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		avianlyric 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card n... You could just do what all of Europe does and just include the tax in the listed retail price, rather than only tacking it on at the end.
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kazinator 3 days ago [–]

While that simplifies things for the customer, who knows exactly what they will pay, it's hiding the theft, making it look like it's part of the price charged by the merchant, even though the merchant has to remit that money.

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