VAT on shipping incorrect

**CScotty** · 29 Jan 2023, 09:28 PM

bmamps.com/store
Zen cart 1.5.6.c
Square plugin

Been happily working since install but now adding VAT.

When adding tax (VAT) for shipping, the total is incorrect with the VAT being assessed multiple times.

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Thanks for reading!

**CScotty** · 30 Jan 2023, 09:09 AM

Sorry the word in the title is supposed to be "incorrect"

Maybe a moderator could edit it please?

**CScotty** · 31 Jan 2023, 09:05 AM

I bit of basic debugging revels that the VAT is being added for every defined tax rate for shipping. I'm using he zone shipping module.

I have a different rates defined for each country. Each country's VAT is is being added to the total when it should use just the destination country.

Is this a bug or is my approach wrong?

**lat9** · 31 Jan 2023, 01:50 PM

I'm guessing that you have a zone defined for the EU that includes all countries; how are the tax-rates broken down from there?

**balihr** · 31 Jan 2023, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by CScotty

Is this a bug or is my approach wrong?

I'd put my money on your approach...

First of all, do you have a different tax class for shipping or are you using the same class as with products? Which tax rates are applied to which tax classes? Does Germany show up in multiple Zones Definitions? It's probably a simple oversight, but the more information you can provide, the easier will be to pinpoint it...

**CScotty** · 31 Jan 2023, 02:35 PM

As each EU country has a different tax rate I have a zone for each country and then a tax rate for each one.

**CScotty** · 31 Jan 2023, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by lat9

I'm guessing that you have a zone defined for the EU that includes all countries; how are the tax-rates broken down from there?

Here are my settings. I expect VAT to be calulated on the total of products + shipping adn the rate to depend on the country. In othe words I expect shipping to behave as just another product.

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**CScotty** · 31 Jan 2023, 08:26 PM

OK I think I have this figured out.

The problem arose as the function of the arrow and the EDIT button on the Zone Definitions do different things. If you hit the arrow you get the ability to add the all important subzone. If you hit EDIT you don't, which is rather surprising to me. The result was every zone I added applied to ALL countries.
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Anyway, I do appreciate your willingness to assist.