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		mkl on July 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is It Time to Kill the Penny? GST exists in a bunch of countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GST The coins probably narrow it down though.

bruce511 on July 14, 2020 [–]

In the interest of full disclosure I was talking about USA GST (Sales Tax) not the tax where I live. In the US the price on the shelf seems to be a "rough indication" of how much you may pay when you get to the till...

That I noticed this suggests I live in a VAT country not a GST country :)

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