I want to track sales tax, but I also want the cost of an item to include sales tax - how?

[jgombos]

I'm interested in knowing how much VAT I pay, so I created Expense:Tax:VAT,
and every transaction becomes a split transaction.  When I look at other
expense categories, like Expenses:Food for example I see amounts less the
tax.  

Suppose I want to know the total food expenses including VAT.  I can't
simply add the food balance to the VAT balance, because other purchases
cause VAT expenses as well.  How can I accomplish this, without creating a
separate VAT subaccount for every expense account?  

I'm already expecting my expense accounts to turn into a colossal heap
because I will need to create a USD and EUR subaccount for every account as
it is.  Add a VAT account to every leaf node in that tree and we're talking
hundreds of accounts just to track sales tax.  
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