Restore the old "t" to add sales tax to an item (Q Mac)
When a transaction is split into multiple categories, it would be nice if the AMOUNT of each split could easily be increased by the state sales tax amount. Quicken used to do this years ago: when the cursor is in an amount field, you could press the "t" key and it would add your preset sales tax to that field.
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—press the "t" key and it automatically changes the amount to $10.50, if in a setting you set your sales tax to 5%.
This is useful when you buy things in different categories on one receipt, and want to know your actual net cost.
I'm NOT proposing that this keeps a record of sales tax, and NOT proposing more than one percentage of tax (e.g., city, liquor, etc.)—you just enter your percentage into a setting like it's a QuickFill.
When Quicken used to do this I found it handier than the present method of having to use the calculator in the amount field and multiplying every entry by "1.05", for example.
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Looking forward to it!
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Yes, many of us longtime Quicken Mac users have been waiting for this for a long time! The previous Mac product manager said he had it scheduled to be implemented several years ago, and something derailed the person who was going to code it. Unfortunately, it's been on the back burner for years now. I feel confident it will come eventually, but with all the significant features the developers marked as "Planned" last year, I'm not holding my breath that the next-generation QuickMath is coming soon. But I eagerly open each new release hoping… 🤣
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@Ricko
I am one of the folks anxiously awaiting return of QuickMath from the QMac2007 days.
I would very much appreciate it if you would post how you employ KM to accomplish applying the tax multipliers to get the total cost of each item in a split list.
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I’ve waited this long, I’m going to hold out and hope the developers come through at some point (2025?) with something like the old QuickMath. I considered Rick’s suggestion for Keyboard Maestro, but I concluded I just don’t have enough needs in my computer use these days for a robust utility like that.
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@RickO I've defintiely thought about it before based on your recommendations. I used to use some similar utility which would record macros base don screen position or a variety of other factors way back in the early (pre-OS X) days of the Classic Mac OS; I can't even remember the name. I would probably find some uses for it, but since I'm now retired and use fewer programs, it's just something I don't think I need. I've tried to be aware if there was some keyboard shortcut I've wished for in other programs, but the macOS assignment of menu commands to keyboard shortcuts has handled anything I've wanted — except for Quicken, where I want to apply sales taxes with a keystone and select an account with a keystroke. I'll just keep whining at the developers for those features! 🤣
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@RickO Ah, yes, QuicKeys it was! And yes, some of the tricks it tried to do were clunky, but it was pretty cool little tool back in those earlier days of Mac OS.
The Idea post for this seems to be in "Under Consideration" limbo. I'm still not sure the developers either understand the desire for selecting accounts from the keyboard, or understand they only have to build part of it if they just created an accounts list in a menu and left it to users to create their own keyboard shortcuts in macOS keyboard Settings.
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@Ricko
Bless You!
Your KM solution now works perfectly for me. I must confess that I had previously tried to use KM (without any prior experience with the app) but was unsuccessful. For my two most commonly used counties with different tax rates, I have configured the triggers to be the simultaneous selection of 3 keys which are all immediately adjacent to each other and are easily pressed with one hand (option-command-x and option-command-y). In fact, the KM method is as easy to use as was the QMac2007 QuickMath method.
Thanks again for sharing!!
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