PST/QST For Canadian Taxes

Hi there,

I don't know if this was talked about before but I didn't see any threads regarding this...because it seems not a lot of people differentiated calculating GST and PST.

So, I was wondering if you or anyone else could help me setup the PST/QRT for the provinces.

Manitoba has GST of 5% and PST of 5%, and so does Saskatchewan.
PEI has 5% GST and 10% PST, and Quebec has 5% GST and 5% QRT.

For example: http://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/entreprise/taxes/tvq_tps/default.aspx
As you can see, the QRT is added including the price plus the GST.

But when I set up my taxes according to the instructions on https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=75, it only added the 2 taxes together as a sum of 10% of the price (P).
But actually, it should be the (P x 5%) + [(P+ (P x 5%)) x 8.5%] rate, which I don’t know how to translate that and implement that on Zencart.

This tax calculation is the same for PEI as seen in http://www.taxandland.pe.ca/index.php3?number=76948

So, its simply not just a sum of the GST & PST to get the total.

Please help! Thank you! :frusty:

That instruction is the right one, and very good and useful!

You need to pay attention to the detail:

/*HINT: Leave PRIORITY at "1" for a non-cumulative tax (i.e. Ontario)
but change to "2" for cumulative tax (i.e. You are a Quebec store)

If you need help, you can PM me.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35032

Thanks for you responses! Eric, I did that already. I will PM you. :dontgetit

MVIP:

Thanks for you responses! Eric, I did that already. I will PM you. :dontgetit

Okay nevermind, I guess you can't PM images.
I will attach it here. (oh boy, the image is small...) This is a screenshot of the taxes I created.

I did use 2 for the provinces with GST and PST, but again, the 2 taxes just sum up.

The taxes will sum if they're at the same priority. They will calculate cumulatively if they are at different priorities.

So, if you charge 10% first, and then want to add another 5% tax ONTO the already-tax-at-10% amount, then you set the 10% tax at priority 1, and set the 5% tax at priority 2.

DrByte:

The taxes will sum if they're at the same priority. They will calculate cumulatively if they are at different priorities.

So, if you charge 10% first, and then want to add another 5% tax ONTO the already-tax-at-10% amount, then you set the 10% tax at priority 1, and set the 5% tax at priority 2.

Ah I see, that makes a lot of sense. Before, I made the 2 taxes the same priority, 2.

I made the necessary changes and its fine now! Thanks so much!:D