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> It's obviously not the norm in countries that have sales taxes which vary by locality Why not? If each store or restaurant or theatre or whatever in each loc

by sofixa 2y ago

> It's obviously not the norm in countries that have sales taxes which vary by locality Why not? If each store or restaurant or theatre or whatever in each locality know what price to bill you, they know the applicable price to show you upfront. > Whether a country is "developed" or not has nothing to do with it. The vast majority of countries in Africa have a VAT, while the world's richest country has a sales tax. The relevance of developed or not is how much of the economy is informal or includes a part of negotiation.

crazygringo 2y ago
> Why not? If each store in each locality know what price to bill you, they know the applicable price to show you upfront. Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases. > The relevance of developed or not is how much of the economy is informal or includes a part of negotiation. No it doesn't, where are you getting that? Feel free to browse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country and Ctrl+F for "informal" or "negotiation". There are a lot of indicators of developing vs developed countries, but your idea is most assuredly not one of them. Also, sales tax vs VAT has nothing to do with an informal economy or price negotiation either.
- sofixa 2y ago
  > Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases Hardly impossible, just slightly less easy ("available for $X* (pre-tax)" / "starting at $X"). And are seriously claiming that ease for advertisers takes precedence over ease of use and pricing transparency for consumers? > and Ctrl+F for "informal" or "negotiation". There are a lot of indicators of developing vs developed countries, but your idea is most assuredly not one of them. Also, sales tax vs VAT has nothing to do with an informal economy or price negotiation either. Thank you. What I meant was that the only reason it might not be the standard in some developing countries is that they might have more informal economies with more negotiations involved. Literally the only legitimate excuse. But when that's not the case, from Morocco to Sri Lanka to Uzbekistan, price is shown upfront, everything included.
- II2II 2y ago
  > Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases. In large countries like Canada, and I would imagine the US, you probably don't want to advertise prices nationally. The cost of goods to will be different for a business in Vancouver and Southern Ontario compared to the Atlantic Provinces. Never mind small towns in remote communities connected to the road network, such as Northern Ontario. Especially never mind small towns in remote communities that are not connected to the road network.

by sofixa 2y ago

crazygringo 2y ago

> Why not? If each store in each locality know what price to bill you, they know the applicable price to show you upfront. Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases. > The relevance of developed or not is how much of the economy is informal or includes a part of negotiation. No it doesn't, where are you getting that? Feel free to browse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country and Ctrl+F for "informal" or "negotiation". There are a lot of indicators of developing vs developed countries, but your idea is most assuredly not one of them. Also, sales tax vs VAT has nothing to do with an informal economy or price negotiation either.

sofixa 2y ago
> Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases Hardly impossible, just slightly less easy ("available for $X* (pre-tax)" / "starting at $X"). And are seriously claiming that ease for advertisers takes precedence over ease of use and pricing transparency for consumers? > and Ctrl+F for "informal" or "negotiation". There are a lot of indicators of developing vs developed countries, but your idea is most assuredly not one of them. Also, sales tax vs VAT has nothing to do with an informal economy or price negotiation either. Thank you. What I meant was that the only reason it might not be the standard in some developing countries is that they might have more informal economies with more negotiations involved. Literally the only legitimate excuse. But when that's not the case, from Morocco to Sri Lanka to Uzbekistan, price is shown upfront, everything included.
II2II 2y ago
> Because it makes state-level or national-level advertising of prices impossible. Or even local-level in many cases. In large countries like Canada, and I would imagine the US, you probably don't want to advertise prices nationally. The cost of goods to will be different for a business in Vancouver and Southern Ontario compared to the Atlantic Provinces. Never mind small towns in remote communities connected to the road network, such as Northern Ontario. Especially never mind small towns in remote communities that are not connected to the road network.