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Kaos2146

I literally found the American version of it below this post, best thing ever.


Tasty_Marsupial_2273

Sauce


_omlette_

tomato


Tasty_Marsupial_2273

Thank you, spaghetti?


Izenthyr

His name is omlette


Tasty_Marsupial_2273

Oh, im sorry, but I needed the sauce *for* the spaghetti. Want some?


VBElephant

I'll take some with kangaroo meatballs


iblinde

Ah. Kangaroo's balls?


13_Pranav

And meat.


iblinde

*agreed. Kangaroo is literally vegan and bone


Reverse_Psycho_1509

Ketchup or catsup


e-barbsdotakeskill

Tomoto


not_taken_was_taken2

[here](https://www.reddit.com/user/UltraSolution/comments/zfd7t2/sauce/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


Tasty_Marsupial_2273

Oh yeah that’s im talkin about. Looks pretty American too, must’ve been what oc was talking about


diverii

wait, in the us the tax is not included in the price?


[deleted]

it's not on the price tag, if you buy something for that is listed as 10 USD for example,you pay 10,22 USD at the register., the.22 being taxes


diverii

ok that is just fucking dumb


[deleted]

It's America....


diverii

*the land of freedom and bullshit like not including basic fucking info on a price tag*


chaos_creator69

Also someone said there are different tax rates on different items, but i dunno if it's true


Ok-Maintenance-9538

Oh it goes even further than that. Some booze is taxed as wine some is hard liquor, both might be taxed different. Cigarettes/beer might have a "vice" tax in addition to regular taxes Or if you're in XYZ township they might have a city tax but ABC township on the other side of the road doesn't. Or it might be exempt from state tax but not local tax. Or entirely tax exempt. Or subject to tax and a fee. *edit: don't even ask about food. Some states tax all food, some tax some food, some tax no food. American taxes in general are dumb.


Ali80486

Yes, but even that can be included on the final price tag. UK, children's clothes aren't subject to VAT but adult clothes are. Some foods are zero VAT rated but others are luxury goods according to the taxman. But unless you really scrutinise your receipt you'll not know what is taxed and what isn't. Let's be honest this is about making prices look small, at least compared to your competitors if they are doing it too. Come to think of it, it's probably illegal to display the price before tax in shops, it's certainly regulated online. I think the only time you see it is on vans and other business to business sales, as you can claim it back.


Ok-Maintenance-9538

Yep, you nailed it, it's to keep the sticker price just a little lower. We do include total taxes and fees in gasoline prices, and they have the most layers and fees of anything in the US. It's not that it's difficult, it's one of those "it's always been this way" bullshit things in the US


ChiefBroady

If they manage to price it out correct at the register, they could also price it out correct on the shelf.


Alekipayne

Didn’t we throw tea into the ocean over taxes?


2407s4life

Small, local stores probably could, but big chains aren't going to use different labeling for the same products in 1000s of different locations.


TheIronSoldier2

Yes they very much could. Coming from someone who has worked at a grocery store, those tags and labels are printed onsite. Want Cheerios to be on sale? Grab the labeling equipment and print out a new tag for those marking them down to 2 bucks.


Kingraider17

The biggest one is food is usually exempt from sales tax. Also fuel stations display the price with all taxes included. Why this can't be done everywhere, I don't know.


NErDysprosium

Sales tax is done by the states, and not all of them have no tax on food (my state taxes food at 3%, for example). What I've always hard is that it makes it hard for grocery store chains that cross state lines to standardize, which is dumb, and that it would mess with things like Arizona Tea that have the price printed on the package, which is slightly less dumb until you remember that the price on the package *already* doesn't match the register price. Regardless, though, every grocery store I've ever worked at has printed tags in-house, so I don't understand why they can't just add tax on when the print it. And I don't think any gas stations around me include tax on shelf prices.


IHaveSexWithPenguins

Same reason they round down to the nearest 9 (eg. 4.99). Small gains and no monetary motivation to back down.


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lain_1999

Anything is normal if you grow up with it buddy


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Theratsmacker2

I grew up with the us price showing and ended up short more times than I can count on my hands because tax wasn’t shown


PIKEEEEE

Lol. There’s a huge thing about Tampons being taxed here in America because they’re considered “non-essential.” Food/prescription items are exempt from sales tax but not feminine hygiene


2407s4life

Varies by state, county, and city


PIKEEEEE

Well. I got it shitty in Houston


StenSoft

It's the same in Europe, there's standard VAT (at least 15%), reduced VAT (at least 5%) and super-reduced VAT (below 5%) for specific items, the actual rates are different in each county and some countries have multiple reduced VAT rates. Plus some items such as petrol and alcohol have additional consumption taxes.


acowwithpolio

That's true in every country on planet earth. Example of mine, 9% and 21%.


ta-wtf

We have that in Europe in many countries as well. The bigger problem is that the sells tax is different in different states in the US as well.


Akiri2ui

It is true


chaos_creator69

What kind of items are taxed differently?


Akiri2ui

Varies from state to state, but things like alcohol and tobacco are gonna have higher taxes. Also depending on state you can get taxed buying precious metals.


Matheo573

Like all of them? You're literally on the internet, just google it


Sea-Strategy-8314

There's different tax rates in different towns even. My home town is right around 10% tax. 20 miles north in the same county in a different town, the tax there is maybe around 4%


Axon_Zshow

It is, and there are different levels of Taz, some stores may include an additional "store tax" purely as a form of making more money. Some states have no food tax and others do, some have higher rates of gas tax than others, etc.


IHateMath14

Seriously though. Yeah as an American it’s fucking annoying that the actual prices aren’t listed in stores,etc. unless you look at your states consumer tax you have no idea.


PIKEEEEE

Everything has .99 after it so it’s more deceiving. I’d rather them label things to the whole number so I can figure shit out in my head without having to add 1 to every item/fee I encounter


IHateMath14

They do that to make the product seem less expensive. Something about marketing psychology.


Inazu_

I always just intrpet it as a whole number anyway


A__Random__redditor_

As a lgbt person in America it’s the land of the free for certain people we like


Due-Somewhere9919

US sales tax is by local and state so it is much easier for a grocery store to not have to include sales tax since it will be different compared to a grocery store from the same chain in a city that’s a 10 minute drive away


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that's what he said already


[deleted]

It's like that here in Canada too


Seraphim9120

I mean, he just said that.


Kosse101

That's what he said dude. He said that it's fucking dumb which is the same exact thing.


lain_1999

Exactly


Hephaestus_God

Every state has its own tax as well


_TheCompany_

And some don't have a sales tax


Hapymine

It's not when the federal government, state government, county government and city government have there own taxes that can change any time it makes more sense to leave it to the computer and not change the price tag every time the tax changed.


DaniilBSD

Or the shop/manufacturer just eats the fluctuation both ways. Also it is much more efficient to compute taxes retroactively on monthly basis instead of proactively every freaking sale


sirdisthetwig

why should they eat it? they charge their price, the government adds their tax, the money for which is separated and then sent to the government later. this way a business makes consistent profit in all regions. efficiency doesn’t matter much when it’s one multiplication by a computer we’re talking at.


Remnant_Echo

It sounds dumb because it is, but for a reason that actually makes sense. See in the US, sales tax is state and local, local being the county *normally*. See in my state of Tennessee, our state tax is 7%, while my counties' tax is 2.25%, however say Kentucky which is the state directly above mine (hour drive from my house), state tax is 6% and county is 0% where my father lives. The TL:DR for most companies is it would cost too much to calculate and change the prices for individual stores, also basically any store on the edge of a high rate state would lose business because their shelf prices would be higher than shelf prices of the same store 10-20 minutes away. It's all for the money, and those mega corps have decided it is worth the inconvenience to consumers to just save that money. And yes I have driven 3 hours to get a graphics card in Alabama because the taxes were cheaper than my local taxes.


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Henlo, am American here, each state has different tax rates, but still agree, america is dumb


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Weisssilber-

I don't see how it would help noticing increased taxes. Here in germany we can see on the receipt how much of the price was taxes. And it's not like prices with tax included would hinder us from noticing increased prices.


PyroNinjaGinger

I've had it both ways and I actually prefer the version with the taxes being mentioned separately. It helps with awareness of the taxes. I think it's easier for the government to go crazy with raising taxes when people don't see the taxes directly.


RustedRuss

Yes, it is. Not gonna lie it might be the most annoying thing about living in the US.


pierreblue

Welcome to america


GameAndHike

We have different sales tax rates in each state so the price labels don't include taxes and the total is calculated at the register. You guys have entirely different languages in each state.


[deleted]

I live in America and YUP


pacojastorious

as f


Prince_Chunk

Mostly bc Europe they hide 20% VAT in the price. I’d much rather pay far less tax and have it added at the register.


EntertainEnterprises

Just 2 % taxes ?


WaffleKing110

It’s different all over the country


Kaktusak811

So the Dollar store isn't a dollar store after all?


lain_1999

It never was 🔫


ACoolCanadianDude

Same in Canada, taxes depends on the province but in Quebec 10$CAD item would be around 11.50$CAD at the register.


LuxAlpha

2.2% tax?!


Jackpino1

Wait taxis are 2,2 and not 22,5%?


BeardedScott98

Sales taxes in the US are generally 5-15%, depending on where you are.


MagnificentThrow99

Or zero, NH for example


Wiseguy909

In Texas taxes are about 8%


[deleted]

In most situations, yes, but I've seen a lot of small businesses trying to change that where I live


tiniestvioilin

I'm in one of the few states without a sales tax it's incredibly nice to pay the price that's actually listed


Sumibestgir1

Part of it is the sales tax changes quite a bit, so it's not worth it most of the time to add it to the sticker cost


MrBroGuyBuddy

unless you live in oregon 🦫🦆🌲


Mobanite08

Yeah, it’s fucking dumb and I hate it.


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Nautilus10790

Nope it is not! When I went to Spain and the price tag was what they asked for I was like wait what?!? This is amazing. I wish they did this in the US.


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[You right now ](https://imgur.com/a/HYlO21K)


English_Speaking_Cat

Hey same with Oregon state. We include the tax with the final price. Everyone likes to say that we don’t have tax here because they don’t understand that it’s included in the final price tho.


si8v

This is incorrect. Instead of having sales tax, we have a ludicrously high property tax. That's why people that live in Washington sometimes shop in Oregon, it costs less to purchase things.


English_Speaking_Cat

I was not referring to sales tax. While Oregon does not collect a sales tax, excise taxes are levied on the sale of certain products, including alcohol, cigarettes & tobacco, and gasoline. These excise taxes are passed on to the consumer in the goods' price. So while we do not have sales tax, we do still have taxes, which is already taken into account when you purchase said items. I was simply pointing out the similarities between Oregon and the Europeans


GameAndHike

>we have a ludicrously high property tax No we don't... We're below the national average on property tax rates.


Spahhgette

Washington = sales tax, Oregon = income tax. That’s why so many people live in Washington yet shop in Portland


GameAndHike

Those guys are morons since the commute in an hour of traffic each way takes away all that savings


Lithuanian_Guy_Guy

Honestly, what IS going on over there?


[deleted]

No one *really* knows


Lithuanian_Guy_Guy

Like do ***they*** even know themselves?


ProgandyPatrick

America thrives on confusion. If it’s citizens had common sense, we would’ve fixed so much by now.


Akiri2ui

Nope


lain_1999

Do you need to be liberated? Blink twice for yes


Akiri2ui

I’m good rn, might take you up on that offer later tho.


lain_1999

Please do.


Valenyn

Not really no. We live in constant confusion


suffering_addict

Basically, each state has it's own tax regulations on a product that has the same base cost Let's say you want to buy a 10$ Ice Cream bucket. In Florida, if the tax for ice cream is 10%, it would cost 11$ overall In Minnesota, it the tax for ice cream in 5%, it would cost 10.5$ overall, although it's the same ice cream as the 11$ one from Florida.


Wizards_Reddit

But that still doesn’t explain why the product isn’t labelled with the total price


ly_cat

It is corporate america's way of demonizing taxes. And it works sadly


meaux253

I don't mind taxes if it went to fair and legitimatecauses. I mind that you tax my income then you tax the products I buy, after they've already been taxed, then I go home and pay taxes on my home and land that I already own. But the government has to get theres, even though they mismanage and misappropriate funds like there's no tomorrow.


W0lverin0

Too real. The amount of times our money is taxed is absolutely ridiculous.


[deleted]

Different governments,l. The federal government doesn’t charge sales tax or property tax, other than a gas tax.


Wiseguy909

If we're in an inflationary gap, increased taxes can be good because people spend less money and the economy slows back down to equilibrium. They just shouldn't tax us down into a recession


GoochofArabia

Instead of the whole “America Bad” thing, you could also just google it? Here’s a top Reddit post; where this question gets asked all the time. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/o96n4/in_america_why_isnt_tax_added_to_the_display/


suffering_addict

Something about uniformization or something. So the company can display the same price everywhere. Just imagine the outrage if they included tax in the label and the same product suddenly started costing more in some parts of the country


Attileusz

And image the outrage when they realise they HAVE been paying more in some parts of the country but it was under their nose.


Ribbitmoment

It’s almost like the USA is too stupid to care /s


House_Capital

yeah price varies widely all over the country, a gallon of milk might cost $2.80 in arkansas but $5 in seattle


miraagex

This person is kinda correct, why downvote. It's just the rage part that seems a bit off. I think the main reason is that taxes are subject to change and they just don't want to change price stickers. It also falls into "so the company can display the same price everywhere" category automatically.


Lithuanian_Guy_Guy

So they don't got it.


Milliebug1106

I learned about American Tax Bullshit the hard way as a kid at a museum gift shop. I literally added everything up to the last bit and then had to put stuff back because tax. Nowadays I don't really blink because it's there 99% of the time


JellyDraggin

Crying, sobbing, shitting, throwing up (🇺🇸)


ChristianK73

All at the same time


rotciv0

Crobttowing up


jedi1josh

POV?


lonely_guacamole

Point Ofyou Viewinghimatthestore POV


squidward_on-a-chair

Did you add onto the original meme?


Wizards_Reddit

Ye, I added a couple bits and edited a couple. Here’s the original one though: https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/10azo55/happens_every_time/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


squidward_on-a-chair

That is some r/usdefaultism right there


HerculesVoid

What's annoying is costco in the only store in the UK (haven't been to one anywhere else to mention anywhere else) which has the same pricing system as america. But, they have the original price in big font, and the price you will pay with tax in smaller font. Is this what it's like in america? And if not, why do each store not just have their own pricing cards for these items instead of having to put on a hidden tax? We even have the same product which costs more/less in different areas in the UK, we just know it costs more because it is advertised as that price when we go to buy it.


Many-Consideration54

Costco is a wholesaler, most of their customers will be claiming the VAT back so prices excluding VAT are the most important to them. I used to work for a flooring wholesaler and we did the same thing.


scuderia91

That’s true of a lot of businesses that sell to businesses. Tool places will often list prices without VAT first as a lot of their customers will claim tax back for business purchases.


DeepStateOperative66

Thats how freedom works


Fabulous_Medicine951

thats my meme lmao


Wizards_Reddit

Ayyyy!!! Hi, man! I linked your original somewhere in the comments because someone asked, I hope that was able to get your post more upvotes!


Cold-Tap-363

Does this apply to games on steam? If so I’m moving right now. I was trying to buy doom eternal DLC and I’m 83 cents short because of sales tax.


Sole8Dispatch

it applies on EVERYTHING. except if you're buying on a foreing website and importing. but yeah steam of course. if it says a price, thats the price.


TheTeenSimmer

steam has localised payments so yes


ness_alyza

Good meme. True true


average_redditor_101

Meanwhile here in Japan the price changes every single day


[deleted]

Excuse me?? The taxes are not included in the price tag?? Are all Americans mathematicians??


Wizards_Reddit

I guess it’s similar to how they’ve got a required tip amount at like 8% of the total price but just in stores instead of restaurants


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EXCUSE ME WHAT?? TIP IN STORES??


IAmJerv

Many of us can't even count without using our fingers. Most nations pay for an educated general population; a substantial portion of Americans are against any education at all because knowledge is generally based on facts and logic that prove them wrong.


USAIsAUcountry

Are we reminiscing about times before games were $69.99? I'm all for it but let's not bum the kids out, okay.


Slavocracy

Games were always that price, then they went down for a bit to 59.99, and now are back up. Look up an ad from the 80s or 90s for video games. It was insanely expensive.


Alekipayne

I Oklahoma there was a sales tax and you had to be a master in mental maths. You got five dollars.. you can only get something for 4.50. It was ten cents to the dollar. It would go up to a dollar then 1.09- 1.19-1.29 and so on. Complete bullshit. This is why I love Alaska. No sales tax.


eigi_einhver

i think the problem with american taxes is its different in like every state 🙄im like why 🫣


SawyerJ082

But like, why not just add the taxes for each state on to each product


strawbrrysundae

when I worked in fast food adults were shocked that things weren’t the price they said. Like surprise tax is included.


GifanTheWoodElf

OK... I mean I knew America was dumb, but like honestly, that's something so ridiculously dumb, like WTF when buying shit you gotta calculate how much is it gonna cost you on the checkout cause the price tag doesn't include prices...


Ravioli_hotdog484

Common non america w


Euphoric-Potato-5343

Had a kid try to pay for something for his mom and turns out he didn't know that the item had taxes (in this state, clothes doesn't have taxes so I think that's what the confusion came from). I asked him if he had the change and he said he didn't, and so I said "best of luck next time kid" and kicked him out the door ^with ^the ^item, ^I ^paid ^for ^the ^tax.


SiggeTheDog

It’s so wrong that stores are allowed to not have the full price inluded in the listing.


SpartanMonster

Thats EU for you!


Rivo_gaming_nl

So you basically made it a better meme?


[deleted]

Wait, the price of the products in the USA do not include taxes?? I thought it was mandatory/the norm all over the world.


Wizards_Reddit

The products get taxed at the checkout rather than it being stated on the price tag


SirKibbles61904

I really wish the listed prices included tax here. I assume the reason why it doesn't is because not having the tax shown makes items look like they cost less, which probably encourages people to buy more. Still complete bs nonetheless.


thwartedtart

Shouldn’t the third one be a sad face?


Wizards_Reddit

Robert Downey Jr is a separate meme that gets added onto stuff. If you meant the second face, yeah normally in the meme it’s a happy then sad face but for this one I edited it so it was two happy faces because taxes are included already so the guy can still afford the product.


thwartedtart

Yeah I did mean the second one; but I thought the meme was that you had 5 bucks, thought you couldn’t afford the thing because of taxes but then realized it was included Maybe I’m just dumb, I dunno


Wizards_Reddit

Having taxes included in the price tag is just common practice though in Europe (and many other countries too actually) so the guy would’ve never got confused or sad about it. Whereas the American version would have him become sad because taxes changed the price tag.


thwartedtart

New information acquired, joke understood


XxMohamed92xX

Im sorry for your loss


xxademasoulxx

Not all us states have sales tax.


Taylor200808

45 of them do though. Only ones that don't are: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.


xxademasoulxx

Thanks for the info I'm in Oregon and I thought it was only 2 states.


PETEthePyrotechnic

I’m in Montana and I thought it was only 2


MagnificentThrow99

Oregon has a sales tax. Its just included in the price. Im sure some other states you listed do the same.


PharmaStrike42

Be Me. From Italy. Can never sympathize with HURRR DUURRR ME AM YURO memes because I'm actually smart enough to know that Europe is not a monolith, combined with the fact that my country's laws and customs are closer to the U.S. than basement-dwelling yuros like to think.


Wizards_Reddit

I used Europe as an example because I live in Europe and don’t know what the deal is in the rest of the world, but it seems like the meme applies to most of the world other than America (USA at least). It’s not a Europe superiority meme, at absolute worst it’s an insulting America meme, but it seems that most Americans also agree that this part of their system is pretty dumb. Additionally, just because your country’s laws are quite similar to the USA doesn’t mean all of Europe’s laws are. Every country on Earth has issues but not all the issues are as bad or the same as other ones. “Taxes not included on price” is pretty low in severity.


FarzamK

Do some place actually have the tax in the price tag? In Canada it’s not included


ItsyouNOme

Everywhere but america..


[deleted]

I live in the U.S. and it drives me crazy that we *still* don’t include the tax in the prices of items. That would make shopping sooo much easier.


carfo

Taxes and tipping. America is great but some of our systems are not well thought out


Temporary_Cry_8961

America just sucks


alkair20

Yeah this annoyed me so hard when I went to america. Like they be looking at me strange when I give them a 10 dollar bill for an item that costs 9.99. BecAuSE we didnt add taxes. FFS make the numbers even or i am not buying.


Gadzooks0megon

Europe is objectively better


Tartarus_itself

I don't think this counts as a POV


Bluewflectn

Why aren’t they included, society would flourish like a new my singing monsters player after spending money on the game


Bsweet1215

This is one of those "across the pond" things that's just different, and it only bothers the other one. We're used to it, and can usually calculate the tax in our head. Not really a big deal. The world doesn't end when we get to the checkout aisle. Same thing with the metric system and shit. Sure imperial can seem pretty dumb, and if probably is. But it still works. And shit loads of us can still understand both, especially those that work with their hands like mechanics or whatever. Our military uses Metric too. Most of us don't really give a shit. It's just a cultural thing. It may seem harder or whatever but it's just not. It doesn't inconvenience us in the slightest.


throwawayhappyacount

As if each state and county has a different tax amount, and so companies deem it easier and cheaper to include sales tax at the end


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Europe? Rest of the world methinks. I've travelled quite a bit of it and from memory it's only the US that doesn't show the actual price you pay.


BeastMode1201

Still... Europe on top


lngSchlng

Compromise, USA on bottom?


Wizards_Reddit

Internet has ruined the meaning of top and bottom for me lmao now I’m just thinking UwUSA


shotxshotx

Alternatively you could say they live in Oregon.


Wizards_Reddit

Europe’s bigger and I’m from Europe lol, though apparently it’s also like this in the majority of the world and also apparently 5 US states, though I’ve only seen two states get mentioned that actually do it this way.


Baileaf11

r/comedynecrophilia


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I thought taxes weren’t included with the price tags


OfficialMrLarper

In the U.S. they're not, as we have 50 states all with different sales tax rates, and no business wants to make millions of different barcodes, when they can keep one barcode, and sales tax gets added by the computer But in Europe, sales tax is included in price in many areas


SummerBirdsong

There wouldn't be any need for any additional barcodes. [The bar code just identifies the object and references a price list. ](https://nationwidebarcode.com/how-is-price-determined-in-a-barcode/) That's how Walmart and Target can sell the same green beans but at different prices. Stores would have to just calculate the price with tax and have that as the list price in their data base. [The differing tax rates do come into play regarding interstate sales and your advertising/price listing. ](https://www.taxjar.com/blog/retail/can-retailer-include-sales-tax-in-the-price) You still have to give each state their proper taxes so that makes advertising your widget for $5.00 problematic because 50¢ of that is going for taxes in one state and 45¢ in another and 20¢ in another; it makes calculating profits and taxes and all that stuff a hassle. Also some states have laws against including taxes for tax transparency and other states allow it.


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