Totals at top of page

At the top of the page is a total that is a hyperlink to the shopping cart. It seems to show the total of the unit prices of the items in the cart PLUS sales tax. Is there any way to make that only show the total of the unit prices of the items and NO tax in that area?

Sure, you need to edit the file 'cart' of the view 'product' via the menu Display->Views and add the line below near the beginning:

$this->params->set('price_with_tax',0);