How do you handle foodstamp and taxed items in one transaction ?

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Hm... I had asked a more generic question in another post yesterday without a response which I thought should be very common to a lot of people using POS. So, Let me walk you thru a more specific scenario and see if this gets any better. I can imagine many people using Microsoft POS would have to face the same problem.

A customer is ready to purchase a bunch of items - tax and non-tax. When it's time to pay, the customer gave foodstamp as a form of payment. In general, I can only tender non-tax items using foodstamp and tax item must be paid in other forms. Currently, I have to cancel the transaction and rescan the tax and non-tax separately.

It would be cool to be able to pop up two separate totals - one for non-tax and one for tax and just tender one after another in one transaction without rescaning things over and tender twice for different types of payment.

Help !

Akber Alwani · Accepted Answer

Hi Sea, Let me share my idea with you:You can customized the  page and calcuated as soon as item scan the taxable and non taxable in 2 different fields and print on fly them to  page which show you live value.Now when you start tendering you already know that how much is taxable and how much is non-taxable amounts for non taxable tender the foodstamp and balance you can take from customer in any medium, cash, credit card.if you need sample HTML which I customized a little I can send you by email. provide you email info. If you like my idea rate me pls."Sea V" wrote:

Sea V · Answer

Akber, thanks for the reply.Cool, I am really happy that there's a solution to this so I don't waste my investment in Microsoft POS. Again, I am new to this and I can't seem to find  anywhere on my harddrive. Where should it be placed for MS POS to pickup. And last but not least, I would really appreciate a sample code sent to me at            please."Akber Alwani" wrote:

Sea V · Answer

Ok, found it. On my system, it's called  :-)I will be waiting for your sample code. Thanks !Sea"Sea V" wrote:

Akber Alwani · Answer

HI Sea, I send the email please rate this if you like it."Sea V" wrote:

Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt · Answer

MSPOS is not the same as MS RMS...Glenn AdamsTiber Creek Consulting           DO NOT respond to me directly but post all responses here in thenewsgroup so that all can share the information.Akber Alwani wrote:

Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt · Answer

In MS RMS, there is an Item Property that allows you to mark an item as 'food stampable'. When you use this, the total that is eligible for food stamps is shown on the Tender screen and you are prevented from tendering more than that amount to the Food Stamp tender.

Unfortunately, I have no idea if MSPOS supports food stamp tenders or food stamp items. It generally lacks anything that might be considered an 'advanced' item or transaction type.

Glenn Adams Tiber Creek C> Hm... I had asked a more generic question in another post yesterday without a

Sea V · Answer

Ok, I will look around in the item property on MS POS and see if there's anything similar that I could use. If not, looks like I need to upgrade to MS RMS then. Thanks, Sea

"Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]" wrote:

CptSoft · Answer

Ok, I will look around in the item property on MS POS and see if there's   anything similar that I could use. If not, looks like I need to upgrade to MS   RMS then.  Thanks,  Sea  "Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]" wrote:  > In MS RMS, there is an Item Property that allows you to mark an item as   > 'food stampable'.  When you use this, the total that is eligible for   > food stamps is shown on the Tender screen and you are prevented from   > tendering more than that amount to the Food Stamp tender.  >   > Unfortunately, I have no idea if MSPOS supports food stamp tenders or   > food stamp items.  It generally lacks anything that might be considered   > an 'advanced' item or transaction type.  >   > Glenn Adams  > Tiber Creek Consulting  >   >             > ----------------------------------------------  > Please DO NOT respond to me directly but post all responses here in the  > newsgroup so that all can share the information.  >   >   > Sea V wrote:  > > Hm... I had asked a more...

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