type 0.05 and format as currency, I don't see any purpose doing this
though, if you want the amount of sales tax just multiply with 5% =A1*5%
or =A1*(1+5%) for total price and format result as currency
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"Anita" <Anita@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way in Excel to change percentages, i.e. sales tax [ex. 5%], to
> the currency equivalation of the sales tax?
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> Anita R.
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