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Originally Posted by Jagger
Being from England, I never did understand why they tacked on the GST at the end of the purchase. In England if an item says it is 5 PNDs, that's it. The VAT is already included in the price. Sure makes it easier anyway. (I remember my dad (RIP) getting really angry with cashiers here because they were charging him more than it said on the item! It bugged the heck out of him.)
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Well, it used to be like that before the GST was implemented. It was called the manufacturer's tax. It was a hidden tax, but we all paid it. When the GST was created to make that tax more visible, people were cyring out bloody murder when they were paying it all along. Its just now visible