- North Carolina retailers are rounding cash transactions due to a penny shortage after the U.S. Mint stopped penny production.
- Two rounding methods are used: symmetrical rounding (up or down to the nearest five cents) and rounding down to the nearest five cents.
- Sales and use tax must be calculated before rounding; rounding does not affect the tax due or the reported sales price/gross receipts.
- The guidance applies only to cash transactions and does not affect non-cash payments or exact change.
- Retailers must keep records of rounding practices and may update point-of-sale systems to document these transactions.
Source: salestaxinstitute.com
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