Canadian Sales Tax Calculator

Calculates Canadian sales taxes: GST HST and PST today or as they were in the past. Java Applet that can also be run as an application. Requires Java version 1.5 or later. Java source code and sample HTML included. This version computes by adding GST HST and PST to a base price. It als works in reverse given the final price working backwards to get the taxes and base price. In other words it will tell you the sticker price to make something come out even after taxes are added. You can compute taxes as they were on past or future dates. It computes nickel rounding to account for the withdrawal of the penny. To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user folder names) option. To run as an application, type: java.exe -jar C:\com\mindprod\canadiantax\canadiantax.jar adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is. You can run the program without installing it as an Applet at mindprod.com/applet/canadiantax.html There is also a Windows Jet native executable available.

Changes: calculate amount rounded to nearest nickel

Minimum requirements: Java 1.7+

Operating system: Win2000,WinXP,Win7 x32,Win7 x64,Windows 8,WinServer,WinVista,WinVista x64,Unix,Linux,Mac OS X,Java

Program URL: http://mindprod.com/applet/canadiantax.html

You may include the CanadianTax Calculator on any CD compilation.

This program is for non-military use only. For details on what that licencing restriction means and why I restricted this software that way, see http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html If you incorporate any of my code in your programs, they too must be marked for non-military use only. However it is not your responsibility to enforce that restriction.

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