Formulas in transactions

[Mike or Penny Novack]

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>>For example to add 8.5% tax on a $23.85 item.
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>>1.085*23.85
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>>The difference in gnucash is that only the result is stored not the actual
>>formula.
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But again please note the discussion about "rounding" to whole dollars.

There is a similar problem here with splits not working. For example, 
assume that you have three partners sharing at 41%, 32%, and 27% and you 
are trying to distribute $917 (100%). You have no reason toe believe 
that the three amounts (41% of 917, 32% of 917, and 27% of 917) will add 
up to 917 (100% of 917).

In other words, if you aren't asking the application to do the math but 
doing the math with a calculator and you see that the total is going to 
be a little off you decide which amounts to adjust by a cent or two to 
keep the split in balance.

Michael