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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.legal
Subject: Re: Sales tax on coupon items
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 16:43:49 EDT
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Regarding the attitude of the store chain on the sales tax on a "free" item:
They called me back and are giving me back the sales tax I paid.
Unfortunately, their automated checkout system is set up to make
deducting the coupon amount before computing sales tax impossible
or difficult (sound familiar?), so everybody else who doesn't
complain still pays it. Their representative was either just being
polite or really agreed with my distinction between store-issued and
manufacturers' coupons.

Will Martin