[ignite]

> A shocking number of people ... are unaware of how many decimal points of accuracy their local tax code requires to calculate

A shocking number of people who create tax codes have no idea how many decimal places they are using.

It's probably better now, but I recall having to reverse engineer the tax tables to figure out how many decimal points of accuracy were used, and what rounding rules were used, so we could match their numbers.

These numbers would change from year to year, with no change in the underlying tax codes.

[vidarh]

I always hated tables. At least when I last had to implement UK VAT rules the rules were very precisely defined. But I've had to deal with stupid tables implementing rules they couldn't be bothered to spell out before. Yikes.