Configuring Taxes for Canadian Sites/Zones

**s_mack** · 8 Oct 2008, 11:08 PM

uhh... yeah, but it does that if you set it up the recommended way too.

**GG01** · 9 Oct 2008, 12:28 AM

True. I just didn't think it was efficient to do the extra work of setting up the extra tax rates, zone definitions and tax class.

**s_mack** · 9 Oct 2008, 01:27 AM

Well... since "efficient" came up... it would have been a lot more efficient use of time to just set it up that way rather than question it :) And while it is true I can't think of a good reason why it had to be that way, it is proven effective and non-detrimental. To each his own, but if I were setting up a store right now I think I'd go with the full tutorial recommendations.

**GG01** · 9 Oct 2008, 03:26 AM

Isn't that the point of this forum? To help others, as well as ourselves, to better understand and to constantly strive to improve methods and procedures for Zen Cart??

As Albert Einstein said "Any man who reads too much and uses his brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

Over and out.

**s_mack** · 9 Oct 2008, 05:50 AM

Yes yes of course :) I just found the "efficient" statement a bit ironic.

**MarieAndree** · 17 Oct 2008, 11:27 AM

[QUOTE=DrByte;198824]You might find this helpful ... it needs a bit of touching-up, but the basic core is there:
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- Tax Class Title: GST Shipping Class
- Zone: Canada GST Zone
- Tax Rate (%): 5.0000
- Description: 5.0% GST on shipping
- Priority: 1

- Tax Class Title: GST Shipping Class
- Zone: Ontario PST Zone
- Tax Rate (%): 8.0000
- Description: 8.0% PST (shipping)
- Priority: 1

etc.

Except this doesn't work for Quebec. Quebec PST is 7.5% (not 8%) on top of GST.

The final rate is 12,875% (not 13%). Every time I tried, Zen Cart rounded that DOWN to 12%

That is not acceptable, not any more than rounding it up to 13%.

Plus, it is quite a bugger not to be able to show both taxes separately on invoices. It raises tons of questions i can well do without.

Thanks

Marie-Andree

**s_mack** · 17 Oct 2008, 06:21 PM

It doesn't round at all. Do an actual transaction and report the details (and use a relatively large subtotal amount).

**MarieAndree** · 19 Oct 2008, 11:05 PM

I does so round. If I input the actual tax rate for PST on top of GST, that is 12,875%, zencart rounds it DOWN to 12%. If I input 12,88%, same difference. It's only if I iput 12,9% that it behaves ok and takes it.

The problem is, I don't want to have to reconfigure my accounting software just for the sake of zencart....

**s_mack** · 20 Oct 2008, 12:36 AM

So if you have a $1000 item, you're saying it shows the tax as $120.00 instead of $128.75? (don't guess... try it). If so, you're doing something wrong with the setup I think.

Wait a minute... are you INPUTTING a rate of 12.875% (or 12.88 or 12.9)? That's not how you're supposed to do it if that's the case. You're supposed to put the two taxes in separately and let it do the calculation.

- Steven

**matthewr** · 12 Nov 2008, 10:05 PM

Coming in late on this and I am somewhat new to Zen Cart but I noticed in the "My Store" menu, there is a field for "Tax Decimal Places". I have mine set to zero because, as I understand it, "Pad the tax value this amount of decimal places" would suggest rounding. Therefore, if I set it to 1, it would round up. Is this correct or have I been using Excel too long?

If I am correct, this may be MarieAndree's problem. I will test it once I finish setting up my site.

Matthew