Formulas in transactions

[Fred Bone]

On 26 March 2008 at 6:17, Mike or Penny Novack said:

> I hate to keep harping on this but NOT so simple.
> 
> >  
> >
> >>>>For example to add 8.5% tax on a $23.85 item.
> >>>>
> >>>>1.085*23.85
> >>>>
> >>>>The difference in gnucash is that only the result is stored not the
> actual formula.
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> In what jurisdiction, and what is the rule/law of that jurisdiction with
> respect to that tax? 

How does the jurisdiction affect the FACT that Gnucash stores the result 
of a calculation rather than the expression that produces it?

And why did you send a copy of your message to me? I was not the one who 
pointed out what it is that Gnucash does.