Question

The sales tax rate in Alabama is 4 percent and a $20.00 purchase is made. What is the sales tax? What is the total purchase price?

Answer 1

Sales tax is a way for individual states to help supplement the state's government. The total purchase price is $20.80

Explanation:

Sales tax is a way for individual states to help supplement the state's govenment by applying this tax when citizens purchase specific items. Not all states have sales tax. And some states vary from others in the amount of sales tax is applied. I live in MD our sales tax is $0.06 and groceries, prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines are not taxed. All other items are subject to a state sales tax.

$20.00x0.04 percent= $0.80. Further breaking down for every $1 (dollar)spent a person is charged 4 cent in Alabama.

Suggetion that you look up New York sales tax to understand the different states sales tax