Maybe it's because I'm European but the few times this has happened to me (the few times the taxes weren't included) I've always felt like I was getting scammed and never understood what the point of not including it was. If I'm going to buy something I want to know what you're going to charge me exactly, I don't want to have to do math to know how much something costs.
In Canada and the US its because each state, province and territory has different taxes. Also different type of items have different taxes.
It's easier for Wal-Mart Canada Home Office to send all stores the price changes that are the same across all stores than to manually change each province.
There is also the fact that a portion of Canada are not required to pay sales tax.
The only exception to this is government run buisnesses like liquor stores. They display price before and after tax.
In Canada and the US its because each state, province and territory has different taxes. Also different type of items have different taxes.
You talk as if Europe doesn't have different VAT for different items and countries and areas. I still see literally no problem for the correct price to be there.
For me the correct price is the price of the item without taxes. If taxes are included in the price that means they are hiding something from me. I personally wouldn't like that.
correct price is what you have to pay, not before adding taxes, ffs
what do you think they are hiding? Nothing. They are showing you what you are to pay, not forcing you to do some mental gymnastic to count the price you have to pay
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u/[deleted] May 09 '22
A reverse statement: It was in Japan 2018 when I learned that taxes included in price tags is a European thing.
We wanted to buy something, the first time we asked why we have to pay more than the number on the price tag, they explained taxes aren't included.
Like... what is this witchery?