> Every store would have to change their prices to the exact point at which the price of the item + sales tax equaled a multiple of 5 cents.
Um, you know that sales tax results in prices with fractional pennies? And that stores simply round the prices?
> Or they would keep the item prices the same, at which point customers might not like they are being charged, at the maximum, 4 cents more than they should.
You mean like how gas stations add on 9/10 of a cent to every gallon?
Um, you know that sales tax results in prices with fractional pennies? And that stores simply round the prices?
> Or they would keep the item prices the same, at which point customers might not like they are being charged, at the maximum, 4 cents more than they should.
You mean like how gas stations add on 9/10 of a cent to every gallon?