John Hasler wrote: > Markus writes: > >> the difference between a tax and a tarrif is that taxes are a percentage >> and tarrifs are a flat amount, also tarrifs are typically collected for a >> specific purpose rather than general tax coffers. >> > > Taxes of this sort are common in agriculture in the US. > Another common one that we thought of that is actually charged by shipping companies NOT gov't is a fuel surcharge by shipping companies. This allows them to keep their shipping charges constant and simply adjust the fuel surcharge as fuel prices fluctuates.
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