Why *is* Federal tax included in the shelf price but local taxes only at the
checkout? If a store had some checkouts either side of a state line I could
understand it, but surely the store knows how much the local taxes are going
to be when they price the goods, so why not include it in the shelf price?
Is it historical like UK school holidays are in August because in medieval
times they all vanished then to help with the harvest? Or political as in
"Just look how much how much you are paying to those thieves in the Town
Hall"?
PaulH.
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From: <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
To: <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
> However, he was enraged when the 5% purchase tax was added at checkout. I
> asked him why he preferred to have his 17% VAT hidden in the purchase
price
> rather than have to confront a 5% tax when buying. He really couldn't
say.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
>
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