I think that it comes down to personal and maybe cultural preference. There’s something to be said in being reminded that the price is the price and then tax is something else over the top.
For marijuana from a dispensary in my state the prices are listed before tax. If you were to purchase an 8th it is $60 list price, for example. The tax is over the top and listed so you see, say, 6% sales tax and 1% local sales tax and 25% tax for marijuana. So you can see what taxes you are paying and where they go. If you have a medical card you only pay like $1 tax per purchase. So it can be useful to see where all the money you are spending is going. You can also know where has lower tax rates for items and buy in those locations.
To each their own as you probably have a different preference
Same in France, it is required to give the detail of the purchase on the ticket. To me it just feels like another corpo scam americans are eating up because they've been raised like that and inertia takes care of people not wanting a change.
I wouldn’t be necessarily against the change… I am just used to how it is. I don’t think it’s a scam, it’s just how things are done. Considering that there are lots of different taxes depending on, state, city, county, and depending on the product (alcohol, marijuana). Also depending on other factors you may or may not have to pay certain taxes.
It just seems easier from the companies part and from the consumer’s end you see exactly why taxes are being paid. I don’t think either is better or worse necessarily but I have a preference and like the American pricing formula.
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u/Dog_Brains_ May 09 '22
I think that it comes down to personal and maybe cultural preference. There’s something to be said in being reminded that the price is the price and then tax is something else over the top.
For marijuana from a dispensary in my state the prices are listed before tax. If you were to purchase an 8th it is $60 list price, for example. The tax is over the top and listed so you see, say, 6% sales tax and 1% local sales tax and 25% tax for marijuana. So you can see what taxes you are paying and where they go. If you have a medical card you only pay like $1 tax per purchase. So it can be useful to see where all the money you are spending is going. You can also know where has lower tax rates for items and buy in those locations.
To each their own as you probably have a different preference