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> If you show the full price with taxes upfront, that's an astonishing level of integrity. It’s funny, what you see is what you pay doesn’t require an astonish
by oefrha 4y ago
> If you show the full price with taxes upfront, that's an astonishing level of integrity.
It’s funny, what you see is what you pay doesn’t require an astonishing level of integrity in much (most?) of the world, it’s just standard practice; instead, tacking on hidden fees not on the price tag would be unthinkable.
- TylerE 4y agoIt’s really complicated in the US because we charge about 4 different kinds of sales tax (federal, state, county, city), and differing rates depending on the type of good, or even the time of year. So like a chain store can’t include taxes in things like print ads because you could have two locations a few blocks apart that literally have different tax.
- jerrybender 4y agoThe US levies no federal sales tax.
- TylerE 4y agoNot on general sales, but things that are functionally sales tax exist for things such as fuel and tobacco products.
- ciupicri 4y agoThough the stores themselves should display the final price, the one that you pay at the register.
- alex7734 4y agoNot just standard practice, it's mandatory, for consumer facing prices you will get shut down if you don't include tax in it (and detail how much of it is tax in the receipt)