When you use coupons, it's important to understand how sales tax works with manufacture and store coupons. Consider the following points: 1) A store is reimbursed by the manufacture for the value of a coupon used. Thus, the store still generates revenue from the couponed item. Therefore, sales tax IS applied to the amount of the coupon. 2) When you use a store coupon, OR when a store doubles the value of a manufacture's coupon, the store is NOT reimbursed for that amount. Therefore, the amount for which the store doubles a coupon or the amount of a store coupon is NOT subject to sales tax. Make sense? Let's set up a scenario, with easy round numbers. Let's say you are able to take advantage of a 10 for $10 sale at Publix. Each item is thus priced at $1.00. Let's further say you are lucky enough to have matching manufacture coupons worth 50 cents for each item. That's $5.00 in manufacture coupons. If your Publix DOUBLES those coupon...
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