Aloha 6.7.30 TS Tax Question

[techinaz]

Hello all,

We have a Pub in Lincoln, NE, that has a tax change. Currently we use a 9% tax on all items however the City wants the tax broken out (and printed on the guest check that way) where there is a 2% Lincoln occupation tax that is taxable by the 7% State sales tax. Any advice on how to set up and print the taxes separately? I see there are setting for printing in Maintenance>Store Settings>Printing>Check Content 2. Any help would be very appreciated.



TechInAZ

 

[AlohaRoss]

This is going to be a 3 step process

First you need to create the new tax
Then you need to add the new tax as a secondary tax to the items

Then under System, Printing, Check Content 2 bottom right is "Print Tax Detail"​

Put a check box there

You may also want to print total tax line
This should then list both taxes separately on the check and show up in your sales reports.

Report back if that works the way you want


AlohaRoss

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[techinaz]

I will try first thing tomorrow morning and report back. Will this also tax the new 2% by the State's old 7%? I guess I will try and let you know tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion - much appreciated.

TechInAZ

 

[techinaz]

The 2% plus check total was not taxed by the 7% city/state - it was a 9% total.

TechInAZ

 

[AlohaRoss]

I believe you can achieve the results you want if you change the 2% secondary tax to a surcharge that is taxable. Take a look at surchanges. I have set up taxable surchage(tax) for night clubs as a 4% "venue fee" for all bottle service and that is taxable on the sales tax.

If you are unsure, email me from the link below

AlohaRoss

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[PosGuyUS]

this is where those Algebra classes come in handy.
If you need to tax everything 2% and tax 7% of everything plus the 2% tax, then you could just recalculate the 7% tax to what the math says it is.
Sales plus (local tax) plus (state tax) = total bill.
Sales + (sales * .02) + ((sales * .07) + (sales * .02 * .07)) = total bill.

Easy to see if Sales = $10.00
the 2% tax for the city is $.20. The 7% tax on the $10.00 would be .70 and the 7% tax on the .20 (local tax) is .014. So really the 7% tax is on $10.20, which is $.714. If you set the rate of the state tax to 7.14% you will get the right number for the state.

Had to do this for a site in FL.

 

[techinaz]

I did exactly that, PosGuyUS. Changed it last night and working well. Thanks for the help!!

TechInAZ

 

[PosGuyUS]

anytime. Would love to meet the moron that came up with the idea of taxing tax.

 

[techinaz]

Of course it was a politician....

TechInAZ