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And sales tax varies a loooooot, and change constantly There's 12000+ distinct sales tax regimes in the US https://sovos.com/content-library/sut/state-by-stat
by dmoy 11mo ago
And sales tax varies a loooooot, and change constantly
There's 12000+ distinct sales tax regimes in the US
https://sovos.com/content-library/sut/state-by-state-guide-to-sales-tax/ https://sovos.com/content-library/sut/state-by-state-guide-t...
- ryandrake 11mo agoIndividual stores generally only have to deal with one. Set the prices at the store, and make them tax-inclusive while you're at it. This isn't rocket science. Companies serve billions of web pages per second. We can't handle 12,000 tax calculations?
- jandrewrogers 11mo agoIf only it were that simple. Some sales taxes are conditional at the point-of-sale. Different customers may pay a different tax rate. This creates a situation where the display price will be incorrect part of the time and may not round to 5c or whatever the legal quantum is.
- pwg 11mo ago> make them tax-inclusive while you're at it. Often not a choice the retailer has. Local laws often require the shelf price be "not tax-inclusive". Reasons why vary, one common one is that in some instances different customers pay different rates (or none at all).