Discount Calculator

Calculate the sale price after a percentage discount, or find what discount percentage was applied.

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How to use Discount Calculator

Whether you are shopping online, comparing sale prices, or checking if a discount adds up correctly, our Discount Calculator on Diztool gives you the answer in seconds. It works in three modes so you can solve any discount problem. Mode 1 — Find the Sale Price: 1. Enter the original price. 2. Enter the discount percentage. 3. Instantly see the discounted amount saved and the final sale price. Mode 2 — Find the Discount Percentage: 1. Enter the original price. 2. Enter the sale price you are seeing. 3. The tool calculates what percentage off was applied. Use this to verify advertised discounts. Mode 3 — Find the Original Price: 1. Enter the sale price shown. 2. Enter the discount percentage that was applied. 3. The tool works backwards to show the original price before the discount. Discount Formulas: Sale price = Original price x (1 - discount / 100) Discount amount = Original price x (discount / 100) Discount % = (Original price - Sale price) / Original price x 100 Original price = Sale price / (1 - discount / 100) Common Shopping Scenarios: Black Friday deals — A 200 dollar jacket at 30 percent off: savings = 60 dollars, sale price = 140 dollars. Stackable discounts — A 10 percent member discount plus a 15 percent sale are not the same as 25 percent off. They are applied sequentially. On a 100 dollar item: 10 percent off gives 90 dollars, then 15 percent off 90 gives 76.50 dollars — a combined 23.5 percent discount, not 25 percent. Verifying sale prices — Retailers sometimes advertise misleading discounts. Enter the "was" and "now" prices to instantly verify the actual percentage off. Bulk purchase pricing — Calculate whether a bulk price represents the claimed discount percentage. Tax after discount — Discount is typically applied before tax. To find the final price with tax, calculate the discounted price first, then apply your sales tax rate on top.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I calculate 20 percent off a price?

Multiply the original price by 0.20 to get the discount amount, then subtract from the original price. For a 150 dollar item: 150 x 0.20 = 30 dollars off, so the sale price is 120 dollars. Alternatively multiply by 0.80 directly to get the sale price in one step. Our calculator does this instantly for any percentage.

Are two discounts of 10 percent and 20 percent the same as 30 percent off?

No. Stackable discounts are applied sequentially, not added together. On a 100 dollar item: 10 percent off gives 90 dollars, then 20 percent off 90 gives 72 dollars. That is 28 percent total discount, not 30 percent. The order of applying the discounts does not matter — the result is the same either way.

How do I find the original price if I only know the sale price and discount?

Use Mode 3 in this calculator — enter the sale price and the discount percentage, and the tool calculates the original price. The formula is: original price = sale price divided by (1 minus the discount as a decimal). For a 75 dollar item that was 25 percent off: 75 divided by 0.75 equals 100 dollars original price.

Is the discount applied before or after tax?

In most countries discounts are applied to the pre-tax price, and then sales tax is calculated on the discounted price. So a 100 dollar item with 20 percent off becomes 80 dollars, and then tax is added on 80 dollars. However some promotional pricing shows final prices inclusive of tax — check the retailer terms to be sure.

How do I verify if a sale discount is accurate?

Enter the original listed price and the sale price into Mode 2 of this calculator. It will show you the actual percentage off. This is useful for checking whether a retailer inflated the original price before applying the discount, a practice sometimes called a fake sale or reference pricing.

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