Sellers can still make it very clear how much of the sum were taxes. Here in Germany every bill, every receipt will contain that information. (I mean, obviousl

Sellers can still make it very clear how much of the sum were taxes. Here in Germany every bill, every receipt will contain that information. (I mean, obviously, it’s legally required.) Different sellers do this differently in terms of clarity, though I think this has little to do with any kind of price signal to the buyer or sticking it to the government or something like that. My feeling is that the more likely it is that the customer is a company (which do not have to pay VAT) the more clearly do sellers communicate the VAT part of the price. In fact, if you are not selling to consumers you can ditch that VAT altogether when you communicate your prices. Alternatively (when talking about online retailers) they may provide a toggle to switch between being a business customers or a private customer, e.g. here the toggle top left next to the Conrad logo: https://www.conrad.de https://www.conrad.de