Beats hiding the tax in the retail price, I say.
(a major part, I suspect, of why the highest US sales tax rate is 11.5% (in some cities in Illinois) as opposed to the 20%-plus rates common in VAT regimes)
I just want to know what i have to pay, not a number that doesnt represent how much im going to have to fork out.
Definately not getting into tax rates, but im fairly sure that the UK are getting shafted out of loads of extra tax because of this!