UK VAT Number

[Congerman]

Hi, I have been looking around my admin ( not sure if I have gone admin blind or not ) But for the life of me I can't see where to enter my vat number. Anyone know the answer?

[DrByte]

You could enter it as part of your Tax Rate's description in Admin->Locations/Taxes->Tax Rates

[Congerman]

Thanks for that, but surely a shopping cart like zen must have the facility to enter your tax number so as it appears on invoices. Or is there a way to edit the invoice so as it shows?

[aussiesapphire]

I agree that this would be nice to be able to add separately and display on invoices - maybe a very small request for the next version ??

In Australia, we have to display our ABN number on invoices for GST purposes - I got around it by adding it to my shop address. Not as good as having a separate spot for it in admin for it but the tax rules just say it has to be there so works ok for me.

cheers
Leah

[DrByte]

When you add it as part of your tax description, it displays directly on your invoice directly beside the tax amount. That's the simplest and most efficient way to handle it.

If you want to customize the code to display a tax number elsewhere on all the different pages where tax amounts are shown, you're certainly welcome to do that. But it's a lot more work than using the option already there.

[Congerman]

Many thanks for the answers, Will add it as sugested.

[aussiesapphire]

I just tried this and something has not worked for some reason.

I have edited the invoice.php (override) so that the tax column is headed GST instead of Tax and I have edited the Invoice Number to include the word Tax in front of it (a tax office rule) - nothing else. This new store will have Australian customers only so there will be no sales where GST is not applied.

On a test order I get this:

Total (ex) Total (inc)
$230.00 $253.00
Sub-Total: $253.00
Zones Table Rate (1 x 6.00kg) (Best Way): $13.20
GST (10%) + GST (10%): $24.20
Total: $266.20

Any idea why the GST (10%) part is repeating - even though it is calculating correctly, it looks like it is being added twice (it isnt) which I think might be confusing.

I have tried editing the tax description as you suggest but what I enter in there is not being displayed in my invoice. Any suggestions on this ??

However, for Australia, your suggestion is maybe not so good as businesses will have an ABN number but not be registered for the GST. A tax invoice needs to show GST being collected (if applicable) and the ABN number. I prefer this to be near my store address so my work-around solution works best for me rather than having it near the tax calculations within the invoice. It would be easier to have it as a separate display setting (on/off set in admin) hence my suggestion as it is involved with tax but not exactly IS tax IYKWIM.

cheers
Leah

(new store not live)

[aussiesapphire]

SORRY - cancel my previous message. Looked at old test order by mistake!!

Your suggestion did work but it does not do what I want so back to my work-around solution as this displays better for me.

BUT - the repeating tax problem is an issue!!

To calculate 10% GST, I need to have my tax set at 5% because it IS adding it twice. Have no idea why. I remember now that I had to set it up this way to get the tax to calculate correctly.

Suggestions gratefully received on this.

cheers
Leah

[aussiesapphire]

Did some more searching and solved the problem:

this post put me on the right track
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135737

For me, it was the zones not set up properly. Then realised I only had one of my zones configured for tax (I had one zone for GST that I thought was set to all sub-zones but what I was supposed to do was set up the tax rates separately for each sub zone). When I went through these properly, it worked correctly.

When I set this up, I went through the tutorial really carefully but this stuff is really tricky to get right.

cheers
Leah

Sorry to Congerman for hijacking the thread - sure Dr Byte's suggestion will work for you even though it wasnt the best option for me.

[Congerman]

No worries, In my case the simply getting the vat number in there was enough, I made it part of the store address. Sorted the vat to show on all invoices, not sure how though lots of trial and error with zones and zone rates.