I was looking at a grocery receipt, and there are three different tax rates depending on the items. The receipt doesn’t even specify which items are taxed at which rate - just the total at each percentage.
I understand the goal of lower or higher taxes on groceries is to incentivize purchasing healthier options over more processed foods, but does it really affect purchasing decisions when the final price of the items is opaque to the consumer?
If the tax percentage was included in the itemized price wouldn’t there be likely an over or undercharge in some cases where there was rounding at each listed total? It’s just pennies for most transactions, but that adds up.