[ic] SalesTax multi by *billing* country?

[Jonathan Clark]

> >> I currently have SalesTax set to 'multi' with the appropriate tax
> >> categories set in the tax field of the country table, for the UK.
> >>
> >> My question is: how can I calculate sales tax based on the
> >> billing country (if different to the shipping country), but still use
> >> the multi SalesTax type?
> >>
> >> I searched the archives and found the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> Well, I guess I mixed up what I was asking.  The technically
> >>>> correct way to charge sales tax is the the purchaser, not
> >>>> necessarily the receiver. So, if the billing state is filled in, then
> >>>> sales tax should be calculated to this, if not, then assume that
> >>>> Billing Address == Shipping Address, so calculate based on
> >>>> the Shipping State.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas on how to implement this easily?
> >>>
> >>>In catalog.cfg:
> >>>
> >>>	SalesTax   tax_state
> >>>
> >>>At top of checkout.html and appropriate place in etc/profiles.order:
> >>>
> >>>	[if value b_state]
> >>>		[value name=tax_state set="[value b_state]" hide=1]
> >>>	[else]
> >>>		[value name=tax_state set="[value state]" hide=1]
> >>>	[/else]
> >>>	[/if]
> >>
> >>
> >> I was thinking about something like this, but how can I still use
> >> multiple tax categories?
> >
> >
> > The variable MV_COUNTRY_FIELD specifies which form value to use
> for the tax
> > lookup and defaults to 'country'. Using something like the above code to
> > make sure your shipping value is set to the billing one if not
> set, you can
> > set the MV_COUNTRY_FIELD to your billing value name for the tax
> lookups in
> > the country table.
> >
> > If you want to look into what's actually happening, its in
> Interpolate.pm
> > in the routine tax_vat().

>
> Thank you Jonathan, that was very helpful. I've put the following
> near the
> top of checkout.html, and it works a treat:
>
> [if value b_country]
>     [perl no_return=1]$Variable->{MV_COUNTRY_FIELD} = 'b_country';[/perl]
> [/if]

Probably a good idea to put an [else] section in there too, for when the
users set and then unset a billing address. Its bound to happen..

Jonathan
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