SplitTaxLines mod support thread

[MsHutch]

Hi Alan,

Just a little more information on the above error. It occurs on the paypal site when I click the PAY button. The address bar is displaying https://www.bayviewengraving.ca/inde...eckout_success. I'm not sure that will help in determining the problem or not, but???

[MB1]

INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, last_modified, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Show Split Tax Lines', 'DISPLAY_SPLIT_TAX_LINES', 'true', 'Display each tax on a separate line during checkout and on invoices.', 1, 21, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(''true'', ''false''), ');

how would i change this file to remove from database

thank you
Mike

[alanhigg]

Hi Alan,

The actual error I get is

PHP Fatal error:  Unsupported operand types in /home/hutch5/public_html/bayviewlaserengraving/includes/functions/functions_taxes.php on line 176

This occurs at the final stage of checkout. Everything works great when other payment methods are used, like check/money order.

Hi Colleen,
I don't have a solution for you yet - since I don't use paypal express, I can't test this myself easily. Hopefully you can help me narrow down the problem.

I'll get back to you shortly with some suggestions - hopefully we can sort this out soon!

Alan

[alanhigg]

INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, last_modified, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Show Split Tax Lines', 'DISPLAY_SPLIT_TAX_LINES', 'true', 'Display each tax on a separate line during checkout and on invoices.', 1, 21, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(''true'', ''false''), ');

how would i change this file to remove from database

thank you
Mike

Hi Mike,
If you are not using SplitTaxlines at all any more, it is safe to totally remove the entry. If you have phpmyadmin or something similar, you should be able to use the web interface to remove the entry in the database.

If you would rather remove the entry manually using standard SQL, something like:

DELETE FROM configuration
WHERE  configuration_key = 'DISPLAY_SPLIT_TAX_LINES'
LIMIT 1;

should do the trick.

Please backup your database completely before you make any changes to it!

Hope this helps,
Alan

[colour97]

need help . trying every effort and still cannot show gst and pst individually.

i think i have installed splittaxline correctly because admin/mystore , i got this setting.

in product this is only i tax class option i can choose. as a result, the checkout only shows 1 tax.

need help to advise which config i am missing .

on module/ shipping setting, i think i have installed canada post succesfully.
this is the same case, only 1 tax class.

pleae teach and advise which config i forget to set.

thank you very much.

[alanhigg]

in product this is only i tax class option i can choose. as a result, the checkout only shows 1 tax.

Hi Colour97, can you give us a little bit more information about your problem?

1. here is a link to a very valuable reference post - have you configured your tax classes and zones in this way?
Configuring Taxes for Canadian sites

2. when the checkout only shows 1 tax, what is the text description that it displays for that line?

3. are you using a customized template or the default one?

Let's see if we can figure this out.

Alan

[Beto_pu]

First of all thank you for sharing your work with the comunity...

I've just installed this mod on a 1.3.8 site with the cherry_zen template and a couple mods (easypopulate and ultimate SEO) but when you proceed with your order it crashes during checkout confirmation. Very weird... I've lost everything under under products list so no confirmation or totals available.

Can you give me any insight about this?

Thanks a lot for your time

[stevenh76]

Hi, I met a problem using Edit Orders mod after SplitTaxLines installation.

SplitTaxLines works well when placing orders. But when I edit orders, the Edit Orders mod will apply all taxes to each line of tax so that the total tax may be doubled or tripled according to the number of lines. For example, an order has 5% GST and 8% PST, the sub-total is $100. Before editing, the taxes appear like:

Sub-Total: $100.00
5% GST: $5.00
8% PST: $8.00
Total : $113.00

After editing, the invoice comes like:

Sub-Total: $100.00
5% GST: $13.00
8% PST: $13.00
Total : $126.00

I guess, the reason is that Edit Orders mod doesn't invoke the tax function introduced by SplitTaxLines. But I don't know how to get them compatible. Does anybody have the same problem? Anyone can help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Steve

[aporia]

SOLVED: for my PayPal Express Checkout/Website Payments Pro

Regarding my problems with PayPal Express Checkout and Website Payments Pro: As I see it, I think the problem is that the paypal module needs to bypass the usual checkout and tax calculate part, and go directly to paypal (this is part of their service agreement). The PayPal module is expecting there to only be a single tax - but with SplitTaxLines we have two, stored in an array.

I do not not know enough about how the multiple taxes are calculated in other juridictions, but in Ontario you can fix this by adding the following line to zen_calculate_tax() in includes/functions_taxes.php on line 176, just before the return statement:

if(is_array($tax)) $tax = array_sum($tax);

This will add the taxes together into a single tax rate that the paypal module can handle. It does not compound the taxes though...and I don't know if the compounding would have already happened. Alan, perhaps you can clarify that part...

Hope this helps some others...

Gord

[bebe]

I just saw that it is illegal to show the combined GST and PST tax rates on invoices. How can I delete the column tax in the tpl_checkout_confirmation_default.php file ?

Here is the quote from a PDF that is explaining how to configure tax for the province of Quebec :

The rates of 7.87%, 7.875%, 12.87% and 12.875% must not appear on the document attesting to the
sale.

You can find it here.