rounding_impact
What cash rounding is actually worth (Penny Rounding)
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Compute the mean rounding delta per cash transaction across a price list. Answers "does rounding make retailers money" with arithmetic rather than a guess: symmetric rounding nets to essentially zero by construction. Pass always-up to quantify the "just round everything up" idea, which is worth about 2 cents a sale and which no jurisdiction has adopted for retail.
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.
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Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| prices | string | yes | Comma-separated prices, e.g. 0.99,4.99,19.99. |
| taxRatePercent | number | no | |
| rule | string | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"prices": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated prices, e.g. 0.99,4.99,19.99."
},
"taxRatePercent": {
"type": "number"
},
"rule": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"symmetric",
"always-down",
"always-up",
"none"
]
}
},
"required": [
"prices"
]
}