You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquette of iPad Tipping

Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by late2part on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:28PM (#18242076)

That's because the VAT paradigm obscures the taxes; in US and some other places the amount paid is separated into "cost" and "tax."

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Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by hesk on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:57PM (#18242463)

It's not really obscured. Actual costs and taxes are stated separately on every receipt or invoice. It's just that the advertised price has to include taxes.

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Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by late2part on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:26PM (#18243441)

Fair point, thanks for clarifying.

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Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by Symbiote on Thursday October 18, 2018 @04:58AM (#18246940)

Example receipt from Sweden: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Cash_rou...

On the middle one, you can see there are two different tax rates ("MOMS" = VAT), depending on the category of goods.

Here's one from Germany: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Aldi-Qui...

It also has two VAT rates (MwSt A and B), and each item is marked according to the rate. The yoghurt and müsli has a lower rate than the soft drinks and electronics.

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