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We do some bizarre shit over here. Most prices are shown before including sales tax which can not only vary by state, but also by county or even city, so it’s hard to know what you will actually pay as a tourist, even an American one.
One big exception to that is fuel, where the advertised price includes taxes and the stations are generally not allowed to post prices without all taxes included. Don’t ask me to explain the logic behind that.
Anyway, where I live, we pay an 8% sales tax on top of the advertised price so an $1800 modeler will really cost $1944.
Here is a list of sales tax rates just for New York State in case you want to know what something will cost before you check out. Super simple right? There are only 80 different tax districts that may or may not have different rates which are never posted and not included in the price tags.
Yeah, I've been in the US few times and every time the price thing makes me crazy.

Going out for dinner is even worst.