[AccessD] My Excel project...you won't believe this one

It is also standard practice to use a datatype appropriate for currency.  That is why currency data 
types exist.  It is also standard practice in banking to round 1/2 of the numbers up and the other down.

But that is a discussion for another day.

;)

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 12/22/2011 3:42 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> It depends on the situation.
>
> If you are rounding prices to the nearest 10c, accountants don't like accounts that show  :
>
> Item 1  0.60
> Item 2  0.60
> ============
> Total   1.10
>
> If you want the total to equal the sum of all of the line items, you need to round each item
> (using either ROUND() or FORMAT(). and sum the rounded result.   That is standard
> practice in accounting.
>