A furniture store has a sale during which the sale price of the sofa is 1/2 off its original price the original price of the sofa is 1,029.00, a customer can get an additional 5%off discount off the sale price for paying with cash , at checkout a 6.5% sales tax on the final price is added to the cost of the sofa . what is the total cost of the sofa ,including sales tax , for a customer paying with cash ?