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    IF formular with multiple rules

    Hi guys,

    This is a pretty simple formula question, but I can't find the answer anywhere (im probably not searching for the correct key words).

    Im trying to write a formular to work out VAT rates.

    Say A1=Date, B1=Amount, and C1=VAT rate. The formular will be written into C1, and needs to apply the following rules;
    If A1<01/12/08,B1*0.175

    If A1>01/12/08, but<01/10/10, B1*0.15

    If A1>01/01/10, but <04/01/10, B1*0.175

    If A1> 04/01/11, B1*0.20

    I hope this makes sense. I have tried linking the various rules a number of ways but can't find the soloution. It allways seems to give cummaltive VAT rate (so something like .17.5 + .15 say) or gives a 0. I think the problem is I dont know how to write the "but" correctly

    Thanks a lot.

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    Re: IF formular with multiple rules

    Try

    =B1*IF(A1<--"2008-12-01",17.5%,IF(A1<--"2010-01-01",15%,IF(A1<--"2010-04-01",17.5%,20%)))

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    Re: IF formular with multiple rules

    Simplest way is to work from largest to smallest. Then you don't need to use any AND statements (i.e. AND(A1> 1/12/08, A1< 1/10/10))

    =IF(A1>DATEVALUE("4/1/2011"),B1*0.2,IF(A1>DATEVALUE("1/1/2010"),B1*0.175,IF(A1>DATEVALUE("1/12/2008"),B1*0.015,B1*0.175)))
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    Re: IF formular with multiple rules

    thanks for that guys.

    The only one that worked when I copied and pasted it directly into excel was tlafferty's (maybe because it was written in a different format??).

    Anyway, that's good enough for me.

    It's going to save me and my colleauges a lot of time, and prevent the wrong VAT rate being applied on invoices.

    Thank you again.

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    Re: IF formular with multiple rules

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