>>Hi everybody,
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>>I have a field Commission paid in the table. For my report I also re-calculate commissions based on category. I use currency fields for commissions and I round the numbers by 2. Now the total commissions paid (which is near 10K) doesn't match the sum of totals commissions by category by $5.
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>>I'm wondering, should I try to not round my commissions in the calculations? The total commission paid field is Numeric (11,2).
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>>What do you think about this problem?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>>UPDATE. Without the round the difference is only in the last digits (cents portion), so I lost $5 somehow in my calculations...
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>Do rounding only at the end. Do any multiplication before division (each time you divide, unless pure even numbers, you can get a rounding error, compounded if several - so best just do once at end)
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>You were short $5? Out of how much?
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>Thought of taking up accountancy as a career? ..... Don't! :-)

Out of 10K. E.g I have total commissions paid 9,819.20 and sum by categories gives me 9,824.07