Poll of the Day > sometimes in retail you have to explain to a grown adult what sales tax is

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argonautweakend
12/08/18 9:03:51 PM
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i dont even have anything to say further but i felt like mentioning this today after somebody tried claiming the item rang up wrong.
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darcandkharg31
12/08/18 9:08:06 PM
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I blame country music with their yeehaws and redneck lifestyle, despicable.
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WastelandCowboy
12/08/18 9:09:18 PM
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I can see that. A lot of states don't impose sales tax on goods, whereas some have already included it in the price so they are caught unaware when they find out "I have to pay extra?!"
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Nichtcrawler X
12/08/18 9:13:10 PM
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Which is why you list it included on the pricetag and only show the sales tax amount on the receipts.

Many people are trained to believe that the number on the tag is the full price.
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argonautweakend
12/08/18 9:19:40 PM
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in this particular instance its alcohol, which I assume is taxed at POS everywhere, though I dont know.

At least this woman didnt put up a fight and as soon I said taxes she understood.
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argonautweakend
12/08/18 9:29:09 PM
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I dont know if she was from my state but she wasn't foreign. If she was I could understand because, yeah, most places on earth arent like that.
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Oops_All_Berrys
12/08/18 9:29:49 PM
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darcandkharg31 posted...
I blame country music with their yeehaws and redneck lifestyle, despicable.

This is why people voted for Hitler jr
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DrCidd
12/08/18 9:33:10 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
i dont even have anything to say further but i felt like mentioning this today after somebody tried claiming the item rang up wrong.


I partially blame schools for this, but I mostly blame parents. No person should be reaching adulthood without understanding how taxes works.
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Blighboy
12/08/18 9:40:04 PM
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Where I used to work you paid a 10 cent deposit on all cans. Got a lot of complaints about that. I've moved to other provinces where it's not like that.
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zebatov
12/08/18 10:19:03 PM
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I'd like to know why the government feels that it's necessary to tax sales, however.

Blighboy posted...
Where I used to work you paid a 10 cent deposit on all cans. Got a lot of complaints about that. I've moved to other provinces where it's not like that.

The US is behind on recycling apparently. I was born in the 80s and I don't remember ever not paying a deposit. And now we even pay a non-refundable deposit of one or two cents per can on top of it. "Environmental". Pf.

I remember visiting my friend in Illinois and her family just threw their cans out. They said it wasn't worth the drive to recycle their empties. The depot was too far away and they weren't given refunds. Here it's a huge thing. Take the beer empties back to get some beer money.
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_AdjI_
12/08/18 10:25:10 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
in this particular instance its alcohol, which I assume is taxed at POS everywhere, though I dont know.

At least this woman didnt put up a fight and as soon I said taxes she understood.


Alcohol varies quite a bit, at least between provinces (I assume states are similar). Some places put it on the price tag, others only add it at the register.
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darcandkharg31
12/08/18 10:38:39 PM
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Yeah, I think its bullshit that some places have deposits on all cans but don't accept all cans for refunds, like wtf. Like you pay deposit for pop cans but you don't get shit back, nyeh,
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LinkPizza
12/08/18 10:41:19 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
I dont know if she was from my state but she wasn't foreign. If she was I could understand because, yeah, most places on earth arent like that.

Could have grown up on a military base. They dont have taxes on base... Or it at least shows the final price...
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Janpei
12/08/18 10:57:48 PM
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Zangulus posted...
If she was foreign then thats not uncommon. Apparently the US is one of few places that dont show the final price at the tag.


The interesting thing I've discovered in my own state is that it's actually against the law to display a price tag with the sales tax included.
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_AdjI_
12/08/18 11:04:46 PM
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I really appreciate the handful of retailers I've seen that do include taxes in their prices despite it being non-standard. I do get why that's not the norm, though. Nobody wants to be the first to look like they're charging more than everyone else, so unless it's mandated at a legal level, people don't want to start doing it.
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Zeus
12/08/18 11:18:02 PM
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WastelandCowboy posted...
I can see that. A lot of states don't impose sales tax on goods, whereas some have already included it in the price so they are caught unaware when they find out "I have to pay extra?!"


idk, even people living in states without it are usually aware that it's a thing in other places.

zebatov posted...
I'd like to know why the government feels that it's necessary to tax sales, however.


To offset entitlement spending usually >_>
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