Why do stores put a price on something, then add like 15 cents of tax??
608572
Umm, I don't think that Pixel understood the question.  The sales tax goes to the state government and local government, which don't pay for the war in iraq.\n\nIt's probably because stores want to appear as if they are charging a lower price for the good.
558659
No because it is hurting someone. It is hurting the store especially if it is done on a repeated basis. And that in turn hurts the customers who have to pay more in that store.
742411
It varies state by state.  Anywhere from six to nine cents, unless you're in a sales tax exempt state like Montana or Alaska.
22101
Good question because personally, I hate it when they do that and I think most people do as well. (sorry, but it's true...)  I think the reason is because we like to buy but don't like to pay if you know what I mean.  By that time I get to the register, I don't want to take ten minutes to fill out an application for ANOTHER credit card, it just extends the painful paying process.\n\nMy two suggestions:\n\n1) Highlight the 10% discount.  Especially on large purchases, saying something like "this would save you $15.00 off this $150.00 purchase so you'd only end up paying $135.00 for what you have here today."  Don't mention the interest rate if you don't have to.  Like you said, it's in the fine print.  We know we're getting ripped off with store cards.\n\n2) Can you somehow get customers to consider signing up for the card, without being too much of a pest (and all sales people have to somewhat of a pest), before they get to the register?  Maybe offer some candy or a refreshment at a counter with your credit card information in a well-traveled area where a friendly low-pressure sales person is not too far away.\n\nGood selling.
734961
Obviously you meant that p was the price before sales tax and $6.35 was the price *after* sales tax.  If so, your equation is correct:\n\np + 0.06p = 6.35\n\nDistribute out the common p:\n(1 + 0.06)p = 6.35\n(1.06)p = 6.35\n\nDivide both sides by 1.06:\np = 6.35/1.06\n\nJust plug this in your calculator, or multiply numerator and denominator by 100 and use long division:\np = 635/106\np = 5.99\n\nAs a double check:\n$5.99 * 0.06 = 0.36, so the total price would be $6.35.\n\nThe item cost $5.99 before 6% tax was added.
1037312
Not me. I can't figure out why businesses persist in using this outmoded contrivance. Most people look at a price like that and automatically round up in their heads. A lot of people (like myself) see it as an insult to our intelligence, and it doesn't take a genius to see there's little difference.\n\nThis convention is used in cents and in dollars, but it never amounts to large amounts.  For examples, you may see prices like $1.99, $19.99, $199.99 and you may see prices with no cents displayed like $199 or $1999, but you won't see that convention used in larger numbers like $100,000 and up (unless WalMart starts selling Rolls-Royce cars).\n\n\nWhat really gets me is how the price of gas on a pump is displayed as, say $2.78.99 rather than $2.79. I mean, is there a solid study or market analysis that shows a real reason for splitting off one one-hundredth of a cent?  \n\nPull-eeze!
7644
cuz their greedy jerks and people r stupid enough to pay it!!!                                      \n(no offense to the buyers!!!!!!!!)
878395
multiply the price by the sales tax in percentage
284017
It's a way for them to limit your returns without a receipt. It was put in place due to the rise in shoplifting then returning items for the money.
263686
probably to get a little more from the consumer, and since it has stood the test of time and no one has complained then they left it. It is the same reason we buy stuff for 9.99, which is really just 10 buck, but we look at it as nine. It appears cheaper.
912520
No.  \n\n.80 cents = 8/10 of one cent\n\nThey probably made a typo on the ballot ... they probably meant to say $0.80 (which, as I'm sure you know, means 80 cents), but halfway in between (i.e. after writing (0.80)) they decided to write "cents" ... therefore ending up with "0.80 cents" rather than "$0.80".\n\nAs this real-life example you stumbled across illustrates so well, there is a scarily high degree of math illiteracy out there!  It's frightening to think that the people writing up the ballots for a TAX couldn't even get the basic math correct!\n\n~ ♥ ~
404507
If you know the sales tax percentage, take the total price and divide it by 1.xxx (xxx being the tax percentage in decimal form). This will give the price without the tax.\n\nFor example: Total price is $106.50, sales tax is 6.5%, divide 106.50 by 1.065 = 100.00 (the price before taxes).
267147
Nope. A $4.80 discount on $32 is equal to 15% (0.15x). $15.60 is not 15% of $78.
1028109
All I know is that Value Added Tax is 17.5% of whatever amount and GST I am not sure what it, I would have helped. Find out from the Authorities responsible for the same.
707147
Of course, all retail is the same as anything else in US - Greedy. They will work the same. First you inflate price 50 percent and then you advertise sale with 25 percent off. It works each and every single time with women especially as they think saving 1/2 of a 50 percent markup is a bargain. HAH !!
770897
That depends on  what your store's codes are. Most businesses have their own procedure with free items. Most of the time it's subtotal, then the code for the free item and total.
665313
The SAME REASON that we pay taxes on EVERY item we buy or use,such as groceries,gas,utilities, when we eat out at restaurants,or shop at Walmart!! EVERYTHING is TAXED!!! We LEFT England to GET AWAY from all the taxation!!! Came here,formed our own country,and WHAT DO THEY DO???!!!! The SAME THING!!! The government taxes us BECASE THEY CAN!!!!!!