Thanks for that, this was my expectation as well. I've written to CS, so I'll update here when I've heard back from them. In the meantime, I've collected some screen grabs of the process step-by-step, and on the "Select A Car" screen, they do indeed assert that "Prices include Taxes, Fees and Surcharges" - so there's something going wrong - or just being confusing - in the system. This information bar only appears when I select a country other than USA for residency.


UPDATE: I did hear back from Customer Service within a day, and they have confirmed that the amount I'm being shown includes all taxes and fees and is the total amount I can be expected to pay for my rental. This means that, for this particular rental, it will cost me nearly $120 LESS to rent as a non-resident of the USA ($378 total) than it would cost to rent the exact same car if I were a resident ($496.23 all up). No complaints from me, but I do find it surprising.