[lbo-talk] Progressive taxation vs flat tax

[martin]

My recollection of sales tax is that it was NOT displayed as an 
addition to the price, but was added at the register at the time of 
purchase. So the displayed purchase price would be the same, tax 
notwithstanding.

Martin

On Aug 7, 2004, at 2:12 PM, John Costello wrote:


> Certainly  bn.com (no sales tax), the suburban (low sales tax) Barnes
> & Noble, and the in-city (high sales tax) Barnes & Noble display a
> uniform price for the same book.
>
> Just one anecdotal data point from Tucson, Arizona.