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> And if you can do that, then you might as well print it on the price tag (along with pre-tax price if you want). Fun fact: sales tax rates are not stable. Ou
by runako 2y ago
> And if you can do that, then you might as well print it on the price tag (along with pre-tax price if you want).
Fun fact: sales tax rates are not stable. Our state publishes quarterly tax changes at the county level; city-level changes are presumably too numerous for the state to publish in the same format.
Inclusive pricing can obviously be done in-store, but it also more or less ensures that some of the items in your store will have incorrect prices some of the time.
- FateOfNations 2y agoAt least here in California, the state collects the sales tax on behalf of all the local jurisdictions, so they publish and update them all simultaneously (twice a year) and in the same format.
- runako 2y agoInteresting...there must be a state law that requires jurisdictions to synchronize any changes to sales tax rates to a single calendar.
- FateOfNations 2y agoTechnically, jurisdictions could try to collect the taxes directly, but they generally lack the infrastructure for it, and it isn't feasible to set it up. Instead, they must play by the state's rules if they want the state to collect for them. Jurisdictions also can't customize exemptions; they can only add an incremental percentage amount to the existing general state sales tax. In general, it's in everyone's best interest to play along.