Selecting The Tax System - Royal Alpha5000ML Instruction Manual

Selecting the Tax System

Alpha5000ML owner's manual
Within the tax system you select, you can program up to 4/6 different tax rates on
your cash register. Each tax rate can be linked directly to a department key (see
Programming Tax Status on page34), 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 2 tax systems:
• Select Tax (USA) - 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 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 as the Tax
(USA) 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 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 amount on
receipts. For more information, see Print Parameters on page38.
Note
If you hear an error tone while you are programming, press the clear key
and continue by repeating the step.
To select a tax system
PRG  SYSTEM PARAMETER  System Configuration
1 Switch the control lock to PRG.
2 If you are prompted for a Manager Password, type the password number and then
press the enter key. If you did not program a Manager Password, go to the next
step.
3 Press the Arrow Down key to select SYSTEM PARAMETER. Press the
enter key.
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