[ic] GST Calculation

kyle@invisio.com interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Wed Jun 13 22:48:00 2001


Brett,

In this case, I would set the tax rate to 0 (no IC taxing) then where
appropriate
instead of the tax tag in your pages, use something like:

Tax: [currency][calc][subtotal noformat=1]/1.1[calc][/currency]

Not tested, but should work...

Kyle Cook


At 09:55 PM 6/13/01 , you wrote:
>It's the way the tax is presented to the consumer that is a little different.
>
>All item prices must already have GST included in them, but when producing 
>the final
>invoice, the total GST on the invoice needs to shown on the total tax line.  
>It's
>basically a reverse calculation, per the following example:
>
>Hat $10.00 (includes GST)
>Socks $15.00 (includes GST)
>GST $2.27 (total GST that was included in product prices)
>Total $25.00
>
>Therefore, I can't just use item prices that that ex-GST, and then just use 
>"sales
>tax" to add 10%.
>
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