I mean, as a European: have you visited the US and noticed that they don’t even include tax within the price (meaning you’ll pay more at checkout since that’s where it only appears)? It’s ridiculous, most countries include VAT within the price of their goods and services but. At least within the EU, VAT is included within the price making it final without any arithmetic.

  • sidebro@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    For B2B customers, this isn’t the case in Europe, btw. At least not in Sweden.

    • Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      You mean because businesses don’t pay VAT? In that case it makes sense to not include it.

      • sidebro@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        I mean they do, but they can get it back so it’s not necessarily a cost to them. It does make perfect sense, I agree. Just thought I’d mention it.

      • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        It’s a bit more complex than that. They don’t pay VAT on business inputs (I think the legal wording is something like “goods and services used for taxable activities”), but they still pay VAT if the business is the final consumer.