Transparent Airfares Act of 2014: A proposal based on lies

[grumbler]

There's no downside that I can think of to including sales tax in the listed price.

Wow.  You are not very good at thinking, are you?

[Norgy]

When I buy stuff in Sweden 20% goes to the government. That's whack.

Just 20 %? Our VAT is 25 % on most things. Half on foodstuffs. And of course extra taxes on harmful stuff like alcohol and tobacco.
I've not quite quit smoking, but at least substituted 2/3 of my cigs with "snus". Which apparently becomes ridiculously expensive even in Sweden soon.

Ours is 25%.

Where do the 5 % go to? The Five Percent Community?

[alfred russel]

When I buy stuff in Sweden 20% goes to the government. That's whack.

Just 20 %? Our VAT is 25 % on most things. Half on foodstuffs. And of course extra taxes on harmful stuff like alcohol and tobacco.
I've not quite quit smoking, but at least substituted 2/3 of my cigs with "snus". Which apparently becomes ridiculously expensive even in Sweden soon.

Ours is 25%.

Where do the 5 % go to? The Five Percent Community?

You buy something that is $100, pre tax. The tax rate is 25%. Therefore the tax is $25, and the total you pay is $125.

So if you are asking how much you pay in tax as a percent of the total expenditure, it is 20%. $25 in taxes, divided by $125 in expenditure.

[Admiral Yi]

The denominator changes.

25 is what % of 125 is different than what is 25% of 100.

[Norgy]

Me fail maths? Unpossible.

[The Brain]

When I buy stuff in Sweden 20% goes to the government. That's whack.

Just 20 %? Our VAT is 25 % on most things. Half on foodstuffs. And of course extra taxes on harmful stuff like alcohol and tobacco.
I've not quite quit smoking, but at least substituted 2/3 of my cigs with "snus". Which apparently becomes ridiculously expensive even in Sweden soon.

Ours is 25%.

Not everyone is a nuclear physicist. 

I see.