-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sales Tax Calculator for Windows Version 1.9a Shareware Copyright 1999 Mark Carter All rights reserved. Carter Computer Solutions (905) 934-1413 mcarter@niagara.com St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada http://www.niagara.com/~mcarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Sales Tax calculation program is free for personal, non-business use. Business users who find it useful are required to register for only $15.00 CDN. Contents ~~~~~~~~ 1. Introduction 2. Usage Instructions 3. PGP Authenticity Verification 4. How to Contact Me 5. Version History 6. Software License 7. Registration Info 8. Registration Form 1. Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a simple program to calculate the GST, PST(or any two taxes), and total amount for any given subtotal, and which can also calculate taxes-included pricing. It's useful for consumers, who can save a little bit of time figuring out the total cost of an item, and useful for professionals who may have to write out bills at a client's site. Restaurant owners who price their beverages with taxes included will find this program invaluable. For instance, the consumer who sees an ad for a computer costing $1742.55 can simply double-click their sales tax calculator icon and type 1742.55 and find out how much it would cost, while the computer consultant writing out a bill can put his disk in his client's drive and quickly determine the taxes and total owed, while eliminating errors and time spent fumbling with the math. The program defaults to calculating 7% GST and defaults to 8% Ontario PST. It allows full customization of tax rates and descriptions, has a calculator function, and allows either or both taxes to be exempted, or to be compounded on top of each other. It will also calculate taxes-included pricing. You can also copy the tax amounts and total and paste them into another application, and add up a number of items by using the + and - keys to add and subtract from the total. The program can also be set to always stay on top of other Windows applications. Sales Tax Calculator for Windows will run on any computer with Windows. It is compatible with all flavours of Windows, including Windows 3.x and Windows 95/98. You must have the file VBRUN300.DLL in your Windows/System directory. If you don't have this, it can be downloaded from the CCS web site. 2. Usage Instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sales Tax Calculator is a very simple, intuitive program. You should be using it within seconds, even if you don't read this section of the documentation. To use this tax calculation program, simply double-click your sales tax calculator icon, and fill in the amount. To run from a floppy, simply do File, Run, a:taxw.exe in Windows 3.x, or go to Start menu, Run, a:taxw.exe in Windows 95. To exempt either or both PST or GST, simply click in the check box beside the tax you want to exempt. To change either tax rate, click in the percentage box, and type in your new tax rate. Eg. For 10%, type 10. To customize the names of the taxes, click on their names and type in new names. No colon is necessary. Eg. To change GST to HST, click on GST:, then type HST and press Enter. The tax description will now read "HST:" To compound one tax on top of another, click Options, then choose which compounding option you want. To calculate taxes-included pricing, click Options, then choose Tax-Inclusive Pricing. Then type in the price you want to sell for, and the program will display the base price before taxes, and the taxes. In cases such as $150 at 8% and 7% taxes, which has a base price of $130.43 which only adds up to $149.99, and $130.44 jumps to $150.01, then the base price will display in red. To paste a tax amount or total into another application, highlight the amount and press CTRL-C. Then switch to your other application, and press CTRL-V. To add up the taxes on more than one item, enter an amount, press the "+" key, and enter another amount. If you make a mistake, use the "-" key to subtract from the total. When you have entered your last item, press Enter. To use the calculator, for instance to add up a subtotal, simply click the calculator button. This calls the Windows Calculator accessory, which is installed by default on any Windows installation. To have the program always stay on top of other Windows applications, choose Options, Always on Top. To save your settings, click on File, Save Settings. Your settings are saved in the file TAXW.DAT. 3. PGP Authenticity Verification ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My PGP key is in the file MARKPGP.ASC, and is also available from the Internet keyservers, or you can e-mail me requesting it. To check that the files have not been altered, run "pgp taxw.sig taxw.exe", then run "pgp taxw.txt". If you don't get a good signature, don't trust the copy you've got, and e-mail me for a good copy. The official distribution is a .ZIP archive called TAXW19.ZIP, which contains MARKPGP.ASC, TAXW.TXT, TAXW.EXE, TAXW.SIG, ORDER.FRM and FILE_ID.DIZ. The latest version of PGP is 2.6.3i, and it is available on the Internet from ftp://ftp.cert.dfn.de/pub/tools/crypt/pgp/pc/dos/pgp263i.zip or from any number of sites around the world, including the Carter Computer Solutions home page at http://www.niagara.com/~mcarter 4. How to Contact Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can be contacted at Carter Computer Solutions (905) 934-1413, or via the Internet at mcarter@niagara.com. To learn more about Carter Computer Solutions, visit our web page at http://www.niagara.com/~mcarter, or download the latest version of the Sales Tax Calculator from http://www.niagara.com/~mcarter/taxw.htm 5. Version History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.0 - 01/31/97 This is the initial release. 1.1 - 04/10/97 Added full tax customization, Save Settings 1.2 - 04/13/97 Added ability to compound one tax on top of the other 1.2a - 04/28/97 Bug-fix release. Free tip: Don't program at 4am. 1.2b - 06/21/97 Corrected a bug in adding together fractions of cents. 1.2c - 07/02/97 Corrected a bug I created fixing the previous bug. :-( 1.3 - 07/15/97 Added Tax-Inclusive Pricing option. 1.4 - 09/06/97 We now accept MasterCard. Switched to .ZIP format, and added minor improvements, updated docs. 1.5 - 12/30/97 Widened the date field to accomodate 4 digit years, fixed a display bug, added ability to copy the tax amounts and total for pasting to another application. 1.6 - 02/28/98 Added Always on Top option, "fast" command line parameter. You can now add and subtract from your total with + and -. 1.7 - 04/14/98 We now accept credit card orders through PSL. 1.8 - 07/04/98 Fast mode is now default. Added "slow" parameter to turn off fast mode. Now using a registration key system. 1.9 - 03/20/99 Speeded tax-included calculations up significantly. Back to the accuracy of "slow" mode, while "fast" mode is now irrelevant. Switches still exist, though. 1.9a - 03/25/99 Speeded up tax-on-tax tax-inclusive calculations. 6. Software License ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOFTWARE LICENSE The shareware copy of this program is free for personal, non-business use. For business, commercial, government, or institutional use, you may use this program for an evaluation period of 30 days, but after that you are required to register if you are going to continue to use it. Refer to the ORDER.FRM file for registration instructions. You may freely copy or distribute TAXW.EXE, TAXW.TXT, MARKPGP.ASC, TAXW.SIG, ORDER.FRM, and FILE_ID.DIZ so long as they are not modified in any way and they are distributed together, and no fee is charged for the program itself. You may not distribute to others registration keys/files for this software. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, translate, disassemble or otherwise modify the program in any way, in whole or in part. The registration fee licenses one copy of the program to be run on one computer at any one time. DISCLAIMER This software is provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if the author or an agent of the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall the author's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. The license agreement and warranty shall be construed, interpreted, and governed by the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada. 7. Business Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The object of this program is to make it a little bit easier for you to do business, saving you time and reducing errors. If you intend to use this program beyond the 30-day evaluation period, please send a check or money order for $15.00 Canadian($11.55 US), along with the registration form below to: Carter Computer Solutions 15 Woodbine Ave. St. Catharines, Ontario L2N 3N1 Canada Credit card orders are also accepted. Go to http://www.niagara.com/~mcarter/taxw.htm and click on the "Order Online" button, or follow the credit card ordering instructions in ORDER.FRM. Internet orders are done via secure encrypted connections. Volume pricing: 1-5 users: $15.00 each ($11.55 US) Additional users: $10.00 each ($7.70 US) Over 100 users: $5.00 each ($3.85 US) I recommend taking e-mail delivery, since that way you'll usually receive your registration key the same day I receive your order. Upon registration, you will be sent a registration key for the program, a receipt for your purchase(unless you choose e-mail delivery), and free support by e-mail. You will also receive notification of new product releases, and free upgrades to future versions of Sales Tax Calculator. Thank you for your support. 8. Registration Form ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please fill out and print out the file ORDER.FRM which is part of the official distribution. It can be conveniently accessed through the Help menu of Sales Tax Calculator. If you do not have a copy of ORDER.FRM, you do not have an official distribution of this program. 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