Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[sharpie82]

I installed Zen Cart v. 1.3.9h, my host is ipage.com, I am using php v5. I am having a lot of trouble installing the local sales tax mod. Basically it has some folders to upload, so I did that using filezilla. Specifically, I uploaded the "includes" and the "admin" folder to the "zencart" folder. I installed the sql patch. I was able to copy and paste the text and I put a semicolon at the end of it and Zen Cart took it. In the Zen Cart admin page I go to "modules -> order total" and a module called "local sales taxes" shows up, and I installed it. The problem is, when I go to "locations/taxes" there's supposed to be a menu item called "local sales taxes" for me to edit, but there's no "local sales taxes." I've tried everything I can think of, reinstalling the sql patch, I tried installing different versions of the local sales tax mod, (versions 2.5, 2.4, 2.2 and 2.0a), and completely removing the zen cart folder and reinstalling zen cart. Nothing I try will give me that "local sales taxes" category. I've spent so much time on it and it's extremely frustrating. I configured everything else about Zen Cart the way I want it, but I can't for the life of me get this mod working. Please help.

P.S.: I also tried installing the "state sales tax lookup addon" that uses taxcloud and it has the same problem, when I go to "modules -> order total" there are taxcloud modules to install, but there are no new menu items under "locations/taxes." I don't know what the issue is.

[julie.t]

Hello,

A client just sent me this question. Wondering if anyone else knows how to fix it?

"Also, another issue we noticed today was that the email that was sent to a customer that ordered a product did not have the sales tax included on the email. It was correct in the admin area and I’m sure when the person checked out it was correct but the emailed total was not. Do you know if we need to change anything else to get the correct total in the email?"

[SPembleton]

Will Local Sales Tax Mod v2.5 work with Zencart 1.5?

[SPembleton]

I have a test store and database set up, so I backed everything up and tried to install v2.5 on ZenCart v1.5. Local Sales Tax shows up under the Order Total module, but it does not show up under the Locations/Taxes tab. Should I assume that v2.5 does NOT work with ZenCart 1.5?

[slomojojo]

Here's the 2012 Florida discretionary tax rates by zipcode. Changes for 2012:

Alachua is now 6%, so the entire 6.25% bracket can be deleted! Go Gators!!

Liberty changed from 7% to 7.5%

Martin and Seminole county dropped to 6%

[lolwaut]

I'm about to pull my hair out! I just installed this mod and cannot get it to calculate properly. I have attached a screenshot of my checkout screen with the debug option enables. The screenshot explains it all... the local tax is not being applied to shipping (yes, the tax rate option "Apply this tax to shipping charges?" is set to True) AND my total is completely wrong. I have no idea where its getting that number from.

ANY HELP is appreciated. I really need this mod to work.

Thanks!

[lolwaut]

I'm about to pull my hair out! I just installed this mod and cannot get it to calculate properly. I have attached a screenshot of my checkout screen with the debug option enables. The screenshot explains it all... the local tax is not being applied to shipping (yes, the tax rate option "Apply this tax to shipping charges?" is set to True) AND my total is completely wrong. I have no idea where its getting that number from.

ANY HELP is appreciated. I really need this mod to work.

Thanks!

An update to my situation.... I finally got the order total to display correctly. it is actually adding in the shipping tax now and including it in the order total but it is still not reflected on the local tax rate line in checkout... that line only displays the tax of the subtotal.

How I fixed the order total:

i edited includes/modules/order_total/ot_local_sales_taxes.php

i edited this code:

				if($apply_tax_to_shipping){
					  $shipping_tax = zen_calculate_tax($order->info['shipping_cost'], $taxrec['tax']);
					  $order->info['shipping_tax'] += $shipping_tax;

and removed the "+" sign from the last line so it reads as:

$order->info['shipping_tax'] = $shipping_tax;

i hope that + sign wasnt important... all i know is that removing it made my order total correct.

unfortunately, i still cant figure out how to get the shipping tax to be reflected in the local tax rate.

[genochem]

Here's the 2012 Florida discretionary tax rates by zipcode. Changes for 2012:

Alachua is now 6%, so the entire 6.25% bracket can be deleted! Go Gators!!

Liberty changed from 7% to 7.5%

Martin and Seminole county dropped to 6%

Great work, how do you report your tax based on the county the merchandise is delivered? I have broken down Florida by counties, but I am having trouble with the results. It seems to want to calculate tax on every county after the first correct one. Do you have any thoughts?

Sub-Total: $29.97
United States Postal Service (Priority Mail (2 - 3 days)): $5.20
FL-Alachua County: $0.00
FL-Baker County: $0.00
FL-Bay County: $0.00
FL-Bradford County:$0.00
FL-Brevard County:$0.00
FL-Broward County: $1.80
FL-Calhoun County: $1.80
FL-Charlotte County: $1.80
Repeats for each County Defined
….
Total: $170.00

[phendyr]

I am new to Zen Cart, I came to it based on the need to find a local sales tax solution, which brought me here. I've installed zen cart 1.5 and attempted to install this local sales tax mod, but at the point where I'm uploading the sql file, I get a 'failed' error message at the top and nothing else.

Does this not work with 1.5? If not, will it sometime soon?

I appreciate anyone's time to respond.