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From: ksbooth@watcgl.UUCP
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: whether to show the retail sales tax
Message-ID: <711@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 10:00:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 10:00:13 1987
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Reply-To: ksbooth@watcgl.UUCP (Kelly Booth)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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Surely this discussion has entered the realm of the ridiculous.  No one is
questioning what the law is.  The original posting merely pointed out that
nice round numbers are more conveninent.  Anyone with a 3rd grade education
would be capable of setting prices (using a table similar to the current
tax tables) that would end up being "nice" after tax is applied.  This is
in fact done in some businesses (including the LCBO, whose prices include
all taxes).  It is true that due to roundoff there might be some "nice"
values that could not be achieved, but most prices could certainly avoid
pennies if that were socially desirable.