Payment for a Damaged Item in a Store
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Question
A question arises regarding someone who damaged an item in a store: from a legal standpoint, they are certainly obligated to pay for the damage. Should they pay the full price of the damaged item, or since part of the item's price is anyway transferred by the store owner to various entities like income tax and VAT, it turns out that the damager did not damage the full price of the item as sold in the store? Is this similar to the Talmudic issue in Bava Kamma 59a regarding reductions for animal feed or sustenance? And the poskim are divided on how this is ruled in Halacha.
Answer
Peace and blessings
The answer of our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita:
If indeed the seller will not have to pay income tax and VAT, then it will indeed be deducted.
But the reality is not so.
Source
According to the instructions of our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita