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It's a simple law: "price at the register cannot exceed the advertised price".
by akomtu 3y ago
It's a simple law: "price at the register cannot exceed the advertised price".
- paxys 3y agoPrice at the register is exactly the same as the advertised price.
- akomtu 3y agoEm.. no, the advertised price usually says "latte 4.50" but at the register it gets mysteriously padded with sales tax, tip tax, foo tax and bar tax, so you have to pay 6.50.
- pc86 3y agoNobody thinks anything is getting "padded" with sales tax other than Europeans who have never heard of the practice before and can't get over the fact that ~5% (the median US sales tax is 5.1%) wasn't disclosed as if that is making their breakfast unaffordable. You're never required to tip so the "advertised price" and the price at the register are identical. You choosing to leave $2 on top of that doesn't change anything, even if it's only done through social pressure.
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- turquoisevar 3y agoSilly attempt at shrugging off legitimate complaints notwithstanding, at least use an average sales tax when you do. Now it just comes across as you saying that half the country is above 5%, which would’ve been a more honest statement as it seems considering few states however around 5% combined sales tax: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2023-sales-tax-rates-midyear/ https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2023-sales-tax-rate...
- pc86 3y agoThe average sales tax in the US is 5.1%.
- turquoisevar 3y agoGot a source for that? My source shows that the combined average sales tax (i.e. state, county, city and municipal) comes down to 6.57%, 6.59% if you don’t count DC. 26 of them have an average combined sales tax of 7% or more.
- xavor 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#/media/File:Restaurant_Tipping_Gratuity_World_Map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#/media/File:Restauran... Which bit do you not understand? End point taxes are not ubiquitos, and at least other countires have decent laws so people can see what they actually pay.
- Izkata 3y agoUhhh.. > > says "latte 4.50" > > pay 6.50 > You're never required to tip so the "advertised price" and the price at the register are identical. You choosing to leave $2 on top of that doesn't change anything, even if it's only done through social pressure. Taxes and tips aren't the same thing. Their $2 example is something you are required to pay.
- throw9away6 3y agoNot in Seattle, they have a host of fees they add to the menu. That look like tips but aren’t
- JohnFen 3y agoI'd love this! Not for tipping, but so that we can stop with this nonsense of not including sales tax in the price listed for things.
- kstrauser 3y agoThat could be tricky. When I live, a cold burrito in a refrigerator cabinet is considered to be groceries, and is untaxed. Heat up that burrito, and it's a taxable meal. Also, some non-profit organizations aren't taxed on purchases, so the sticker price is the final price for them. You can't pre-calculate the final taxed price using the local tax algorithms as they are today. They number can't be known until the transaction takes place.
- em-bee 3y agoyou can just list two prices for cold and hot
- kstrauser 3y agoThat would be OK in that specific instance. However, there are a lot of rules like that, and I just wanted to mention a couple. In any case, I'm not saying that it can't be done, just that it may be a lot complicated than adding a fixed percentage to every price label.
- em-bee 3y agoif that is the case then the rules are too complicated and need simplifying. that is not automatically an argument to not have a rule to list the full price, but it could also be an argument to remove or change other rules that make things more complicated. the lawmakers here need to weigh the pros and cons for each.
- kstrauser 3y agoWhile I agree, I suspect there’s little political will to overhaul the local sales tax system right now.