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Originally Posted by Fuzz
No, that's the honest mistake part which the business immediately rectified, apologized for and corrected.. The key part is the minister stating it is "disappointing" that a business is choosing to pass the cost directly on to the customer, and that by stating on a bill that the business is being misleading. How TF is that misleading? It seems the government position is that it is up to business to eat the tax, not pass it on.
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At the time of the quote did the Minister know it ended up just being a miscalculation? One of the biggest problems with Australia's carbon tax and why it ended up being revoked was the profiteering that went on. Carbon tax increases costs 1%, company ups their prices 10% and blame it on the carbon tax.
This kind of action is disappointing, and when asked about $100 bill tacked on to a cremation bill that is exactly what it looks like. I would prefer the exact carbon price amount be shown, like the GST, if necessary. Highway 9's carbon surcharge of 0.8% is perfectly reasonable to me and transparent to the customer. $100 handwritten add-on is neither.