15
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
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Sales tax in the US is also not a VAT. And every state and municipality are free to have their own rules. My town where I live and the next one over have different sales tax rates (on top of state sales tax), which is part of the reason why it won't be on the price tag. It's just not practical.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I fundamentally disagree that it is impractical not to put it on the price tag. Every store prints their own price tags and puts them either directly on the item, or on the shelf. It wouldn't be hard to just make that price different to reflect the tax. We already do it with gasoline.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 1 point 4 months ago

    I guess that's fair, and I really need to learn to not make off the cuff statements without going into details on Lemmy :)

    I really had in mind more things that have prices printed on, etc. I definitely agree we would be better off including tax on price tags.

    I agree it shouldn't take that much effort to include it in things that have dynamic displays (like gas), but I suspect the reason for that is part inertia, part confusion when it's included or not, part nobody wants to look like they raised prices.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent