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Does anyone have an idea how to set multiple tax codes to a single product?

We provide property information products, that have elements that are normal VAT, IPT and zero rated. Can I merge 3 products (not displayed to the site user) into a single displayed bundle product and then on the invoice show the different codes.

Any help gratefully received as I’m sick of pressing buttons :(

Dave,

re post 21, you do not (have to) charge VAT to goods shipped out os the EU

I’m having problems with tax on postage, as I want the system to charge tax on postage, but only when the goods being purchased are taxable, and this doesnt seem possible.

This is not a perfect solution but is a workaround to get started with a B2B International shop, giving customers the correct VAT calculation at checkout (once correctly registered)

1) I have setup two tax classes in sales->tax->customer tax classes

Standard UK Tax rates - charges VAT for all EU customers including the UK
EU (Non UK) Tax exempt Business - Charges VAT for only UK customers

2) In manage zones/rates I have setup the vat @ 17.5% for each of the 27 member states (import the attached file)

3) In the customer module setup two customer groups (you may need more):

General -> set the tax class to “standard UK tax class”
EU (non uk) tax exempt business -> set the tax class EU (Non UK) Tax exempt business
(you can leave the others)

4) in tax rules, I have setup two rules:

i) Standard UK Tax rules including eu countries for non vat exempt business - in this rule select

Customer Tax Class: standard UK tax class customer
product tax class: products and shipping
tax rate: VAT -> VAT26

ii) Customer Tax Class: EU (Non UK) tax exempt business
product tax class: products and shipping
tax rate: VAT

5) System configuration notes (non exhaustive)

Customer configuration:

Default group: general
Show Tax VAT Num: optional (there seems to be a bug here as the vat number is not defined in the customer login/registration page preventing login when set to required)

Sales->Tax Class for shipping -> Taxable goods
Display full tax summary -> yes
Default tax origin calculation: uk

So, now when a customer purchases for the first time (after validating their vat number) you have to manually move them from the general customer group to the EU Exempt business group (admin->customer). This is a one time setup, future orders will calculate the VAT correctly. We use a separate accounts system to do the actual invoicing (otherwise you would probably need the vat number displayed on all documents - orders,invoices etc).

TODO: Add some code to automatically switch the customer class once a vat number has been entered
TODO: Allow a vat number to be entered on checkout (BUG?)

Hope this helps,

Best regards

Mark

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Sorry where is the attached file you mention with the tax rates etc ?

Thanks