Chapter 8 Programming Complex Tax Rates
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• tax table codes, which is a calculation based on an approved tax chart
issued by your local or state government. This method lists a range of
prices and the exact tax for each range. For example, from 11 cents to
24 cents, the tax is 3 cents.
• Select Canadian Tax System - allows you to program the Goods and
Services tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) tax system required in
Canada.
• Select VAT (Value Added Tax) - includes the tax amount in the price of
the item.
You can only use one tax system at a time. After you select the tax system
you want to use, you can program up to 4 different tax rates.
When you program a department or PLU, you can select to link 1 or more
of these tax rates together.
You can specify that the cash register does not print the tax amount on
receipts. For more information, see Printing Parameters Settings on
page 49.
To select a tax system
406 -- Options
System Configuration Setting
Tax System
1
Put the MGR key in the Mode key slot and turn it to the PROG
position. If prompted, enter the Manager passcode and press
Enter
.
2
Press the
Arrow Down
key to select 406 -- Options. Press
Enter
.
3
Press the
Arrow Down
key to select System Configuration Setting. Press
Enter
.
4
Press the
Arrow Down
key to select Tax System. Press
Enter
.
5
Select the tax system you want to use.
6
When you are done, press the
Cancel
key.
Programming Straight Add-on Tax in the United States
After you select the tax system to use, you must specify values. This
section explains how to specify straight add-on tax rates for the United
States. Straight add-on tax is the most common in the United States. You
may program as few as 1 and up to 4 tax rates.
With this form of tax collection, you can also set a “tax limit”.
To program straight Add-on tax rates for the United States
404 -- Tax Setting
