I've always wanted to know
 

You know those qestions you've always wanted to ask about a country but never been able to find an answer for.

I'm here looking for answers.

Feel free to ask your own I'v always wanted to know questions.

America I'm starting with you !

Why don't you add tax to your prices ? Alot of websites based in America I've noticed add the tax on the check out page. I like knowing the full price !

WHAT even is your rate of tax ?

Why is your money all the same size and colour ?! What's wrong with you ! You can't tell at a glance if that's a ten or a twenty.

There is a 2.9 percent sales tax added to all nonfood items in Denver, Colorado.
I've never thought about what our money looks like to anybody who doesn't live in the US...
I grew up with it, so it has never been confusing to me...except when they introduced some $1 coins that looked a lot like our quarters...ya had to look extra close...I rarely see any of those coins anymore.
Honestly, I don't know the answers to your specific questions...but I imagine somebody else does.

I live in Canada, but we add 15% sales tax to our non food items, except books, they are only 5%

Our coins are all different sizes, but we stopped using pennies, so now we round up or down to the nearest 5 or 0 when paying in cash. we still charge right by the penny when using debit or credit.

Our bills are all the same size, however very different colors. They also feel almost plastic to the touch and are hard to wrinkle/unwrinkle.

Most taxes vary on a state-by-state basis, including in Washington, DC. Pretty sure DC's sales tax is 10%, but we don't have any income tax. Maryland has income tax, but the sales tax is lower. I think the general premise is that because the country is so huge, it makes more sense to tax income in rural states since less stuff is going to get sold. Not 100% sure how that actually applies across the country.

The money thing is becoming less and less true as more security measures get put into high-value bills, but I'm not sure why it ever looked so similar in the first place.

6% sales tax around here.

Federal income taxes are around ~25%. More or less depending on income and deductions and stuff.

Corporations pay, uh, something like 15% taxes, and capital gains (profits from stock) is less than income tax, I believe.


Newer money is getting more variation in appearance, but still more uniform than other countries, I think.

I always figure that sales tax is around 8-12% depending on the state and/or the city, my city has a sales tax of around 11% and is one of the highest in the state.

The thing that got me when I moved down to my current state is that I have to pay property tax on my car every year, like its anywhere between $86-$200. I haven't been to my home state in years so it might have changed since then, but I remember the only thing my parents had to worry about was doing the emissions test once every couple of years.

They're changing the money slowly, change it all at once and people panic. American's are a dumb panicky group.

Sales tax not only varies state to state but also varies within a state. Some places a 10% sales tax is no big deal, other places a 2.5% sales tax is in place. For the most part these low sales taxes are located in areas that are economically destitute.

Americans do add tax to prices. We call it a sales tax. Unlike that sneaky VAT in the U.K. and elsewhere. A sales tax varies from state to state and county to county within those states. To the best of my knowledge, Oregon, Montana, and Delaware do not impose a sales tax.

Our currency is the same size and shape because us silly colonists simply adore uniformity. Contrast this with conformity. And yes, most Americans can tell at a glance what the denomination of the bills they are handling are.
I know this because I've never seen anyone study their bills with tedious care before being passed. I also know this because I have extensive cash handling experience myself what with being a convenience store clerk and being a pizza delivery driver.

Americans also dislike the one dollar coin not only because of its similarity in size to the quarter, but because of the weight. One living a cash existence can easily end up carrying a pocket full of change. It's not always easy to go to the bank to trade in coins for bills and it's tedious to always use as much change as possible when making purchases. I've met folks who have at least a hundred dollars in coins sitting in a jar in their homes.

I found it annoying during my trip to England in 1996 that the pound notes were of various sizes. These notes weren't as easy to handle as the uniformly sized American bills. But I had a great time in England. Loved eating at the countryside pubs. Though it seemed like every other one was named The King's Arms.

I could have worded that about tax better.

It's always confused me as to why the price shown doesn't include your tax.

All our VAT is already added so you know exactly how much you will be paying.



Hummy you can have our old money.

We now have new £5 notes that are plastic and have a see through bit in but they're smaller than the old ones so that's fun. They also shrink if you put them in the tumble dryer.

Although we are part of the EU we never joined the single currency, the Euro, so we kept the Great British Pound.

Basically we like having the queen's mush on on money coinage. But with the plastic ones you can't make her realistically wrincally now.

Not only have the British kept their own currency, but now they have bailed out of the European Union dealing a major blow the New World Order global elitists making world slavery further out of reach. tsk.

very interesting to read