Sharp XE-A401 Instruction Manual page 52

Tax calculation system
• For US tax system, select "auto-tax".
• For Canadian tax, from the table below, specify a tax system suitable for your province (if necessary contact
your local tax office for correct sales tax information) and for your type of retail business. In the cash register,
four kinds of tax can be set and each tax is arranged to match GST or PST as follows:
Tax 1: PST
Tax 3: PST or GST
Canadian tax
type number
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
(The most common type for Canada is type number 06.)
• To program a GST, use Tax 4; and to program two GSTs, use Tax 3 and 4. To program a PST,
use Tax 1; to program two PSTs, use Tax 1 and 2; and to program three PSTs, use Tax 1, 2 and
3.
• The entry of a multi-taxable item for PST or GST is prohibited as follows for the Canadian tax
system. When programming for departments, avoid programming the prohibited multi-taxable
status.
In case of; Tax 1: PST, Tax 2: PST,
Taxable 1 and 2 item ········· prohibited
Taxable 1 and 3 item ········· prohibited
Taxable 2 and 3 item ········· prohibited
Taxable 1 and 4 item ············· allowed
Taxable 2 and 4 item ············· allowed
Taxable 3 and 4 item ············· allowed
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Tax 2: PST
Tax 4: GST
Tax 4 method
GST GST
VAT VAT
VAT VAT
VAT -
VAT -
Add on Tax -
Add on Tax -
Add on Tax VAT
Add on Tax VAT
Add on Tax Add on Tax
Add on Tax Add on Tax
VAT -
Tax 3: PST, Tax 4: GST
Tax 3 method
PST
-
-
Tax on tax
Tax on base
Tax on tax
Tax on base
-
-
-
-
VAT (Tax on base)
In case of; Tax 1: PST, Tax 2: PST,
Tax 3: GST, Tax 4: GST
Taxable 1 and 2 item ········· prohibited
Taxable 1 and 3 item ············· allowed
Taxable 2 and 3 item ············· allowed
Taxable 1 and 4 item ············· allowed
Taxable 2 and 4 item ············· allowed
Taxable 3 and 4 item ········· prohibited
Tax 2 and 1 method
PST
Tax on tax
Tax on base
Tax on tax
Tax on base
Tax on Tax
Tax on base
Tax on tax
Tax on base
Tax on tax
Tax on base
Tax on tax