Retail “rounding up “

[amboy49]

This is a shout out to retailers - especially those in the retail food industry. My wife and I went out to a local restaurant Saturday night with some friends. We had an excellent meal - the food was great and the service was excellent.

I don’t often review the bill line item by line item but just generally scan it to make sure it’s reasonably close to what I was expecting. When I looked at the bill I noticed something I‘ve never seen before. A notation of a $.01 charge for “rounding up.” I asked the server for an explanation and she wasn’t really able to provide a clear answer.

As an aside the people that we were eating with had no such charge on their bill.

Wondering if anyone can offer a brief explanation of the “rounding up” logic ?

 

[tsm]

This is a shout out to retailers - especially those in the retail food industry. My wife and I went out to a local restaurant Saturday night with some friends. We had an excellent meal - the food was great and the service was excellent.

I don’t often review the bill line item by line item but just generally scan it to make sure it’s reasonably close to what I was expecting. When I looked at the bill I noticed something I‘ve never seen before. A notation of a $.01 charge for “rounding up.” I asked the server for an explanation and she wasn’t really able to provide a clear answer.

As an aside the people that we were eating with had no such charge on their bill.

Wondering if anyone can offer a brief explanation of the “rounding up” logic ?

Don’t know about your rounding adjustment (although figures in parentheses are typically negative), but I’d be more concerned about the tax computation since 8% of 59.47 isn’t 5.12.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Don’t know about your rounding adjustment (although figures in quotes are typically negative), but I’d be more concerned about the tax computation since 8% of 59.47 isn’t 5.12.

Yep. thats 8.6% collected in tax. Somebody programmed the POS wrong.

The rounding is the least of your worries.


On a related topic, I do like the option to round up for a cause. Especially when paying cash.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yep. thats 8.6% collected in tax. Somebody programmed the POS wrong.

The rounding is the least of your worries.


On a related topic, I do like the option to round up for a cause. Especially when paying cash.

Is the OP in one of the donut counties surrounding Marion County? If so, then I believe there's an extra 2% tax on restaurants/lodging (to pay for Lucas Oil Stadium, Banker's Life Fieldhouse and whatnot), bringing the rate to 9%. But then again, that wouldn't be right either, since that would come to 5.35. It does sound like the POS register is programmed wrong.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Is the OP in one of the donut counties surrounding Marion County? If so, then I believe there's an extra 2% tax on restaurants/lodging (to pay for Lucas Oil Stadium, Banker's Life Fieldhouse and whatnot), bringing the rate to 9%. But then again, that wouldn't be right either, since that would come to 5.35. It does sound like the POS register is programmed wrong.

or IS it?
8.6% in from the customer, 8.0% out to da man. .6% left over for the owner. Or the guys who do the programming if you've seen Office Space.

 

[BigErnNP]

I'd assume it has to do with the appetizer being priced at 50% normal cost. So with their other prices being $x.99, it may be assumed that the full appetizer was $8.99 and dividing that by 50% is $4.495 hence the rounding to $4.50. But that's all I can think of.

And yeah the tax seems off as others have stated.

 

[2A-Hoosier23]

I'm guessing people saying "POS" don't mean "Piece of sh!t"... can anyone fill me in on that abbreviation? lol

 

[Cameramonkey]

I'm guessing people saying "POS" don't mean "Piece of sh!t"... can anyone fill me in on that abbreviation? lol

Point Of Sale terminal.

 

[femurphy77]

I'm guessing people saying "POS" don't mean "Piece of sh!t"... can anyone fill me in on that abbreviation? lol

Point of Sale

 

[IndyDave1776]

There's nothing wrong with the tax. Don't you remember not long ago we were told that expecting correct answers to math questions is racist?

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

The rounding is from the half price onion rings.

The sales tax is on the total amount before the 50% off for the onion rings. Your total before discount was $63.96 and a tax of 8% on that amount is $5.1168 ($5.12)

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The rounding is from the half price onion rings.

The sales tax is on the total amount before the 50% off for the onion rings. Your total before discount was $63.96 and a tax of 8% on that amount is $5.1168 ($5.12)

 

[HoughMade]

This is a shout out to retailers - especially those in the retail food industry. My wife and I went out to a local restaurant Saturday night with some friends. We had an excellent meal - the food was great and the service was excellent.

I don’t often review the bill line item by line item but just generally scan it to make sure it’s reasonably close to what I was expecting. When I looked at the bill I noticed something I‘ve never seen before. A notation of a $.01 charge for “rounding up.” I asked the server for an explanation and she wasn’t really able to provide a clear answer.

As an aside the people that we were eating with had no such charge on their bill.

Wondering if anyone can offer a brief explanation of the “rounding up” logic ?

Who's getting salmon at a place that apparently has decent steak?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Who's getting salmon at a place that apparently has decent steak?

More importantly, there were 3 guests... so someone only had onion rings in a restaurant that apparently had both salmon and filet mignon.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

Who's getting salmon at a place that apparently has decent steak?

More importantly, there were 3 guests... so someone only had onion rings in a restaurant that apparently had both salmon and filet mignon.

More importantlier than that. Why wasn't there pineapple on either?

 

[hopper68]

I thought we were in a national coin shortage, thus the rounding up.

 

[Ingomike]

The rounding is from the half price onion rings.

The sales tax is on the total amount before the 50% off for the onion rings. Your total before discount was $63.96 and a tax of 8% on that amount is $5.1168 ($5.12)

If I buy a car and get a discount price I don't pay tax on asking price, why was this tax charged at the list price not what was paid?

 

[amboy49]

Who's getting salmon at a place that apparently has decent steak?

My wife had a filet. We shared.

 

[amboy49]

I'd assume it has to do with the appetizer being priced at 50% normal cost. So with their other prices being $x.99, it may be assumed that the full appetizer was $8.99 and dividing that by 50% is $4.495 hence the rounding to $4.50. But that's all I can think of.

And yeah the tax seems off as others have stated.

My suspicion was the onion rings divided between the other couple and us splitting the cost. I asked the server and she said that wasn’t the case.

She provided a nonsensical response about “that’s just how the register does it” - which I didn’t believe but didn’t figure asking again and again was going to produce a more accurate response.

 

[amboy49]

I'd assume it has to do with the appetizer being priced at 50% normal cost. So with their other prices being $x.99, it may be assumed that the full appetizer was $8.99 and dividing that by 50% is $4.495 hence the rounding to $4.50. But that's all I can think of.

And yeah the tax seems off as others have stated.

You may be correct, but the guy of the “other couple” and I are best friends and rib each other constantly. I told him I got charged an extra penny on the onion rings and he just laughed and said too bad !