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Sign in to law advertising, price tags, and any other form of price signage must include all applicable taxes.

Created by C.S. on October 04, 2014

My proposal is simple, Price tags should have all taxes applied to the final price.

When shopping, for cars or for groceries, you must either be decent at math, or carry a calculator to arrive at your final price due to state or federal sales tax, I propose that the +10% calculation should only be done once, at the burden of the seller, rather than potentially many many times as multiple customers buy the same priced gallon of milk or gasoline.

I believe this is more efficient for everyone involved, and a very obvious decision, that leads to less surprises at the register, and more honest price stickers from restaurant menus to clothing outlets.

Simple, non-controversial, and easy to implement given time.

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