[9YearLurker]

It’s not just that, but the sales tax is generally added at every level of the supply chain—from raw materials to wholesaler, distributor to retailer and consumer. Look back farther at the raw materials and there are generally several layers of the tax already in that as well. It’s a VAT on more than just the ‘VA’.

[Atlas Sneezed]

the sales tax is generally added at every level of the supply chain—from raw materials to wholesaler, distributor to retailer and consumer

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No it isn’t, at least not in most states. Retailers (and manufacturers get a resale permit, so purchases not for sale to the end consumer are exempt.

[Average Al]

So that is why people will buy finished products from abroad to pay this tax fewer times.