Sanae Takaichi pledged to suspend an 8% levy on food sales, but retailers say their systems aren’t designed for a tax of zero per cent
  • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
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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