# Eat-in Tax at McDonald's???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-in-tax-at-mcdonalds/494221>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-in-tax-at-mcdonalds/494221 "2009-04-24T15:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-in-tax-at-mcdonalds/494221/21 "2009-04-25T05:14:09Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> Whu ? I don’t get it. Where I live, most restaurants who do both eat in and take out will charge you more for eating in. Which is fair IMO : eating in means they have to buy the tables and chairs, maintain an “eating zone” in compliance with health codes, wash the cutlery and so on. More effort, more money.
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> Am I missing an important fact here ?
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> ETA : that said, most of these places work it out to their advantage : they’ll list the “Eat in” prices and have a big advert going “X% off for take away !”. So the people eating in don’t feel ripped off, and the people eating out feel like they’re savvy. Win all across the board.

I’ve seen this in the UK, but in the States it’s nearly unheard of. I’ve never seen a restaurant here charge differently for eat in or take out.

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