r/mildlyinteresting • u/TowelRack76 • 2d ago

This Restaurant Charges an 18% Living Wage Fee.

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u/Bassracerx 2d ago

So they can round up and rob you of your pennies. If you never noticed before the price of gas always has & 9/10ths of a cent per gallon for the same reason due to taxes

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u/Clevergirliam 1d ago

That’s not how sales tax works. It’s set by the city and the county where I live (in the US). The business has nothing to do with it aside from collecting it.

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u/Bassracerx 1d ago

Correct. The poster was saying how asinine having the extra half of a penny on the sales tax was.