U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process.
The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the ruleagainst what it called “hidden junk fees.”
American, Delta, United and three other carriers, along with their industry trade group, sued the Transportation Department in a federal appeals court on Friday, asking the court to overturn the rule.
Maybe your comment is meant to cover what I’m about to say, too, or already does, but not even brick and mortar stores list prices on a shelf with tax included. I’m somewhat OK with this because I know the tax hasn’t been figured in yet. But that’s all. Maybe those shelf prices should also be adjusted, but at least they don’t seem as bad as having to account for them PLUS other hidden fees.
They do in most other countries.
I’m ignorant on how sales taxes work in other countries, but do they have variable rates based on not just what state but also what city you are in? The sales tax in Santa Monica (10.25%) is different from the sales tax in Beverly Hills (9.50%), and they are both within the city of Los Angeles.
Other countries do have VATs that differ in regions. Having different rates in different areas is not a reason to not have the end price after tax. It turns out that calculators exist and are pretty easy to use before printing off the sale sticker.
The real reason is that the tax is on the sale itself and not on the product. It’s a silly distinction. Many states do not actually allow you to display the post sales price.
How have they not been figured out in those cases? Doesn’t the cashier computer apply it? So it is figured out and also unacceptable