Chapter 7: Programming Complex Tax Rates
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Alpha 600sc User’s Guide
Setting the Tax Rates
You can program 4 different tax rates on your cash register. Each tax rate
can be linked directly to a department key (see Programming Tax Status
on page 40), or by pressing the
Tax 1
or
Tax 2
keys before ringing up an
entry.
You can set the cash register to not print the tax rate on receipts. For more
information, see Programming Flag Options on page 59.
You can program each Tax Rate as follows:
• As an ADD-ON RATE (used in the USA) - means the tax amount prints
separately on the receipt. Add-on Tax is most common in the United
States. Add-on Tax can be programmed as either a fixed-rate which
charges tax based on a percentage, or using the tax table codes, which is
a calculation based on an approved tax chart issued by your local or
state government.
• Canadian Tax System - allows you to program the GST/PST tax system
required in Canada.
• VAT (Value Added Tax) - means that the tax amount is included in the
price of the item.
See the Royal website for the tax table codes for your particular state.
After you have the tax table codes for your state, see Calculating State
Tax Table Codes on page 118 for help or contact your local state
government office for the current tax rates.
To program a basic tax rate, see Programming the Sales Tax on page 8.
To program a second fixed tax rate
Example 21:
To set Tax 2 for 7%
1
Put the PRG key in the Mode key slot and turn it to the PRG position.
2
If you are prompted for a Manager Password, type the password number
and then press the
Check
key. If you did not program a Manager
Password, go to the next step.
3
Using the round Number keys area, press
2
, then press the
Tax 1
key.
4
Using the round Number keys area, press
7000
, then press the
Amount
Tend Total
key.
To program add-on tax table rate
Example 22:
The tax code for Arizona's tax rate of 4% is:
121-240096-13-19-23-27-27-1029-25-25-25-1025
1
Put the PRG key in the Mode key slot and turn it to the PRG position.
