Re: Tax Information

Posted by Jacques Le Roux on Aug 05, 2006; 5:42pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Tax-Information-tp141176p141181.html


From: "Tim Ruppert" <[hidden email]>


> I meant to say that I used checkout WITHOUT login both times - not the
> demo user.  Sorry if this caused any confusion.  When I tried it with
> the DemoCustomer, I too got Sales Tax computed for the order.  I'll go
> back and start seeing where it got mixed up, but it's possible that this
> is just not working for checkout without login.

Tim, if you use checkout WITHOUT login there is no GEO defined for the user hence no taxes because taxes are defined by GEO.

Jacques

> Also, if anyone has entries that show the Tax information broken out by
> county - that would be REALLY helpful with the data that I'm trying to
> port.  For example, if anyone used the demo setup, but also added
> individual counties or cities under Utah, California or New York, I'd
> love to check that out.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
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> Tim Ruppert
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> Tim Ruppert wrote:
> > I tried this with checkout with login both times - using a valid
> > address in Salt Lake City and a valid address in Monterey, CA - with
> > no luck.  Maybe it has something to do with the project you purchased,
> > hmmm.
> > I'll give it another whirl today - thanks for taking a look.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> > David E. Jones wrote:
> >>
> >> Tim,
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what's up... I just tried it with the OOTB code and demo
> >> data (the DemoCustomer account is in Utah, in fact in Orem because I
> >> knew a zip code off the top of my head) and it seems to be
> >> calculating the taxes just fine...
> >>
> >> It might be best to step back and walk through the setup or the
> >> execution and see what you find... BTW, note that the
> >> SimpleSalesTaxLookup entity is no longer used (use the tax authority
> >> product rate one instead); I noticed one of those was in your file in
> >> your previous email.
> >>
> >> -David
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 4, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
> >>
> >>> In loading the demo data, I was unable to get Sales Tax information
> >>> coming out using either a Utah address or a California address.  Is
> >>> anyone else having this problem with the demo data?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Tim
> >>>
> >>> Tim Ruppert wrote:
> >>>> If anyone would like to contribute their TaxAuthority seed data
> >>>> file - it would be a great benefit.  I'm having trouble getting the
> >>>> DemoTaxAuthority.xml translated to do just california based taxes.
> >>>> I've added the GIAccount entries from the
> >>>> DemoGeneralChartOfAccounts.xml, but I want to add counties, etc to
> >>>> the list as well?
> >>>>
> >>>> I"ve attached my existing CompanyTaxAuthority.xml at the end of the
> >>>> email.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Tim
> >>>>