State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies

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15. Did you look closely at the cents that would be rounded up or down?

final price, after taxes, ends in one, two, six or seven cents, payment in cash rounds down

If the price ends in three, four, eight or nine, cash payment rounds up.

While I won't say sales prices always end in a 8 or a 9, I will say I've rarely seen sale prices that end in 2 or 6.

This rounding process is ripe for corruption. Find the most used final number in a sales price, add to that the state/local tax on the item, and you've got a formula for skimming off the top. But then, I'm not "braining" very well today, it seems. Trouble with my eyes and my head is spinning at times.

This just looks like another grift to me...