On 2017-03-28 10:26 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:13:37 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:

> on your cash register receipt, everything you bought will be itemized
> and totaled and the tax will be applied to the total. When you see
> the price of an item on the shelf or the item itself, it does not say
> the tax amount.

There are pros and cons to that. On this side of the ocean most people
want the tax to be added to the sticker price. That makes it obvious how
much tax they are paying. In Europe the trend seems to be to include it
in the price. In restaurants over there menu prices also usually include
service. That makes things much easier for people. They see $10 on the
menu and it means $10, not $8 to which we add the applicable sales tax
and 15% or more tip, bringing it to more than $10.