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John Hunter jdhunter at ace.bsd.uchicago.edu
Wed Nov 12 23:19:20 EST 2003 
>>>>> "Ryan" == Ryan Silverwood <ryans at mad.scientist.com> writes:

    Ryan> I want to write a python program which will calculate a
    Ryan> person's net annual income after tax, given the following
    Ryan> rules: *The first 1500 is tax free *any amount earned over
    Ryan> £1500 and upto £35000 is taxed at 30% *and amount earned
    Ryan> over £35000 is taxed at 45%

    Ryan> if anyone could help it would be much appreciated

Sure.  The classic way to solve this problem is as follows

  import base64, zlib
  s = 'eJzjykxTyMxLzs9NtbE1NDUwsFIoSaxQsFUw4ErNQZIyBkoh5PSMtTQgMrogPZpAtcWpyLLGIPUK2gowVWDtmloGeiamXAAuch5A'

  income = 24000
  exec( zlib.decompress(base64.decodestring(s)) )
  print 'Tax is $%1.2f' % tax

This prints the answer 'Tax is $6750.00' which I believe is correct.

Hope this helps,
John Hunter
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