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No. Sales tax in the US is determined based on the location where the customer takes possession of the merchandise.

Unfortunately, that is not a political reality. The federal government does not have the power to enforce sales tax rules on the states.

Gotcha. In the US, if you tried to keep that system, you’d need a different printed MSRP per tax nexus and books in warehouses would no longer be fungible.

It doesn’t “cost extra”, it has a different tax structure. Sure, there might be no sales tax in OR, but there sure is income tax. Just north in WA, it’s the opposite where there is…

My experiences outside the US do not match yours, I guess.

“Local” advertising is not practical. There are 13,000 sales tax jurisdictions in the US.

Yes, it's on top of VAT. It's usually "discretionary", meaning you can ask to have it taken off the bill, but you must ask and it usually results in being glared at.

What is certainly true is that Americans are culturally more friendly toward strangers. Americans smiling and talking a lot is a cliche at this point. However, I would bet the "bes…

You're not wrong, so I'll revise to "what they believe he will sign."

I'd consider adding a fee that isn't included in the listed menu price to be predatory, even if you can ask to have it removed.

Given the only practical alternative I can imagine would mean to never show a price... yes, the current state of things is more beneficial to the consumer. Again, seeing an pre-tax…

In general, their stance has been "vote against anything the governor is willing to sign."

> If tipping is banned in a place (by the local government I mean), where exactly are the "best workers" going to go? Are they going to pack up and move somewhere else? Tipping was…

It would require a massive overhaul of the tax code in every state, not to mention that it would require state-by-state coordination because Congress cannot force them to comply. O…

You often see the same thing in the UK (a 12.5% "discretionary service charge" listed in small text that you must ask to have removed from your bill).

FYI, ZIP code is not enough to calculate tax rate. You need city and county. 9,000 ZIP codes cross county borders. Currently, consumers can generally tell if they are getting a rea…

I'm curious, do books have prices printed on them in the UK? Here in the US, the suggested retail price (pre-tax, obviously) is generally printed by the manufacturer on the back or…

The "12.5% service charge" you see all over London would beg to differ.

> Core to this is that the US constitution explicitly enshrines federalism in the tenth amendment (the last part of the "bill of rights"), that explicitly limits the power of the f…

> They really shouldn't be advertising false claims in the first place. Just to be clear, you're suggesting that all pricing be removed from all advertising nationwide. This would …

Tax depends on the location the item is shipped to.

AFAIK (I'm American), the UK has a VAT rate for any good a consumer might find in a shop: 20%, 5%, and 0%, depending on product type. Because this rate is country-wide, the manufac…

She-Ra is a show that takes place in a world where people _wield magical swords while riding around half-naked on giant armored tigers_. Yet your chief complaint is that a friend g…

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"Squatting" a trademark generally isn't possible; if you can't prove use of the mark, the USPTO will simply cancel your registration. I imagine their activity related to the mark w…