[ic] Taxable item with non-taxable options

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Eric Chamberlain (eric at voxilla.com):
> Sub-items definitely sounds like the way to go.
> 
> How do I link a sub-item back to the main item?  I've searched around
> for bill of materials examples and found a reference to modular options,
> but not clear explanation of how to set them up.

FYI, we don't top-quote on this list as per it's charter.

Modular options are not what you need -- just sub-items, as should be
found in the documentation if you search on mv_order_group.

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> Eric Chamberlain, CISSP
> Chief Technical Officer
> Voxilla - http://voxilla.com/
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> Heins
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> Subject: Re: [ic] Taxable item with non-taxable options
> 
> Quoting Eric Chamberlain (eric at voxilla.com):
> > I'm new to Interchange.  Can someone explain how to have a taxable
> item
> > with non-taxable options?
> > 
> > We have hardware that we would like to sell with support and extended
> > warranty options.
> 
> You would need to write a tax calculation routine which would traverse
> the shopping cart and recognize the non-taxable options. 
> 
> Probably the smartest thing to do would be make the options be
> sub-items,
> ie not options but separate line items grouped with the main item, and
> then set them to be non-taxable via the multi/vat taxing setup that
> allows
> taxability by category. I say this not just because of implementation
> issues, but because it would be hard to trace and explain why an item's
> tax is not corresponding to the taxing percentage * sale price.
> 
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