But the rate is not deceptive but to those who wish it to be.
If you think it is deceptive, fine. I sure don't. I use both rates, total tax, effective rates, etc to compare.
Name any other sales tax that is calculated as tax inclusive.
The FT org says the reason for doing this is so people can compare, but no comparisons can be made because there are several tax rates, and a person’s income is not an indication of their retail spending. Plus there is no way to know for certain what impact, if any, the FT would have on retail pricing. The best that can be done is to guess.
So, that excuse is a bunch of hooey. There has to be an underlying reason for calculating it as tax inclusive, when NO OTHER SALES TAXES are calculated as tax inclusive. It isn’t a leap to conclude it is being done in order to make it appear to be a lower percentage than it, as a sales tax, really is, because ALL SALES TAXES are calculated as TAX EXCLUSIVE, except the so-called Fair Tax.
If FTers can’t be honest about this one little thing, they can’t be trusted in anything. That’s the point you guys are missing. Trustworthiness. If you want people to be convinced the FT would be better than the current system of abuse, then you have to start with trustworthiness. So far, FTers haven’t.