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It depends, if the discount is a percentage such as 10% or 5% off, then it won't make a difference. For example, a meal at a restaurant costs $10. Tax is 5%. You use a 10% coupon. If you do tax first, it becomes $10.50. Take 10% off and it becomes $9.45. If you do the discount first, you take 10% off of 10 and it becomes $9. You then add the 5% tax and the total is $9.45 again. Now, if the discount is something like $3 off or $10 off, then it will matter. You have to take the discount off first or the tax becomes messed up. Using the same example again, your meal costs $10. Your tax is still 5%. Except this time, you have a $2 off coupon not a 10% off coupon. If you take the tax first, your total becomes $10.50. You then subtract the $2 and it becomes $8.50. If you take the discount first, then meal becomes $8. You add the 5% tax to the $8 and it becomes $8.40. So even though the difference is pretty small, there is still is a difference.

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