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Why does America not add taxes on listed prices?
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:36 pm
99 percent of countries have taxes added on a price tag. If the bread says $3.50 then that what it is. America is one of the few counties who doesn't add tac till you are checking out. Why is this?
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Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:36 pm to iamAG
Probably Jimmy Carter
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:38 pm to iamAG
No idea but we should
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:39 pm to iamAG
B/c everybody knows you want to be in the 1%.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:39 pm to John McClane
Also, my El Salvador friends would be pissed at me. I mean the United States of America.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:39 pm to iamAG
Sales tax is federal and local...each county has a different rate.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:41 pm to iamAG
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Also, my El Salvador friends would be pissed at me. I mean the United States of America.
If they want to stop us from using the title of "America" then they are going to have to fight us.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:41 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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Sales tax is federal and local...each county has a different rate.
But they could easily do it in every store in every city.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:41 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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Sales tax is federal and local...each county has a different rate.
This doesn't stop a company from putting that local and fed rate onto the price tag when sold at retail, since they quite literally calculate it within a millisecond of the scanner scanning the product.
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:42 pm to iamAG
the stores want to trick you into thinking something is cheaper than it really is
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:43 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I assumed he was talking about the advertised price
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:43 pm to iamAG
because welfare folk dont pay tax
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:44 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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This doesn't stop a company from putting that local and fed rate onto the price tag when sold at retail, since they quite literally do it within a millisecond of the scanner scanning the product.
Well I'm thinking because different parishes have different tax rates so they would have to print different tags for stores in different parishes. Probably a big pain in the arse if you have a bunch of stores
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:44 pm to fightin tigers
No, I meant tag price. That's why I said tag price. Ha
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:45 pm to Brosef Stalin
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the stores want to trick you into thinking something is cheaper than it really is
exactly...I thought it was pretty obvious that the idea is to make you buy more by giving the perception that something costs less than it does.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:45 pm to iamAG
I just read titles and comment if the post is more than 10 words.
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:45 pm to Brosef Stalin
That was my first thought as well brosef.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:47 pm to Spankum
Spankum that was my guess, however it's not a secret so I don't see how it would work unless someone is a ra-tard.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:49 pm to iamAG
Taxes vary wildly by location, and it tricks people into thinking that things cost less than they really do.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:56 pm to iamAG
Same reason they price something $9.99 rather than $10.
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 8:57 pm
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