Unfortunately your formula did not work. I should have been more specific.
First, I am using MS Excel 2007. The Information follows:

I have total shares in cell G2. I have total cost of purchase in cell V2.
The standard commission is $7.00, but if I multiply the total cost of
purchase by 5% and it exceeds the $7.00, then the commission is $7.00 plus
$0.005 per share after the intial 1000 shares.

"Don Guillett" wrote:

One way
=MAX(7,7+IF(G31000,(G3-1000)*0.005))

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m wrote in message
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I have develped a spreadsheet to assist me in my stock trading. I have one
column that I need to set up to calculate the commission rate. It took me
a
couple of years to get the basic calculations information figured out back
in
1998 and it has helped me a great deal when used on all my accounts. But,
I
still lack the expertise in some calculation functions. I would greatly
appreciate anyones assistance. Given information follows:

Commision rate is equal to $7.00. If though by multiplying 5% of the total
price, that figure exceeds the $7.00 standard rate, then additional
commission is $0.005 per share that exceeds 1000 shares.