In news:5729f6c04d% snipped-for-privacy@btconnect.com, beamendsltd blithered:
The plan was for to do it in yer head!!!
My 7 times table and 4 & 2 times tables is a tad better than my 1.175 times table. I can manage to calculate the VAT due without recourse to a calculator or computer, although I will occasionally use a bit of pencil and paper when the numbers get long.
Looking at your seuggestion there Richard and I beg to differ, with that you get the VAT free amount, not the VAT, If I'm doing that sum in my head I subtract
15% which I can usually figure without recourse to mechanical addidtance. That is not exact but you'll be hard pushed to find the error.