Retailers saved from penny turmoil as DeSantis signs rounding bill

A Florida Senate bill approved nearly unanimously in the Legislature allows retailers to round cash transactions as pennies disappear.

The U.S. Department of Treasury has done away with the production in pennies.
The U.S. Department of Treasury has done away with the production in pennies.
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As pennies begin to fade into memory, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday that allows retailers in certain cases to round transactions to a nickel.

 

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