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US is the only place on Earth where I found out that a sale tax is added to price tags in grocery store at the moment of check-out. I remember my astonishment t
by SergeAx 4y ago
US is the only place on Earth where I found out that a sale tax is added to price tags in grocery store at the moment of check-out. I remember my astonishment the first time I faced that abomination. How's that even possible, what is the reason behind it?
- petilon 4y agoThe reason behind is that the product manufacturers and distributors want consumers to know how much they are paying in taxes. If consumers don't know, then politicians will be free to hike up taxes as much as they want. Adding government-mandated charges separately is not a big problem, in my opinion. The big problem is when businesses hide a portion of their actual price under "fees". And the fees are not disclosed upfront. As an example of various fees see the AT&T example [1]. [1] https://www.att.com/legal/terms.otherWirelessFeeSchedule.html https://www.att.com/legal/terms.otherWirelessFeeSchedule.htm...
- dudul 4y agoTransparency, so you know what the government is taxing.
- unmole 4y agoThat can be accomplished by including the tax breakdown in the bill. In fact, that's exactly what's done in many countries.