taxrate - off by 1 cent

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12524
interpreted = N
texte = Hi,On certain calculations of the tax rate (CA - 8.5%) the grand total adds one more cent than the tax shown.I have a subtotal of $249.00 with tax at 8.5% come to $21.16. Yet the grandtotal tells me $270.17. One cent is not going to irritate many customers, but it does look bad from a interface perspective.Kev Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: taxrate - off by 1 cent (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: taxrate - off by 1 cent (Kevin Furuta 1997)
  3. Re: taxrate - off by 1 cent (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. taxrate - off by 1 cent (Kevin Furuta 1997)
Hi,On certain calculations of the tax rate (CA - 8.5%) the grand total adds one more cent than the tax shown.I have a subtotal of $249.00 with tax at 8.5% come to $21.16. Yet the grandtotal tells me $270.17. One cent is not going to irritate many customers, but it does look bad from a interface perspective.Kev Kevin Furuta

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