Googling says 27 tax jurisdictions in the EU versus over 13000 in the US. Again, not quite as simple as you're making it out to be. And for what? Making the checkout process slightly more convenient for people who lack the mental ability to estimate their total?
> Googling says 27 tax jurisdictions in the EU versus over 13000 in the US.
Cool, great place to start. Let's fix that. Both have similar land mass, similar populations, similar balance of federal-ish and state-ish and local-ish governance, similar cultures, etc.
> And for what? Making the checkout process slightly more convenient for people who lack the mental ability to estimate their total?
Surely handling 13k tax jurisdictions is expensive for businesses and consumers on many levels?
Forcing brick-and-mortar stores to show a higher price including tax than that shown by online stores seems like it would have some unintended consequences. It would likely push more people towards online purchases even if the final price is identical.
