Tax Description Repeating

[AllegraGatto]

The tax description I put in for my state, NM Gross Receipts Tax, shows up in the shopping cart as:

NM Gross Receipts Tax + NM Gross Receipts Tax.

I would like it to stop doing that. LOL Ideas?

Allegra

[ScriptJunkie]

Is this a tax that you charge your customers? Like a sales tax? If so, it must show up in the cart for customers required to pay it.

If you don't like what it's called, go back and edit it to change the name. You do this in the admin in the same place you set the tax rate up to begin with. (locations/taxes-->tax rates).

If this is a tax that you have to pay without collecting it from your customers, then you need to set up a tax class such as "non taxable goods" for example, and then use that tax class for your products.

But, I'm not sure I have enough information for this answer to be accurate.

I need to know:

1. Is this a tax that your customers (or some customers) pay?
2. Have you set up any tax classes yet?

[AllegraGatto]

Junkie,

This is the normal sales tax charged to customers who reside in the same state as my store, New Mexico. It's my understanding that I don't have to collect sales tax from customers outside of my own state. In NM, they don't call it a sales tax, they call it a gross receipts tax.

So basically, this description is what I put in for taxable goods for the state of NM. I typed the description of NM Gross Receipts Tax in admin as I was supposed to. I have checked it more than once and the description is only typed once but it still doubles itself in the shopping cart description of the tax charge.

Allegra

[ScriptJunkie]

Hi Allegra,

Ok, I see. I misread the question. You're not wanting to stop it from displaying, you just want to change the way it displays so it doesn't show up twice. Sorry for the confusion.

Please try the following:

1. Set up your Zone screen to look like this:

Zone Name:
New Mexico

Description:
New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax


2. Set up your Tax Class Screen to look like this:

Tax Class Title:
Taxable Goods

Description:
New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax for taxable products


3. Set up your Edit Tax Rate screen to look like this:

Tax Class Title:
Taxable Goods

Zone:
New Mexico

Tax Rate:
x.xxxx (use the NM tax rate reflected in decimals)

Description:
NM Gross Receipts Tax = x.xx% (include a space before and after the = and use the NM tax rate reflected as a percentage)

Priority:
1 (if this is the only tax you charge)


What should show up during check out is:
NM Gross Receipts Tax = x.xx%

Hope this helps