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CrispyQ

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26. No. You still have taxes. And not just state taxes.

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #15)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:52 PM

Nov 2025

Years ago I worked at a chain store in the Denver area & they had just over 60 stores & almost 60 different tax algorithms due to various combos of state, county, & city taxes.

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McDonald's customers angry as fast food chain confirms new coin policy after Trump penny decision [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 OP

That should even out right? Blues Heron Nov 2025 #1

It should and how other countries eliminated the penny (or its equivalent) and left something equivalent to a nickel JT45242 Nov 2025 #3

Nickels cost 14 cents to make, but they last a long time. Blues Heron Nov 2025 #4

Don't pennies too? ITAL Nov 2025 #13

Yes, but we're not making any of them anymore Blues Heron Nov 2025 #16

I know that ITAL Nov 2025 #23

I don't think it is. Inflation has rendered the penny level of pricing granularity obsolete. Blues Heron Nov 2025 #30

The Mints sell coins to the federal government Deminpenn Nov 2025 #20

Remind me not to open a minting business anytime soon! Blues Heron Nov 2025 #21

Umm. Not for those who buy the same thing each time until the core price changes. hlthe2b Nov 2025 #14

They set the prices, so I'm sure they can jig them to always get round ups instead of round downs. meadowlander Nov 2025 #29

God forbid stores bake tax into the price so that there are less instances of the use of pennies themaguffin Nov 2025 #2

You know they will fix it so everything gets rounded up. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2025 #7

How Would That Work? ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #28

It works by not making things .99. They would be a few cents cheaper so that the tax makes it .99 or whatever themaguffin Nov 2025 #31

I See ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #33

that's not what I said themaguffin Nov 2025 #34

When I was stationed in Germany they stopped shipping pennies to us. SeattleVet Nov 2025 #5

People are getting angry about THIS??? Buns_of_Fire Nov 2025 #6

Don't like it? Greg_In_SF Nov 2025 #8

Canada has been doing this for a long time. Pennies are a waste of time. Enter stage left Nov 2025 #9

Yes Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 #10

Australia did away canetoad Nov 2025 #25

Got a big plastic bottle here full of 1 and 2 cent AU coins. Aussie105 Nov 2025 #32

That's how Canada does it. Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #11

Wonder if states that charge sells tax would settle bluestarone Nov 2025 #12

If McDonald's priced everything in whole dollars wouldn't that end the problem? Buckeyeblue Nov 2025 #15

No because state sales taxes are odf Deminpenn Nov 2025 #17

No. You still have taxes. And not just state taxes. CrispyQ Nov 2025 #26

Meh, this was inevitable. Pennies cost several cents to make and ship around... Wounded Bear Nov 2025 #18

Walmart is doing this also Deminpenn Nov 2025 #19

the 1 and only good thing he has done. i HATE pennies. mopinko Nov 2025 #22

They're really more of a nuisance at this point. Xavier Breath Nov 2025 #24

Eventually, all their... Mike Nelson Nov 2025 #27