Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

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Originally Posted by nesum18

Hello Zenners :)
I was hoping someone can help me here or lead me to a page where the solution might be located.

I have installed this module and it works perfectly, except the local tax is not defined as to what the price is on the 'order total'

I have defined that the local tax be 8%.
I buy $100 worth of stuff and the local sales tax is calculated to be $8.

Great so far, however, (as depicted in the photo) there is nothing that let's the user know what the $8 is they are being charged.
How can I define it to be 'Local Sales Tax' instead of the blank that appears there? I'm really a novice here trying to learn to be a zenner :D

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Any help would be highly appreciated. :cool: thanks

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It Looks like you did not completely setup the "Location / Taxes" selections, the information you point to is from these entries, see attached images.

The overall "Tax Rates" Description field is used on the form where you point.
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If you need to setup "Local Sales Taxes" this next image may help, again the Tax Description field will show on the form in the area you point.
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Originally Posted by potteryhouse

It Looks like you did not completely setup the "Location / Taxes" selections, the information you point to is from these entries, see attached images.

The overall "Tax Rates" Description field is used on the form where you point.
Attachment 14400

If you need to setup "Local Sales Taxes" this next image may help, again the Tax Description field will show on the form in the area you point.
Attachment 14401

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THANK YOU SO MUCH! :) Simple solution: I didn't add the Tax Description...lol:D

Is there anyway to cause this module to recalculate when a coupon is used? This would solve a lot of problems for me if this were to recalculate the taxes when a coupon is entered. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by batracy

Is there anyway to cause this module to recalculate when a coupon is used? This would solve a lot of problems for me if this were to recalculate the taxes when a coupon is entered. Thanks.

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I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've used this, but try changing the Sort Order under Admin>Modules>Order Total

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Originally Posted by jeking

I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've used this, but try changing the Sort Order under Admin>Modules>Order Total

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Do you have a suggestion as to what sort order might work? The state tax recalculates just fine, but the local tax does not. I currently have the local tax (order 310) following the state tax (order 300).

What order is ot_coupon?

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Originally Posted by jeking

What order is ot_coupon?

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It is 280

Ok, I think I'm probably wrong then. I was thinking the coupon was being totaled after the tax, but that's not the case. Hopefully the author will jump in and clarify.

I can certainly make the change necessary to force the recalculation of tax if given some guidance. This is a really big problem for my site and I really need to get a solution soon.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Since there doesn't seem to be any support happening here, I've taken matters into my own hands (a dangerous thing) and hacked three files to support a rather odd but usable method to deal with handling local taxes using the existing "built-in" tax module. If anyone is interested in what I did, send me a message and I'll try to explain it.