Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[LadyHLG]

Hey Zenners,
I have uploaded version 2.5 of the local tax mod. When/if it is approved it can be downloaded from the addons section here.

This download will include both a full version and an upgrade, as well as compatibility files for the customer exempt mod.

PLEASE READ THE README FILE INCLUDED WITH THE MOD. I cant stress this enough!!

If you have an urgent need for the mod and can not wait for it to be added to the downloads section, please send me a PM and include an email address where you would like the mod sent to.

Finally, this version had been through limited testing, it does not overwrite any core files but as always back-up things before installing.

Happy New Year!

LadyHLG

[Googlo]

Hello and thank you for providing us with this.
I thought I had to start writing if else statements.

For test purposes I have read the file and followed to steps to create the following for 2 different counties:

Zone
Zone definition
Tax class
Tax rate

The one issue I have is that when I try to add a test product the "Tax Class" list show multiple choices to choose from... or
if I set one tax class all the tax rates are added up making the sales tax double the cost of the goods.

Where can I find complete info on how to set this up so when a customer logs in and wants to buy the goods from their county the correct tax rate is selected automatically?

What steps am I missing?

Thank you for your time.

Ohh and happy New Year!

[Googlo]

Ohh wait I think I figured it out.

It seems to be working now.

I was using a customer account who's address was wrong... I had to edit the address after installing the Mod in order for it to read to correct address and apply the proper sales tax.

Thank you again for everything you have done.
BRAVO!

Happy New Year!

[LadyHLG]

Glad to hear you figured things out.

LadyHLG

[DebraM]

Hi, Lady HLG,
Thank you for all your work.

I was lookin through the addons for your up date and also for the "Customer Exempt' module by Numinix that you mentioned. I stumbled on "State Sales Tax Lookup" by TaxCloud. Went to their Site & to Streamlined because eventually we will want a Service. I think that the states will soon get their acts together & we will have to collect and remit sales tax to them all. We had been looking at Avalara.

Do you know anythin about this TaxCloud Service? Right now we only have NEXUS for Nebraska. We will probablly go with your mod now. But we need to look at the future. Too many jurisdictions not to use a service once we have to collect out of state.

Thank you again.

Debra

[LadyHLG]

Hi Debra,
I only recently found out about the Tax Cloud myself. I haven't had the time to investigate it much, but it looks very promising. I too had looked at Avalara quite some time ago, but the cost was ridiculous for a small business. I can only hope that Tax Cloud remains free or low cost otherwise it will be just like Avalara.
Ultimately, it would be nice if my mod became obsolete and everyone could move over to the Tax Cloud method.
My suggestion is to really take a look through their site and maybe set up a test site and try out the mod and see how it works.

If you do, drop us a note and let us know how it goes.

Good Luck,

LadyHLG

[Taxcloud]

Hello everyone.

I thought I would post a reply here since I have just recently completed an integration of TaxCloud into Zen Cart. The integration is installed as a "module" and configured through the admin console.

We are working on integrations with popular shopping carts to make it easier for people to get started using our free services. I still need to create an official post making this available to everyone but I thought I would give you a "heads up" here since there was some interest.

More info can be found here: http://dev.taxcloud.net/

Let me know if you have any questions.

[supersnow]

Thanks LadyHLG for all your work. It works great on 1.3.9h and the version you sent me works great with dual pricing too! You are the best!!

[CMJohn]

Just downloaded the latest version of Zencart and need some tax help...

in KS we have to collect sales tax based on the city. I downloaded this Local Sales Tax mod, installed it, and started to enter a couple of cities and their tax rate.

The problem is, for every entry I have in the Local Sales Tax I get an output entry when checking out AND it will duplicate the tax value of the correct tax.

Example:
I currently have 3 local tax rates setup (one for three different cities) Leawood, Abbyville, and Abilene.
Item costs $10
I have my shipping address set to Leawood (city).
At checkout I get:
Sub-Total: $10
Per Item (Best Way): $2.50
Leawood Sales Tax: $0.90
Abilene Sales Tax: $0.90
Abbyville Sales Tax: $0.90
Total: $15.21

If I change the shipping address to Abilene then Leawood Sales Tax shows $0 but both Abilene and Abbyville are filled in with the abilene tax rate.

What am I missing?

With billing and shipping set to Abilene here is the debug output...
Taxing based on: Shipping
Taxing For Zone: 26
Local Tax For: Leawood
Total Tax =

test product - 10
Abilene Sales Tax - 0.815 @ 8.15
10.815
Abilene Sales TaxTotal Tax = 0.815

Abilene Sales TaxTotal Tax = 0.815

And the checkout looks like this:
Sub-Total: $10.00
Per Item (Best Way): $2.50
Leawood Sales Tax: $0.00
Abilene Sales Tax: $0.82
Abbyville Sales Tax: $0.82

Total: $14.13

If I'm entering 798 city tax rates I can't possibly have all 798 of them listed during checkout, let alone applying the incorrect tax. Hope I just missed something simple.

I read the readme file and everything else I could find. I'm lost.

thanks

[supersnow]

I set mine up on a county level then if you have to collect an additional for a particular city then you would set the city tax on its own. So for me I have Los Angeles county so I chose zipcode as the basis for the sales tax then in the delimited list I put something like this (this is only a fraction of the zipcode but you get the idea):

90001;90002;90003;90004;90005;90006;90007;90008;90009;90010;90011;90012;90013;90 014;90015;90016;90017;90018;90019;90020;90021;90022;90023;90024;90025;90026;9002 7;90028;90029;90030;90031;90032;90033;90034;90035;

Then I put the county tax rate of 1.50

If you have to collect an addition amount for a particular city then you would set this particular city as its own - but make sure the zipcodes for this city is in the county level too! That way they add together to get the correct amount.

So then it would display the county tax then under it would be the city tax.

This worked for me!

Hope this helps.