Alpha 710ML User’s Guide
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Selecting the Tax System
Selecting the Tax System
Within the tax system you select, you can program up to 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 35), or by pressing
the
Tax Force
key before ringing up a sales entry.
Contact your local state government office for your current tax rates.
You must first select one of 3 tax systems:
• Select USA (ADD-ON RATE) - the tax amount is added onto the price
of the item sold. Add-on Tax is most common in the United States.
Add-on Tax can be programmed as either:
• straight tax, which charges tax based on a flat percentage rate. For
example, 7.75% of the price of the item. This form of add-on tax is most
common in the United States.
• 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. If needed,
you can also link these tax rates together.
For example, you can select Add-on Tax and program 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 also select a specific tax for an item by
pressing the
Tax Force
key while ringing up an item.
You can specify that the cash register does not print the tax rate on
receipts. For more information, see Print Options on page 48.
Note
If you hear an error tone while you are programming, press the
Clear
key
and continue by repeating the step.
