[ic] Total-cost is not equal to discounted price plus tax

[murahashi]

Hi,
Thank you for your recomend.
I got it and I understand what [total-cost] means.
There si no problem. :-)
Thanks.
Murahashi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Clark" <jonc@webmaint.com>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:25 AM
Subject: RE: [ic] Total-cost is not equal to discounted price plus tax


>
> > I'm still have a problem of [total-cost] calculation.
> >
> > In case of mine, 5% discount for subtotal, and frac_digits 0,
> >
> > subtotal is 25450 * 0.95 = 24177.5 , rounded is 24178 Yen.
> > [subtotal] shows
> > 24,178 Yen.
> > salestax is 24177.5 * 0.05 = 1208.875 , rounded is 1209 Yen. [salestax]
> > shows 1,209 Yen.
> >
> > What is [total-cost] calculation?
> > (A) 24177.5 + 1208.875 = 25386.375, [total-cost] shows 25386 Yen
> > (B) 24178 + 1209 = 25387
> >
> > >From assign tag in IC doc below, [total-cost] shows (A). Is it correct?
> > I think [total-cost] should be 25,387Yen.
> >
> > Am I wrong?
>
> Yes.
>
> You are asking Interchange to _display_ costs rounded, not to calculate
> rounded costs.
>
> If you did the equivalent in a spreadsheet, displaying to zero decimal
> places, it would behave just like Interchange.
>
> Jonathan.
>
>
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