Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[potteryhouse]

Hi,

Obviously nothing is going to be absolutely simple, but this mod should do what you want based on your comment.
It should go without saying, Try this on a TEST setup first, NOT the live site.

First you need to decide if you will be taxing buy Zip code (which is what I use), City, or Suburb.

Depending on which you choose you will then need to gather the applicable information that you will add to the database in the setup steps. There is some flexibility in entry format when using zip codes.

Next, you should read the two help / readme files in the mod package, then read the short but good tutorial at:

http://www.toastboy.com/main/zen-cart-local-tax-module-setup/

Next make a checklist of the steps you will need to do based on the read me files and tutorials.

You will have NY State tax listed once in the database, and zip codes (in this example) for each City, town etc.. You can group all the zip codes that have the same local tax rate together (separated by a semicolon ; or for ranges by -to-) when entering them, this should reduce the number of input records you create.

The mod depends on the customer entering their location (i.e., zip code), and it applies taxes based on what the customer entered and what is found in the database for the location.