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Huge buyers can and do negotiate discounts to place the burden on the seller. If you're buying 1 item, the tariff is your problem. If you're buying 99% of the c
by timr 1y ago
Huge buyers can and do negotiate discounts to place the burden on the seller. If you're buying 1 item, the tariff is your problem. If you're buying 99% of the company's output, the tariff is their problem.
- kasey_junk 1y agoAnd yet they still charge the same sales tax %.
- timr 1y agoSales taxes are calculated on the gross, not the COGS, so it's not the same. It's also different by locality. But yes, the same principle applies: huge retailers negotiate for better margin. Any tax on the retailer can be theoretically negotiated back to the seller.