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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 SilentStriker@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] adarza@piefed.ca 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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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The entire revenue is paid by the customer. Sales tax is itemized out. It's been intentionally pushed towards the consumer as to prevent it being known as a business tax.

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago

It's silly to insist it's being paid by either the merchant or the customer. Regardless of how you conceptualize it, the result is the same.

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