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>With so many local taxing jurisdiction, it's essentially impossible. What is this nonsense? Businesses advertise "Widget is $PRICE + applicable tax". When yo
by LiquidSky 3y ago
>With so many local taxing jurisdiction, it's essentially impossible.
What is this nonsense?
Businesses advertise "Widget is $PRICE + applicable tax". When you go to an individual store you pay ($PRICE + applicable tax). On the receipt it can show a breakdown of what that is.
If that's hard to do on the backend for the business too fucking bad. Consumers should know exactly what they're going to be asked to pay upfront.
- mgkimsal 3y agoYou're focusing just on consumer/retail/store sort of thinking. The problem is wider than that. Figuring out where someone placed an order is sometimes required, even if it will be delivered or provided somewhere else. Understanding the use case - you may be selling a service, but if the service is performed in different locales, the service may be taxed at different rates. Advertising a service for $399, but performed in different counties, will mean a different tax rate. Now... you can figure it out after the fact, and charge everyone a flat $399, and pay the different taxes yourself (so your revenue might $380, $370, $360, etc), or you add on variable tax based on where that service is done, so the purchaser is paying $399 + ($local tax rate).
- LiquidSky 3y agoAgain, that's the business's problem. Be transparent with the price, tell the consumer precisely what they're going to be paying upfront. If it's hard, too bad, figure it out or don't be in business. At least that's how it should be.