05-05-2019, 01:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2019, 01:11 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
"Let's face it, we wouldn't go to the supermarket and accept that VAT would be added at the till after we have decided what to buy based on an apparently low shelf price (I know they do that with some tax in US)."
The USA idea (I know it only applies in some cases) is really rather good, for, after you buy, you are remined about the Government tax. There was a time, many years ago, when one of the petrol companies put the tax taken on the pump. It read something like: "Price 60p of which tax is 40p" - which then a salutary reminder to coast down hills, slipstream trucks, put 60 p.s.i. in the tyres, lose weight, choose a lightweight girlfriend and open the windscreen (Chummy).
The USA idea (I know it only applies in some cases) is really rather good, for, after you buy, you are remined about the Government tax. There was a time, many years ago, when one of the petrol companies put the tax taken on the pump. It read something like: "Price 60p of which tax is 40p" - which then a salutary reminder to coast down hills, slipstream trucks, put 60 p.s.i. in the tyres, lose weight, choose a lightweight girlfriend and open the windscreen (Chummy).