Interestingly many of them had already put the work into updating the cash register software to allow for this due to the penny shortages during covid.
Interestingly many of them had already put the work into updating the cash register software to allow for this due to the penny shortages during covid.
It also means a company wouldn't be able to advertise a single price for a product nationwide, since sales tax rates vary by state (and many times even within a state).
Also worth noting that Canada also doesn't include sales taxes.
Switching to round number prices would cost retailers a whole lot more.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002243599...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23547242_Penny_Wise...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002243590...
Again: Canada actually did this many years ago. The effect you predict did not appear.