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Re: Tohands – Smart calculator for small businesses

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Post by detourdog »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #46
detourdog wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USA, no idea what a GST is or it's requirements.

Gst is indirect sales tax on goods and services. Indian gst is modelled after Canadian gst/hst if you know that.

I think I know it as simply sales tax and some USA states have it and some don't.

Thank you.

Re: Tohands – Smart calculator for small businesses

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Post by danielfoster »

santhoshr wrote: post #37

I think this is a ridiculously brilliant idea. It's probably hard for Americans and folks in the West to imagine why this is a big deal. There are millions of vendors who basically dominate India's retail market, which is probably one of the largest unorganized corners of the global economy with the world's largest population. There have been tons of efforts and a significant amount of VC funding to digitize unorgani…

India's informal "shadow" economy makes up nearly 40% of GDP. There are clear advantages to maintaining proper books, such as improved planning and better access to credit. But do you think the smaller merchants this tool is designed to help will want to move into the formal economy and accept the responsibilities-- namely higher taxes-- that go alongside this? Or is tax evasion generally not an issue among smaller merchants in India?

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Post by elicash »

jannes wrote: post #6
tralarpa wrote: post #5

[Serious] Can you not just connect a physical numpad to your phone and use the phone screen as display?

I think you could, but you wouldn't leave your phone in the shop for other employees to use. You would have to buy a dedicated phone for the purpose... At that point you can also buy a dedicated calculator instead.

Many people have an old phone they could wipe, however. Even a brand new phone for this purpose would be cheaper than this smart device.

Still very cool and there are UX benefits to this device.

Re: Tohands – Smart calculator for small businesses

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Post by hackdads »

xpe wrote: post #16

Seems to me most of today's "calculators" are either (a) dinosaurs of the past or (b) what used to be called a supercomputer. Lately, I've gotten interested in the less unexplored middle ground!

you might enjoy Swiss Micros take on old HP classics. DM42 and DM32 are lots of fun!
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