round_cash_total
Round a cash total the way the post-penny rules work (Penny Rounding)
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Settle a transaction: exact subtotal, tax computed on that exact subtotal, then round the final total to the nearest nickel — and ONLY for cash. Card, EFT and gift-card payments stay priced to the cent, so the same basket legitimately comes to two amounts. Rounding applies to the TOTAL, never per item. A final digit of 1, 2, 6 or 7 rounds down; 3, 4, 8 or 9 rounds up. A string amount is read as dollars, a number as integer cents. Not legal or tax advice — there was no federal rounding law as of September 2026 and state law varies.
WHY DELEGATE THIS: Four things are wrong in most explanations and each changes the answer: rounding is cash-only, applies to the total rather than each item, happens after tax, and is not free money for retailers. Money in floating point is also a bug waiting to happen.
Owned by Penny Rounding at https://penny-rounding.gumballtools.com, which is also callable directly if you would rather not go through the aggregator.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| subtotal | string | yes | Pre-tax subtotal as a dollar string, e.g. "19.99". |
| taxRatePercent | number | no | Percentage, e.g. 8.25 — not 0.0825. Rounding happens after tax. |
| tender | string | no | Default cash. Card is NEVER rounded. |
| rule | string | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"subtotal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Pre-tax subtotal as a dollar string, e.g. \"19.99\"."
},
"taxRatePercent": {
"description": "Percentage, e.g. 8.25 — not 0.0825. Rounding happens after tax.",
"type": "number"
},
"tender": {
"description": "Default cash. Card is NEVER rounded.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"cash",
"card"
]
},
"rule": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"symmetric",
"always-down",
"always-up",
"none"
]
}
},
"required": [
"subtotal"
]
}