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Prices are done without taxes in the US and Canada due to the anti-tax lobby. The theory goes if people have to see the figure they are taxed each transaction t
by theluketaylor 3y ago
Prices are done without taxes in the US and Canada due to the anti-tax lobby. The theory goes if people have to see the figure they are taxed each transaction they will more loudly complain about the rates and more strongly resist raising the rate. In practice all it does it make it annoying to figure out what something costs.
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- geitir 3y agoIt’s not a theory, it’s so you are informed. The tax you see up front is a tax on you the consumer, not the business entity
- weberer 3y agoIn practice it works. Sales tax averages around 5% in US states, and over 20% in Europe. When I lived in the states, everybody knew what their local sales tax rate was off the top of their head, and most knew the last time it was raised. Here in northern Europe, nobody really knows. Out of sight, out of mind.