The problem with advertising 'inclusive' sales tax is, except in limited
circumstances, usually impossible. This is because in many
jurisdictions, there are taxes that scale with the amount of the total
purchase, or on the day of the purchase (tax holidays anyone?) or even
who the buyer is, (exempt, partially?) or where they 'live'. (some taxes
charged at point of sale, others the rate is based on the point of delivery)
Sales Taxes here are enough of a nightmare precisely because courts have
allowed this mess and not forced everything to be 'point of sale'.
Having to include them in pricing is practically impossible in many,
many cases.
From the perspective of someone who's worked in both the business end
of retail and service sectors, I'd give a big thumbs down to inclusive
pricing being a requirement. It can be done in a few limited cases, but
certainly not universally.
Regards,
Adrien
On 10/17/22 2:37 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
I'll mention in passing that I _wish_ it were compulsory here to
advertise the actual total price including sales tax and other taxes.
That is usual for gasoline (petrol) here in the US, but as industry
practice rather than by regulation. However, just about every other
product is advertised with a base price excluding sales tax. To make it
worse, many products -- air fares, hotel rates, and cable, Internet, and
telephone, to name just a few -- advertise an attractive low price but
then charge "fees" that add a substantial increment to the advertised
price. Such deceptive practice is unfortunately quite legal here in
California, and in every other state as far as I'm aware.
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