I doubt they're trying to fool anyone - that's your M. O. remember. Why would they try to fool them into thinking the tax rate is higher that it really is?
I imagine they just got tired of telling morons like you the correct rate - which is STILL 29.87% t-e. It's calculated from the 23% figure used in the bill.
More probably they figure (as does pittipat) that the number doesn't mean that much to most people. It does, however, to me. I prefer the correct figure but I klnow you guys can't even spell 29.87%.
Wow, still beating that. Why do you stop at only two digits, why not carry it out to 10? If someone makes a million dollar purchase it might make a difference! Why isn't 23% quoted as 23.00%? Suppose they rounded it down? None of the figures being debated is being takening to 4 significant digits. Technically, it is incorrect to take a number with two signficant digits and calculating something out to 4 significant digits. But it is technically ignorant even to be arguing this.
More probably they figure (as does pittipat) that the number doesn't mean that much to most people. It does, however, to me. I prefer the correct figure but I klnow you guys can't even spell 29.87%.LOL! So when expatpat says 30% he's trying to fool people, but when the AFT says 30% "they just got tired"!