-> i hear ya... for the most part that i'm aware of, here in the US,
-> the tags do not include the taxes... this is one reason why i 
-> generally round up to the next dollar when shopping and tallying 
-> what i've spent... 
   
 DW> You can't pay much in tax. Here, an item with a ticket price of
 DW> $20,  say, costs nearly $23 when the tax is added in. 

we don't pay 15% like you all do... 15% based on adding $3 to $20 ;)

however, our gasoline tax is way up there... something like 28cents of
every dollar or so...

)\/(ark