Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[LadyHLG]

Snicklefritz,
I believe what jprough did was use the zone taxes for zen cart to set up a state wide sales tax and then used the mod to apply additional sales tax to specific zip codes.

LadyHLG

[Snicklefritz]

Snicklefritz,
I believe what jprough did was use the zone taxes for zen cart to set up a state wide sales tax and then used the mod to apply additional sales tax to specific zip codes.

LadyHLG

Yes!! It works now! thanks.

If you are a knitter, I should send you free yarn for writing a great mod

[LadyHLG]

Glad everything is working now.
I did try knitting a while back but all I could ever seem to make was pot holders and scarfs. Anything more complicated than that and I was lost!

Have a good weekend!
LadyHLG

[kjconnects]

LadyHLG,

Thank you for this add-on. It is, by far, the best solution for those who do business in states that apply sales tax based on the destination address. I am currently using it on http://www.randylion.com.

As I read through the thread, I understand that the mod does not perform the tax calculations if a discount coupon is applied to the subtotal. I've verified that it doesn't. I'd like to try to tackle this problem.

Do you have any pointers on where I could change the calculations? In ot_local_sales_taxes.php, it loops through the items in the cart and calculates the subtotal based on a matching tax class id. I have only one tax class set for my products and local tax table. It seems that I could just subtract the discount coupon from this calculation - or am I oversimplifying the problem?

Thanks,
kjconnects

[BassFace]

I am having a problem with how local tax module interacts with one of the shipping modules:

My store is in (the city of) Denver and I have a local tax set up for Denver. Tax basis is set to 'shipping'.

I need to add the local Denver tax to every order that uses 'Store Pickup', regardless of what the shipping address is set to. But I need to offer store pickup to all zones, not just Denver.

Is there a way I can modify ot_local_sales_taxes.php to do this? The local sales tax module is working great on all my other shipping modules, but for store pickup it only shows local tax if the shipping address is set to Denver.

(I honestly don't know why ZenCart restricts using the Store as the tax basis the way it does! Flaw of ZC in my opinion.)

Thank you thank you thank you for any help you can offer!

[LadyHLG]

Hello Zenners,
Sorry I've been a bit absent lately, but I've started a new job and my time is limited.

BassFace,
I actually have an update to resolve this issue. I'm not currently at home and so can not upload it. As soon as I can I will add this update to the uploads section for you.

kjconnects,
Yes coupons are a bit of a problem. Its been a while since I dealt with them so I will have to go back and take a look, hopefully we can come up with a solution.

LadyHLG

[BassFace]

Hello Zenners,
Sorry I've been a bit absent lately, but I've started a new job and my time is limited.

BassFace,
I actually have an update to resolve this issue. I'm not currently at home and so can not upload it. As soon as I can I will add this update to the uploads section for you.

LadyHLG

OMG, you are a gem, indeed! Thank you! I can't wait to see what you've done, as I was giving myself a migraine trying to figure out how to make it work on my own!

Thank you for this excellent MOD and for continuing to support it and support it's users. As a writer of phpbb mods I truly understand how much time and effort goes into a mod and it's support, so thank you again!

[BassFace]

LadyHLG, do you have an idea of when the update you mentioned will be available to download? Thanks again.

[LadyHLG]

BassFace and anyone else interested,
I have uploaded version 2.4 of the mod with support for taxing in store pickup. The download has both a full install version and an upgrade version for 2.3 users.

The readme file has instructions on how to use this new feature, I tried to make it as clear as possible, but it may still seem confusing so please read it carefully!

As always back up the database and store files before installing!!

Good Luck!
LadyHLG

[BassFace]

Thank you LadyHLG. But we need to wait til it shows up in the Contributions section for download, correct?