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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by ApolloFortyNine on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:00PM (#14961902)
Germany has the VAT, they just require that vendors hide it from the consumer.
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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by germanier on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:51PM (#14963198)
"Hide" as in "the calculation is done in multiple lines on each receipt with the amount of VAT clearly spelled out"? Germany has some hidden taxes in the supermarket (on alcohol, tobacco, and coffee) but VAT is absolutely visible.
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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by lobster_johnson on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:58PM (#14964904)
VAT is part of the itemized receipt. More importantly, as the parent says, advertised prices must include VAT. This is different from the US, where sales tax is added as a last step, and advertised prices are always excluding tax.
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