Tax Rounding Using Discreet and Bundled Taxes
Posted by Jeff Tweddale on 10 Oct 2018 11:18 AM

Properties can place many tax values on their RENT Item (rate applied as a Charge nightly).  BookingCenter rounds most currencies to the third decimal point, to leave a 2-decimal value.  We follow the generally-accepted norms in how rounding occurs: .005 upward, round to .01; .004 less, to .00

There are times in which a property will 'add up all taxes' (ie, bundling) and get a rounding that is different than if they apply the taxes discreetly.  If a property wishes to have simple taxes (such as one tax applied for 17%) then rounding may occur differently than if they apply the taxes discreetly.

 

Take an example of a Rate of $95 that has 4 taxes that would total 17% if added together.  When they are discreetly posted from the base rate of $95, the taxes would like like:
 
Occupancy: 6, on $95= 5.70
Local Tax: 8.5, on $95= 8.075 (which rounds to 8.08)
County Venue Tax: .5, on $95= .475  (which rounds to .48)
CITY VENUE TAX: 2, on $95= 1.90
 
Add these taxes up and one gets: $16.16
 
But if they were summed into a single tax (17%) posted from the base rate of $95, that tax value would be: $16.15
 
Luckily, tax authorities respect generally-accepted norms of rounding, and as long as a property is consistent in how their taxes are being applied, will suport a merchant's use of either discreetly showing taxes, or bundling them into a single value.
 
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