I wonder if this could encourage retailers to start advertising tax-inclusive prices. That way there's no rounding in the customer transaction (if they set all their tax-inclusive pricing at multiples of 5 cents), and then the sales tax would just be calculated in aggregate, and paid electronically with no rounding.

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flymasterv 9 hours ago | parent [-]

That’s illegal in a lot of places.

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thinmalk 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We had a coffee shop that tried to do it. Listed prices included taxes, and the total prices were in nice whole numbers (IE, $2 for a cup of coffee, $5 for a latter, $8 for a sandwich, etc.). But regulators stopped them and they had to go back to listing the prices without the sales tax.

It's frustrating how much needless friction gets put into the system.

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degamad 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Advertising the tax-included price is illegal? Where?

(No snark - serious question, as I'm not from the US, and would love to see the legislation and justification which required that...)

	▲	ghaff 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have seen at some small coffee shops and the like but it’s rare.