That isn’t the specific problem. The problem is that you need a way to make up the difference between them. Example: If someone pays $1.00 for something that costs $0.35, how do you make change without a .05 denomination?
When I was implementing penny-rounding for Canada in Point-of-Sale software, I was told we were legally required to round in a specific way.
I would imagine the U.S. probably will do something similar. Tho, we might follow the model of some of the other countries that have eliminated their pennies. Executive orders are a poor way to cover all the knock-on issues that some with eliminating the penny.
As long as there’s no collusion it should generally even out with random purchases. Unless you constantly buy the same order every day that ends in 3 cents and rounds up you might pay like $5 more every year.
That isn’t the specific problem. The problem is that you need a way to make up the difference between them. Example: If someone pays $1.00 for something that costs $0.35, how do you make change without a .05 denomination?
It’s the same issue with the penny, you round up or round down.
If you have no penny, when taxes on your item make the total equal to $5.03, you pay $5.05. if the total is $5.02 you pay $5.00.
Businesses will round up in both cases
When I was implementing penny-rounding for Canada in Point-of-Sale software, I was told we were legally required to round in a specific way.
I would imagine the U.S. probably will do something similar. Tho, we might follow the model of some of the other countries that have eliminated their pennies. Executive orders are a poor way to cover all the knock-on issues that some with eliminating the penny.
Turn the dime into 12.5 cents.
Bring back the bit!
The more I think about it, the more I like it:
* I think just the spelling of eighth will spin eurotrash into a tizzy
🎶Shave and haircut, two bits🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8leYVnk6Gw
The problem with this proposal is that it could start circulating on Xitter and then become actual policy
Sure, but the rounding errors become a lot bigger if you get rid of the nickel.
As long as there’s no collusion it should generally even out with random purchases. Unless you constantly buy the same order every day that ends in 3 cents and rounds up you might pay like $5 more every year.