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Sam4s ER-260EJ/256EJ OP Manual v1.20
Programming a Tax Table
In some cases, a tax that is entered as a percentage does not exactly follow the tax charts that apply in
your area (even if the tax chart is based on a percentage). In these cases, we recommend that you
enter your tax using tax table programming. This method will match tax collection exactly to the
break points of your tax table.
Before programming, obtain a copy of the tax table you wish to program. You will need the printed
tax table if you wish to determine the break point entries yourself. The "Tax Table Programming
Chart Example: 6% Tax Table" shown below is used as an example in the steps that follow.
Note: You can enter up to 60 break points.
Determining Break Point Entries
1.
Examine the printed tax table for the tax you are programming.
2.
Refer to the “Tax Table Programming Chart Example: 6% Tax Table” to help with
this exercise.
3.
Calculate the break point differences by subtracting the high side of the previous
range from the high side of the dollar range.
4.
Examine the pattern of break point differences to determine when the break points
begin to repeat. Mark the beginning break points that do not fit a pattern as “non-
repeat breaks.” Mark the break points that are repeating in a pattern as “repeat
breaks.”
Tax Table Programming Chart Example: 6% Tax Table
Tax Charged
Sale Dollar Range
Break point
Differences
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.10
$0.01
$0.11 - $0.21
11
$0.02
$0.22 - $0.38
17
$0.03
$0.39 - $0.56
18
Non-Repeat
$0.04
$0.57 - $0.73
17
$0.05
$0.74 - $0.91
18
$0.06
$0.92 - $1.08
17
$0.07
$1.09 - $1.24
16
Repeat
$0.08
$1.25 - $1.41
17
$0.09
$1.42 - $1.58
17
$0.10
$1.59 - $1.74
16
$0.11
$1.75 - $1.91
17
$0.12
$1.92 - $2.08
17
$0.13
$2.09 - $2.24
16
$0.14
$2.25 - $2.41
17
To enter the example 6% tax table in tax 1:
