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i wonder if Canada has that bit, where the prices you see in the store are the final prices(i..e with tax already calculated in)
by vaksel 15y ago
i wonder if Canada has that bit, where the prices you see in the store are the final prices(i..e with tax already calculated in)
- UnFleshedOne 15y agoNo, the prices are before tax. I think there is even a law against showing prices with tax for whatever reason.
- brunoqc 15y agoI thought they don't include tax so they don't have to change it every time the tax rate change.
- alsocasey 15y agoI suspect pricing of goods changes more often than sales tax rates.
- excuse-me 15y agoShowing before tax prices (almost) makes sense in the US where every other street has it's own local tax rates. But Canada only has federal and provincial taxes so I suspect it's just to make the price look better - especially if you are comparison shopping with the US
- danudey 15y agoThere's no law against it (some places do this, most notably street carts, etc.), but if you were a cafe owner would you really want to put 15% higher prices on your menus? People would look at the numbers and leave, rather than noticing the 'taxes included' and having to do math. Until it's a legislated requirement (and boy do I wish it were), we're probably not going to see it very often other than with fungible cash-only vendors.