Cash register makers seek 1% food tax rate, citing extra time needed for 0% rate

PPaulHoule about 3 hours ago 5 commentsRead Article on japantimes.co.jp

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cromka•36 minutes ago

We all wonder how bad all the future, AI-written code will be, yet we forget how bad majority of the existing software actually already is.

JumpCrisscross•about 3 hours ago

> Whereas a zero-percent tax rate would require building new systems from scratch, a tax rate cut to 1% would only need three to six months for cash register system revisions, according to an industry source.

Wat.

1970-01-01•about 2 hours ago

I'm with you. Why is 0% not valid?

JumpCrisscross•about 1 hour ago

> Why is 0% not valid?

The only things I can think of is these are analog registers or otherwise have hard coded dividing by the sales-tax number.

metalman•about 1 hour ago

0% is valid, but only for the koolaid.