Its a fee, and apparently being treated separately from a tax. Explanation courtesy of the city of Colorado Springs. Stupid, regardless. It looks like it's a weird half-measure before a full ban on plastic bags takes effect in 2024.
Whoever created that button simply used the wrong word.
It has always been there and it is called VAT. It is another of those new speech words. It is not a tax on the Value Added (that would be revenue and they already tax that), it is a tax on the price. So if you sell something, you sell it with an added VAT. Then if that who you sold it to sells it again, he has to pay VAT. It is like fractional banking but with your taxes.
Way to make me ask for a bag even if I didn't need one. Not going to waste the bag fee and get nothing out of it.
All the Culvers around here are far outside the city. Shake Shack is closer, but not something I ever need either.
https://nitter.nl/iluminatibot/status/1627707429298339841
Its a fee, and apparently being treated separately from a tax. Explanation courtesy of the city of Colorado Springs. Stupid, regardless. It looks like it's a weird half-measure before a full ban on plastic bags takes effect in 2024.
Whoever created that button simply used the wrong word.
If the video's going too fast for you, you can drag the playhead slowly starting at the 8s mark and see it.
The cup of water is 50 cents with a tax of 4 cents, and then he just starts adding bags and the taxes go up.
It has always been there and it is called VAT. It is another of those new speech words. It is not a tax on the Value Added (that would be revenue and they already tax that), it is a tax on the price. So if you sell something, you sell it with an added VAT. Then if that who you sold it to sells it again, he has to pay VAT. It is like fractional banking but with your taxes.
The reseller substracts your VAT from his VAT, this is why it's called VAT.