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Formula help in a circular reference

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Rayasiom - 18 Sep 2007 17:18 GMT
Hi,
I need help to create a formula:

Invoice Amount: ( 10,000.00)
Less Fee: x
Less Insurance: ( 136.32)
Less Gross Pay: ( 1,500.00) [tax 211.79 & other 117.15 = Nett 1,171.06]

Equals Balance remaining: y
less 5% fees: y*0.05
Equals : z

Nett Salary + z should equal 82% of Invoice Amount

I need help in creating a formula for the x Fee, but as it is part of a
formula that creates y and z, a circular reference is created.

Thanks.
joeu2004 - 18 Sep 2007 17:46 GMT
On Sep 18, 9:18 am, Rayasiom <Rayas...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Invoice Amount: ( 10,000.00)
> Less Fee: x
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>
> I need help in creating a formula for the x Fee

Start at the end and work backwards.

z = round( 82%*(invoice amount) - (net salary), 2)

y = round( z/(1-5%), 2)

x = (invoice amount) - insurance - (gross pay) - y

5% fees on y is best computed as y-z to minimize rounding error.  But
as a check, you might compute 5%*y on the side.

Also as a check, you might compute (invoice amount)-fee(x)-insurance-
(gross pay) on the side.
Rayasiom - 19 Sep 2007 10:00 GMT
Genius!!

> On Sep 18, 9:18 am, Rayasiom <Rayas...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> Also as a check, you might compute (invoice amount)-fee(x)-insurance-
> (gross pay) on the side.
 
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