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This information is way more detail than most people need! This is advanced couponing. But if you ever have a question about how tax was calculated, here it is.
Tax Info
Tax Pre-coupon
In the state of California, tax is charged pre-manufacturer’s coupon but after store coupons. For example, when stores have “club card” sales Product is $2.99 but you can pay only $2.49 with your shopping card, you will only pay tax on $2.49. If you use a $1 off coupon, you will pay $1.49 for the Product and your tax will be charged on the pre-coupon price of $2.49.
In the case of CVS club sales also include their own coupons, so if you use a coupon clipped from the CVS magazine Reinventing Beauty, it will reduce the taxable amount. A $/$$ coupon will also reduce the taxable amount, ie $4/$20 on a $20 transaction, pay sales tax on $16.
Taxable Items
Generally speaking, everything except food, water, and prescriptions are taxed. Any beverage is also subject to CRV, California Redemption Value, which at the time of this publication is $.05 for beverage less than 24 oz and $.10 for beverages larger. Exceptions to CRV are milk, wine, and 100% fruit or vegetable juice. This amount changes often. A 12 pack of soda cans will add $.60 CRV to your subtotal (which is also taxable!). The CRV is a refundable deposit and you can cash your bottles and cans in at certain facilities, link at the end.
Specific details about drugstore sales tax for the state of California can be found below.
http://www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub27.pdf
At CVS when it comes to overage, anything before the subtotal including CRV can be used to absorb overage. If the subtotal is negative, the negative amount will apply towards tax. If your total is still negative, you will need to add a filler item to proceed with the transaction.
To find a recycling center near you that refunds CRV:
http://www.bottlesandcans.com/dev/locator.cfm?phpMyAdmin=SNwipYERqHbZX3jreShERea0uK8
