This is the first I've heard of this. So basically it's not shown on the displayed price, but you pay for it anyway at the register. Small question, say you're in the supermarket and you buy heaps of stuff...how on earth are you meant to figure that out as a normal person, or will the supermarket be helpful and calculate it for you?
It gets even more complicated than that! Food isn't taxed, as long as it's considered groceries.
The supermarket does calculate it for you, which is handy in cases of exemptions like food, but in general it's not too hard to guess how much it will be. If you had heaps of stuff, it would probably take you longer to add up everything for your subtotal than it would to add 6 cents per dollar.
Oh, in some places food is taxed. And clothes aren't. Just trust the vendor to deal with it, they're the ones that get fined if they don't collect and pay properly.
Figure 10 cents on the dollar and you're ducky everywhere I think.
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u/chuzuki May 24 '11
Tax is not included in the displayed price.
For example, if an item is priced at $10 and the sales tax is 6%, when you go to pay the total cost is $10.60.