Setting The Tax Rates - Royal 601sc Instruction Manual

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 44), 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 65.
You can program each Tax Rate as follows:
• As an ADD-ON RATE (used in the USA) - means the tax amount is
• Canadian Tax System - allows you to program the Goods and Services
• VAT (Value Added Tax) - means that the tax amount is included in the
After you have the tax table codes for your state, see Calculating State Tax
Table Codes on page 125 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 10.
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
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
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.
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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 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.
tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) tax system required in Canada.
price of the item.
and then press the Check key. If you did not program a Manager
Password, go to the next step.
Tend Total key.
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