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Simpsons_fan
03-07-2005, 03:05
How much is sales tax on goods in Orlando? Does it vary from store to store?
Also, I was looking at some goods on the Walmart website and I was wondering if anyone knew if the prices they have on their site include sales tax.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
Magical Dreams
03-07-2005, 03:13
Usually 7% on the goods.
:D
erowlands
03-07-2005, 03:29
Sales tax is always added on afterwards so your wallmart prices will not include tax,as magical dreams says it is between 6 and a half and 7% Eric
None of the prices in the US include sales taxes so don't forget to add them on when pricing up your potential purchases. So the prices are completely different to UK ones which are always fully inclusive.
The sales tax rates depend on which county you do your shopping.
Simpsons_fan
03-07-2005, 12:56
Thanks for the info.
That goes for meals as well.
The amount of sales tax varies from county to county. 6.5% thru to 7.5% for the main attraction area's.
This is the tax we always forget about, I get to the check out and think I have a bargain and wow TAX, it get you every time.
tezz7628
04-07-2005, 12:34
WHY DO THEY DO THIS [?]
i had a few conversations this year with staff about how in uk we sell things at 99p or 6.99 - easy 1p change . they sell stuff at whatever $6.84, $10.47 - it always comes to so many cents over the dollar - result pockets of change and loads of added costs for them having to buy in extra change (to give to tourists).the staff just didnt get it!
take a water park, lots of people have wet dollars in their pockets, why not just set prices to whole dollars or 50 or 25 cents?? ,
still its fun for the kids , diving for lost change!!!
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by tezz7628
WHY DO THEY DO THIS [?]
[/quote]It's a general thing all over the US, just like it's all inclusive of VAT all over the UK. But every county in the US may have a different rate, whereas in the UK it's a national rate.
Imagine if you were a multiple supplier like Wal-Mart - you'd have to set up a different computer system for the tills in each store and it'd cost a fortune! As it is, Wal-Mart know the price of a pair of jeans is $30 all over the country so can have national pricing of products and then add the appropriate county tax on to the price at the checkout.
If you're ASDA in the UK, you know that the rate is always 17.5% for VAT so having a national system is pretty simple and inexpensive so it's easy to include this in your pricing. You know that the same jeans cost £21.99 in every store in the country.
Besides, it's one of the joys of going to the US and finding out that other countries have different systems to our own. If every country was the same as the UK, Florida would be just like the UK. :(
Even with Sales tax, everything is still cheaper and on the odd time when something is not so cheap it is nice to have somethng a bit different to bring back to the UK!
Only with gas.. is the price inc tax...
PlayneCrazy
05-07-2005, 02:37
Many basic foods have no sales tax to be added, but cooked food does, even say cooked chicken in the supermarket.
tezz7628
05-07-2005, 11:57
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by tezz7628
WHY DO THEY DO THIS [?]
[/quote]It's a general thing all over the US, just like it's all inclusive of VAT all over the UK. But every county in the US may have a different rate, whereas in the UK it's a national rate.
Imagine if you were a multiple supplier like Wal-Mart - you'd have to set up a different computer system for the tills in each store and it'd cost a fortune! As it is, Wal-Mart know the price of a pair of jeans is $30 all over the country so can have national pricing of products and then add the appropriate county tax on to the price at the checkout.
If you're ASDA in the UK, you know that the rate is always 17.5% for VAT so having a national system is pretty simple and inexpensive so it's easy to include this in your pricing. You know that the same jeans cost £21.99 in every store in the country.
Besides, it's one of the joys of going to the US and finding out that other countries have different systems to our own. If every country was the same as the UK, Florida would be just like the UK. :(
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i got told it was so people could compare the cost of goods over the whole U S which i suppose is logical but the no. of times i arrived at the till in the early days with exact change trying to get rid of it (as trevlad says above) then having to add the tax [msnmad] :D
tezz7628
05-07-2005, 12:03
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Simpsons_fan
How much is sales tax on goods in Orlando? <span style="color:red">Does it vary from store to store? </span id="red">
Also, I was looking at some goods on the Walmart website and I was wondering if anyone knew if the prices they have on their site include sales tax.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
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i suppose you could get that if a county boundary cut through a shopping area :D
It will depend on Countys from 6.5-7.6%