Mr. Smith and his family came to the USA for a visit from Melbourne, Australia. After purchasing $32.00 in clothing at a department store, he was presented with a bill for $34.36. Why did the department store charge him the additional $2.36? How did the department store compute this amount? What amount should Mr. Smith pay?
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The department store was adding sales tax to the bill. Sales tax is a tax on goods and services purchased and is normally a certain percentage added to the buyer's cost.

Solution: 2.36 ÷ $32.00 = 0.0735. Sales tax was charged by the department store at a rate of 7.375%.

Answer: Mr. Smith should pay the department store $32.00 plus $2.36 in sales tax for a total bill of $34.36.

Sales tax rates vary from state to state. Retail sales tax rates are set by the individual states in the United States and vary from 0 to 9% of the sales price. Sales tax is usually the responsibility of the merchant to collect and submit to the state, and stated separately (or implicitly added at the time of the sale) to consumers.

ewomazinoade ewomazinoade · Answer 2 · 2021-11-30T13:07:14+01:00

The additional amount Mr. Smith paid is tax.

The amount was determined by calculating 7.4% of the items bought.

Mr Smith. should pay $34.36.

Tax is an amount of money levied by the government or an agency of the government on certain goods and services. Taxes increases the price of a good or service.

In order to determine the tax paid, divide the additional amount paid by the total cost of items purchased.

(2.36 / $32) x 100 = 7.4%

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