[ic] TaxShipping does not applied

Stefan Hornburg Racke interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Apr 19 10:06:01 2002


Joachim Schubert <as@freibergnet.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> i have trouble with the TaxShipping directive.   
> I want to include the taxshipping in salestax.
> Every i have tried without success.
> 
> system data:
> FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE
> perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
> psql (PostgreSQL) 7.2
> Interchange V4.8.3 catalog: customised foundation
> 
> in catalog.cfg: 
> SalesTax __TAXFIELD__
> TaxShipping __TAXSHIPPING__
> 
> in variable:
> TAXFIELD multi
> TAXSHIPPING SN
> 
> in salestax.asc:
> default [fly-tax]
> 
> in country:
> for DE at column tax: "default=16%"
> 
> This shows me for country Germany -> Salestax 16% for all items.
> The shipping-cost are properly calculated (3,62  e.g.)
> 
> Now the docs say:
> If your state taxes shipping, use the TaxShipping directive. 
> Utah and Nevada are known to tax shipping -- there may be others. 
> The subtotal will include any taxable items, and will also include the
> shipping cost if the state/zip is included in the TaxShipping directive.
> 
> I have tried for TAXSHIPPING: 
> SN - for Saxonia (a entry in states-table)
> DE - for Germany (a entry in country-atble)
> 0.16 a fixed value
> default=16%
> ....

This works for me:

salestax.asc
default	0
CH	0.076

TAXFIELD country
TAXSHIPPING AT,CH,DE,LI

Ciao
        Racke

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