Re: [mv] salestax included in total

[mikeh@minivend.com]

Quoting Frank Miedreich (miedreich@acm.org):
> In Germany the VAT is based on product category, with books being taxed at
> 7%, almost everything else at 16%. The same rates also apply to exports to
> other EU countries, but not to exports to other countries. The above will
> obviously fail (as in produce wrong results) with combinations of books and
> other products. The Minivend tax system is difficult to use in Germany, as
> it is illegal to use only the net price in end custumer sales. While you
> may show the net price, the price including taxes has to be the one most
> prominently displayed.

I guess I don't understand the problems doing this -- there are many
ways to skin this particular cat.

I lately have implemented something like this:

	CommonAdjust    products:price, ==vat:tax

In the vat field you can have CommonAdjust settors like 7% or 16% based
on category.  Of course you need to set a "vat" attribute in your shopping
cart based on country, but that is easy in many ways.

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