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Robert Carolina <robert.carolina@sciocertus.com> Sun, 31 March 2024 07:43 UTC

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From: Robert Carolina <robert.carolina@sciocertus.com>
To: Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com>
CC: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, "119attendees@ietf.org" <119attendees@ietf.org>
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> 
> On 31 Mar 2024, at 14:20, Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 31 Mar 2024, at 03:09, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> By the same argument, merchants in the US shouldn't add sales tax to every purchase; it should be embedded in the advertised price.
> 
> WFM. And that’s how it’s generally done throughout Europe. The sticker price there (OK, here) includes VAT, the sales tax equivalent. When visiting the US, I find it annoying and misleading to pay a higher price at the till from the one advertised on the price tag. And as for being expected to keep track of each state’s sales tax rates....

Worse: total sales tax in the US is a function of State sales tax plus Locality sales taxes (county and/or city) plus various excise taxes like NYC’s hotel tax. 

As others have noted, it’s generally against the  law in the US to quote a price inclusive of sales tax. And in the EU all prices are deemed to include VAT unless it’s expressly excluded. 

Meh.

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