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In article <2rg7po$990@willow.c3i.saic.com>
winkler@c3i.saic.com (Ira S. Winkler) writes:
 
 
 
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>As many restaurant computers work, after each time an order
>was placed into the computer, the computer calculated the
>total to that time.  Included in each total was the previous
>subtotal, which included tax.  When a new tax was calculated
>the tax essentially taxed the previous tax.  Try to explain
>this to a waiter.  I essentially demanded that the manager
>void the bill, and enter a new bill in one order.  The manager
>and wait staff still did not understand this concept even
>though I showed them that the bill did not come out to be the
>same.
>
>EXAMPLE                         Should BE
>
>Food            $20.00          Food            20.00
>Subtotal         20.00          Wine            20.00
>Tax (5%)          1.00          Tax (5%)         2.00
>
>Total           $21.00          Total           42.00
>
>Previous Bal     21.00
>Wine             20.00
>Subtotal         41.00
>Tax (5%)          2.05
>
>Total            43.05
 
 
 
 
If your example is correct, they're not just taxing tax
(that would only add 5 cents), they're taxing the food
part twice ($1.00 the first time, $1.05 the
second time).
 
 
 
 
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