Re: Tax Exemption 2

[mikeh@minivend.com]

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Quoting Victor Nolton (ven@pragakhan.com):
> 
> I am still pondering a way for Tax Exemption to be done.
> 
> Sales tax is charged for People in Virginia, however if they are tax exempt
> I need minivend to zero out the tax..
> 
> I setup a VA-EXEMPT salestax code and on my checkout2 page I tell if that
> if the state is VA and there is a value of the Tax-ID or PO Number to
> change State to VA-EXEMPT. However if they decide to go back to checkout1.
> The state changes to AL (I use a dropdown for the states)..
> 
> I have thought about adding a field called Tax-Exemption to the checkout
> cart items and having there be placed a negative value of the tax to zero
> it out, but I need a way for the totalcost function to acknowledge this.
> 
> Any other strategies for doing this?
> 

This is supported standard.

Salestax     exempt state

<INPUT TYPE=radio NAME=exempt VALUE="" CHECKED> I am NOT tax exempt
<INPUT TYPE=radio NAME=exempt VALUE="whatever"> I am tax exempt

and add in salestax file:

	exempt	0.0

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