not really accurate. Businesses don't pay sales tax on purchases for resale. Sales tax is paid by the consumer, but collected by the business. In most states,

not really accurate. Businesses don't pay sales tax on purchases for resale. Sales tax is paid by the consumer, but collected by the business. In most states, there is an exception afforded to food/liquor businesses that allows them to advertise prices tax-included. Otherwise, the state laws usually look like this one: http://dor.wa.gov/Content/GetAFormOrPublication/PublicationBySubject/TaxTopics/TaxIncluded.aspx http://dor.wa.gov/Content/GetAFormOrPublication/PublicationB...