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Are you saying the only way that citizens are informed of the current tax rates is through price tags?

• WorkerBee28474 2y ago
  Why on earth would I say that?
  • jedberg 2y ago
    That's what your comment implies. That taxes are being hidden because they aren't on the price tag.
    • Aloisius 2y ago
      Or not on the receipt.
    • johnnyanmac 2y ago
      They are "hidden" the same way manufacturing costs, labor, theft correction, psychological penny deduction, etc are hidden on your receipt, sure. You need to research to look all that up. Meanwhile, you can simply check "VAT rate 20xx" and find that. It saves time doing the math for your state sales tax and then doing mental math to figure out what you leave the store with.
• cameronh90 2y ago
  In the UK, VAT is incorporated into the price. This does lead to some sort of an awareness issue. Pretty much everyone does, of course, know that the VAT rate is 20%, but still you always get people complaining that we’re being ripped off when something which costs $1000 ends up being sold here at £950.