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Germany has the VAT, they just require that vendors hide it from the consumer.
by ApolloFortyNine 9y ago
Germany has the VAT, they just require that vendors hide it from the consumer.
- germanier 9y ago"Hide" as in "the calculation is done in multiple lines on each receipt with the amount of VAT clearly spelled out"? Germany has some hidden taxes in the supermarket (on alcohol, tobacco, and coffee) but VAT is absolutely visible.
- lobster_johnson 9y agoVAT is part of the itemized receipt. More importantly, as the parent says, advertised prices must include VAT. This is different from the US, where sales tax is added as a last step, and advertised prices are always excluding tax.