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I’m imaging it’s because states and even cities can have differing sales tax rates. Hard to advertise to a wide audience when the final price after tax is one
by refurb 3y ago
I’m imaging it’s because states and even cities can have differing sales tax rates.
Hard to advertise to a wide audience when the final price after tax is one of 12 different prices depending on where they live.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoThat's a weak justification to apply to prices listed right where the product is sold. Like, if one uses a sticker gun to put a price tag on a product itself. I don't know of any US businesses other than waffle house that always include all taxes in the listed price, however.
- refurb 3y agoThere are laws against adding in taxes on listed prices in places like NJ, likely others as well. Regardless, I'm not sure why people consider it such a big deal. It's consistent across the board and it's relatively basic math to estimate what the total would be. I've lived in places that do it both ways and it's a non-issue.