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Consider a merchant in Seattle, Washington, USA that has several stores around town wanting to run an ad on a billboard or on radio or on TV or in the Seattle T
by tzs 3y ago
Consider a merchant in Seattle, Washington, USA that has several stores around town wanting to run an ad on a billboard or on radio or on TV or in the Seattle Times for a product that is available at all its stores.
The total sales tax could be any of the following, depending on the location of the particular store in the city that the consumer actually buys from: 9.2%, 10.1%, 10.2%, 10.25%, 10.3%, or 10.5%.
How should that be advertised?
Similarly for services except the sales tax is based on where the service is consumed rather than on the location of the seller.
- talldatethrow 3y agoThe store could advertise the sale price it wants, and deal with the taxes internally based on each location. Some locations have higher tax rates than others... Businesses know that, and could make location decisions based on that if they think the 1% swing is important.
- Sabinus 3y agoThen you would undermine the ability of Capital to isolate and shame higher taxing areas.