discount and sales tax colculation

[inventor1949]

Did you ask the merchant?

No but I will

 

[Zigner]

I don't understand where the confutation is, the math is correct I am not looking to find a flaw in it my question is? is it legal and proper receipt when you tax the total amount and then discount why will you discount the tax and then re-tax the balance.

this is what the receipt looks like

purchase 12,193.14
delivery 89.00
total 12,282.14
tax 9% 1,097.38
total 13,395.52
store coupon -2,388.82
subtotal 9,893.32
tax 882.39
TOTAL 10,775.71

The math is not correct. There is something wrong with the discount.

20% of $12,193.14 (purchase price) is $2,438.63
20% of $12,282.14 (purchase price + delivery) is $2,456.43

Neither of these equals the discount they gave you. You are expecting a 20% discount, but that's not what you got. THAT is what you need to clear up.

 

[inventor1949]

thank you

here is the way it should have been done do you agree?

+ 12,193.14
- 20.00% | -2,438.63
---------------
+ 9,754.51
+ 9.00% | 877.91 I guess last year was 9% in Palo Alto
---------------
+ 10,632.42
+ 89.00 delivery
---------------
T 10,721.42

Instead I pay TOTAL 10,775.71

 

[Zigner]

You've let this go almost a year already? I wouldn't count on getting anything back.

 

[inventor1949]

You've let this go almost a year already? I wouldn't count on getting anything back.

Yes you probably right but I am going there any way

 

[inventor1949]

For the Admin

BTW this is for the mods

the links on the response email are not live their in plain text and no I don't have my email links blocked.

 

[Zigner]

BTW this is for the mods

the links on the response email are not live their in plain text and no I don't have my email links blocked.

It's a feature of the forum to help prevent problems that have cropped up in the past.

 

[Zigner]

Yes you probably right but I am going there any way

Best of luck - personally, I think they owe you the ~$66.

 

[single317dad]

It appears your conflict is with the amount of the discount. All the other math for the final calculation checks out based on the amounts you provided.

You expected a discount of 20% on the entire cabinet purchase, which would have been $2438.63, yet you stated they only gave you a discount of $2388.82, a difference of nearly $50. This was likely due to some part of your purchase not being discounted, perhaps some required hardware or a sink or other accessory.

This is probably what they'll tell you.