• Dave@lemmy.nz
    3·
    2 years ago

    Huh, the US gets another layer more confusing. Tax is included in gas prices but not in anything else? How do the arguments for not including that tax in the price stack up when gas stations are already including it?

    • Pieisawesome@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Even more annoying, the gas price really has 99/100ths tacked on, so the price is a cent more expensive because no one thinks of it.

      Ie: $3/gal is really charged as $3.0099/gal

      • Dave@lemmy.nz
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah we have that here too. And 3-4x the impact because of measuring in litres not gallons.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Tradition.

      Gas prices are also the only retail prices that include tenths of a penny - specifically 9/10, as in all gas prices look like $x.xx9 such as $3.059