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Why do foreigners still have to pay sales tax (in the US) when they are only visitors? (piefed.social)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The tax is meant to be on the business selling the product, not the person buying it. There are added rules requiring the tax to be added on after the sale price so that it remains a visible tax, thus making the public more likely to support repealing it.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    'sales tax' is collected and remitted to the state by merchants, but paid by the customer.

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