Why US prices exclude sales tax, how state and local rates stack, New York's clothing exemption, hotel taxes and resort fees, and why there is no VAT refund.
A situation-by-situation guide to tipping in the United States, from restaurants to taxis and hotels, and the wage rules that make it structural.
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