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Jeff Gen

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7% of 4,500.00 dollars sales tax

I need to know how much sales tax I paid on 4,500.00 dolllars

mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

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Re: 7% of 4,500.00 dollars sales tax

$4500 * 7/100 = $315

ie. If the item cost $4500 before tax, then $315 tax would get added and the total price would be $4815.

If the total price was $4500 and you want to know how much of that was sales tax, then it's a bit more complicated. In that case, the tax would be about $294.

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MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: 7% of 4,500.00 dollars sales tax

There is also a Percentage Calculator to help.

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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Re: 7% of 4,500.00 dollars sales tax

If the total price was $4500 and you want to know how much of that was sales tax, then it's a bit more complicated. In that case, the tax would be about $294.

The calculation would be

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Jobin

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Re: 7% of 4,500.00 dollars sales tax

but how do you find the amount of money in the precent