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Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by wizofaus on Thursday August 11, 2022 @02:44PM (#32430035)
Lots of possible solutions to that though, for unregistered users you could have an option to select sales tax % that would default based on location if you let the site access it. How many different sales tax rates actually exist in the US and how often do they change?
Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by vel0city on Friday August 12, 2022 @12:08AM (#32434616)
> How many different sales tax rates actually exist in the US and how often do they change?

Thousands. Every municipality in my area can have their own sales tax and can change them whenever they want. For Texas alone that's ~1,220 potentially different sales taxes which can change at any time. Its not an impossible to keep track of thing though, plenty of organizations do it and most payment processors will essentially handle it for you. But its not exactly easy, aggregating all that and getting it all right in the first place is a good bit of work.

Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by wizofaus on Friday August 12, 2022 @04:44AM (#32435972)
Sounds crazy but ok!
Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by leesalminen on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:07PM (#32434040)
Sure, I agree there are probably some half-useful middle ground solutions.

There are thousands of different sales tax rates in the US that change multiple times per year.

Each city, county, state and other things like metro transit districts, water districts and school districts can all contribute to the sales tax rate paid by an individual at the point of sale.

Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by yibg on Thursday August 11, 2022 @11:06PM (#32434340)
The answer to both is a lot. It’s not just state level but also county, municipal etc levels. Every month there are dozens and dozens of tax rate changes.
Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by Spooky23 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @11:40PM (#32434487)
Everyone seems to manage with that just fine. There are literally hundreds of entities providing that service to merchants.
Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by yibg on Friday August 12, 2022 @02:30PM (#32442265)
That’s not the topic of discussion though. They currently manage it fine because it’s done at point of sale. How would that work if you have to advertise the price including the sales tax?