• setsubyou@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There were concerns that if the tax rate is zero they have to check everywhere that nothing is ever divided by the tax rate or the computed tax. If it’s 1% they just have to change the number everywhere. And then I guess a significant part of the “months” that takes is also just testing, certifications, etc.

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      21 hours ago

      Huh, I hadn’t considered division. I guess that would explain why 0 is harder than 1, at least for tax rate. They must have already been able to handle 0 computed tax e.g. 5円 at 8%.

      Have you actually seen a technical discussion about this? I find it fascinating