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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1074925, member: 11521"]That is why I included the word 'potentially'. (That was to address those examples where the total bill did not include a penalty (e.g., $100) and where the math worked out where the penalty on a larger bill happened to be less than the penalty on a smaller bill.)  Apparently you missed the gist of my post. I understand the 'penalty' on a bill of $1.01 is the same as the 'penalty' of a bill of $51.01. (There is no penalty on a bill of $1 or $51 because the total of the bill is a whole dollar amount and, hence, there is no need to round up to the next dollar to avoid dealing in change.)  My point was that the penalty on a bill of $1.01 is a greater percentage of the amount owed than the penalty on bill of $51.01. (The penalty on the former is 98.02% whereas the penalty on the latter is 1.94%.) I hope I have cleared up any unintended confusion.[/QUOTE]