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I won't defend most of the practices but sales tax is, in at least some US states, required by law to be listed separately. example: See Kentucky Revised Stat

• kmeisthax 3y ago
  Is there any particular reason why retailers couldn't print both the total price and how much of it is sales tax on the same price tag? The legislative intent seems to me that they don't want taxes to be absorbed by retailers[0], not that they want to force people to multiply things by some percentage in their head. [0] Read: subsidized by other places with lower tax rates
• anigbrowl 3y ago
  Not to be argumentative, but: - laws are often written by lobbyists - you can list the information on the shelf price ticket/in ads, and still show the out-the-door price most prominently I don't care for sales tax/VAT as a policy matter, but even less do I like the mental overhead of having to mentally inventory it every time I go shopping. The only exception is when some stores do a 'we pay the sales tax' sale (presumably because it's easier than marking everything down individually), and for once the sticker price is what I pay at the register.