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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
In the US (don't know how this applies to the UK), sales tax is paid by the retailer--and they're allowed, not required, to demand customers pay them for it.
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I'm not really sure why you think this. It is not technically correct. Sales tax is "collected" by the retailer and they remit it to the state. It is technically a consumption tax levied by the state on the end consumer of the goods. There is no tax burden on the retailer... however there is a burden on them to remit collected tax.
Of course, they can choose not to "collect" the tax... but they still have to pay a percentage of taxable sales.
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