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So essentially you're saying everything's correct but its just not displaying exactly how YOU figure it should in YOUR situation, right?

I personally disagree that its confusing, except perhaps to...

Yeesh... I didn't know that. Crazy how a Canadian business can be entirely unaware of something like that for almost a 3rd of a year, and only find out about it because of some Internet forum post.

Follow the instructions posted at the beginning and throughout this thread. You clearly did not.

Yes, adjusting the price is the appropriate way to go. Collecting a tax on any part of your sale without having registered would be a big mistake.

You're going to get yourself into trouble if you start playing the "collect on some but not on others" games. If you're collecting tax then collect tax. If you're not, then don't. I can't see any...

I don't think that's the correct way to look at it either. For (most) all intents and purposes, there is no "BC portion". Of course there could be some exceptions in some particular...

it doesn't work like that... you charge them the HST just like you would have charged them GST before. To be clear... say it was BC. You previously charged them 5% GST but did not charge them the...

As well, the only thing "wrong" about it that I can see is that it doesn't correctly deal with NS. Provincial taxes can change at any time, and the "correct" way of doing it is covered later in the...

agreed 100%. I bet we could reduce our taxes by half and get double the services if we could make things perfectly efficient. I would run for PM. If I take my wife's last name I'd be Steven...

Isn't it nuts that we reasonably intelligent business owners somehow didn't know this? If it were just me, I'd figure I somehow had my head in the sand and missed something in the mail... but as it...

Yep, you're right. Confirmed with my accountant WHO ALSO DIDN'T KNOW until today (a day AFTER the change) about NS!!

So its just NS that was raised to 15%?? Yeesh, why do they make this so confusing, and WHY don't they send this info out to GST registrants??? I heard NOTHING of an HST change for NS until I read...

While not a difinitive source, check out http://sbinfocanada.about.com/ where it states:

*edit*: that info is backed up by a passage found on TaxTips.ca as well.

I'm pretty sure ON stores...

Sure, but then why have we all been collecting HST from Atlantic provinces for all these years, right?

From what I've read from the BC side of things... there is no "exempt from the provincial...

DrB... in your updated first post, why are there 7 and not 8 rates? Why would an Ontario merchant not charge HST on shipping to BC now that both provinces use the harmonized tax?

I do wonder though... should we be adjusting existing tax definitions? Or should we be adding new ones and stop using the old ones? The reason would be (I guess) for historical paper trail.

It should be fairly straight forward. I'm in BC so I'll use myself as an example.

First Step: Locations / Taxes --> Zone Definitions
Currently I have BC PST Zone [PST (only when shipping to...

Just follow the examples, substituting Alberta and its taxes wherever you see Ontario. Yes you charge HST for any province that collects it - currently only Atlantic provinces, but starting sometime...

Yes, all possible. I don't think any are easy in terms of doing it by manipulating settings. You would have to customize the code. Its not a bad idea for a contribution actually. For my store I...

How can we possibly help? you haven't posted any details whatsoever.

You obviously do not have everything setup as mentioned, or you've changed some default settings without understanding what...

You're correct. No PST for Ontario.

That is... until next year, when the HST in Ontario (and probably BC) comes into effect. Presuming its the same as for the Atlantic provinces that already...

You're very welcome. Good job on figuring it out!

You said it :)

I wish you the best of luck resolving your problem. Unfortunately I can't go any further (see PM I sent).

- Steven

I tried a variety of products... I figured clothing was tax exempt (that's the above example). I also tried one with something (seat of some sort) that was charged PST as well (from ON address) and...

I just set up a fake account and tested and it showed correctly for me.




That's with a fake ON address. I also tried BC address and it worked fine too. Also tried store pickup and still did...

Ok, then back to your first example where you said you had the problem... what in that, if any is tax exempt? Impossible to help without complete info :)

I'm presuming it is all tax exempt? ...

No, this isn't correct.

On a sale of $25.85 you should be charging:

sub: $25.85
PST: $2.07
GST: $1.29
total: $29.21

What is that last one for? You should have only 6

Its unlikely its a mod. userCurrency (my mod) doesn't touch tax calculations at all... simply determines which currency the user is using and stores that to DB. The others have nothing to do with...

Honestly, in the time it takes to figure out and implement an export/import strategy you'd probably have it done manually twice over :)

I could very well be wrong. Someone can probably whip up an...

Yes, exactly. Easier said than done :) But that is right. I would recommend FedEx over UPS (and certainly over DHL - easily the worst company on this planet) but they are more expensive. You'll...

Ok, sorry. You're right - if your business is registered in Ontario and you have a GST number then it doesn't matter where you personally are located. Since you already have a GST number you MUST...

Simple. If you are in Germany YOU DO NOT COLLECT ANY TAXES FROM CANADIANS!!! Or Americans. No tax at all, period.

And that $30K rule is as follows: You can CHOOSE not to collect or remit any...

Unless you're meaning this: you are a Canadian and you are selling goods to Canadians, but you don't actually have those goods and instead they are being drop-shipped from America? If that's what...

Yeah, no kidding. If you are an american (and that is the only way that statement made sense) then of course you do not charge a Canadian any tax at all.

Tax collection 101: You collect tax on...

Hmmm.... that's a good question/point. I don't recall doing anything with that (or even seeing it) so I would suggest that you leave it at whatever the default is as it was probably implemented for...

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......

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

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

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...

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

I'm guessing you're right, just based on the fact you get the correct calculation with that turned off. My first thought was you had the tax class wrong for "other" products, but then it would...

Follow them again I guess.

Be careful, go step by step. If you're confused on a step... ask. But just posting that its not working gives us ZERO info to go on.

- Steven

Yeah, I'm using 1.3.7 on the store that I checked on. How'd you fix it Dr. B? Does it now go by the store's location? Just curious.

John, you probably should upgrade to the latest version. I...

This forum's notification system has always frustrated me. I'm subscribed to this forum so I can help out, and I didn't get any notifications until sn_tobin's last email above. That's 6 posts since...

Here's a source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_Canada

As you can see, only Quebec and PEI compound taxes. The rest are calculated independently.

Granted, that's wikipedia and...

You are 100% incorrect Indicana. Check with an accountant.

We do NOT tax taxes in (most of*) Canada! The 5% and 8% are calculated independently, not compounded as you have it. You have been...

priorities don't really apply in Canada because we don't tax taxes. So set them all to 1. Taxes are applied independently in this country. In some countries, you add one tax to the amount, and...

Your situation is more complex, but still doable. You'll have to set up extra tax classes I think. When I have more time I'll think carefully about how you need to do it. Maybe DrByte can answer -...

Umm... you're wrong, its right. $157.07 is absolutely correct. $139 * 1.13 = $157.07

Not sure how you're doing your math, but its wrong. Oh, Actually I see... you are taxing a tax. You do NOT...