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It's not like the US is better, with states and counties imposing a myriad of (hyper)local taxes. Hell the US is the only country I know where price tags in ord
by mschuster91 2y ago
It's not like the US is better, with states and counties imposing a myriad of (hyper)local taxes. Hell the US is the only country I know where price tags in ordinary retail stores doesn't include taxes because that is too complex to organize.
In contrast, no matter where I am in Europe, I know precisely down to the cent how much I'll pay at the counter.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago> doesn't include taxes because that is too complex to organize. It’s not too complicated. There just isn’t sufficient political momentum to require total price to be shown prior to checkout. This year, California couldn’t even get restaurants to include all non tax charges in menu prices. They passed a law requiring businesses to include all non tax charges in advertised prices, and then passed another law to exempt restaurants. Infuriating, to say the least.
- sokoloff 2y agoThe retail price thing could be solved in brick and mortar stores (because the location of the register is well-known), but there’s a desire of some to have the taxation amount be explicit. (I have some sympathy for the philosophy, but practically, it’s annoying, which is probably part of the motivation.)