

I wouldn't be surprised if they introduce minimum prices on games and discounts next year.

Those already exist i would guess, as it does not make sense to sell stuff under a certain price..as taxes and fees would eat up everything so the drv/publisher would get nothing out of it.

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Those already exist i would guess, as it does not make sense to sell stuff under a certain price..as taxes and fees would eat up everything so the drv/publisher would get nothing out of it.

They exist, but they're normal. Previously, the lowest price for a game in Russia was 3 rubles; now it's 19. That's normal. What I mean is, sooner or later it might happen that games won't be cheaper than $1, even with discounts.

If at some point Steam's infrastructure becomes resource-intensive and expensive, regions with weak currencies will be the first to fall.

After this tax nonsense, I won't be surprised by anything anymore. I hope this was actually preparation for some kind of crafting system, and not just a desire to unify markets.