I have checked and from what I could find in the Marketpress Plugin - it allows for you to select a single tax base location but it is not based upon purchasers location rather it is based on vendors location.
This is certainly the common practice in the US and the only reason a company currently needs to charge tax from a different state is if they have a physical presence in said state.
You may want to check into this to see if it is the same in Canada if you have not already.
All Governments are Parasites of the people, how big a parasite obviously depends on location ..... lol
Although there is talk of changing this, it is currently the same as in the US like @aecnu mentioned above. You charge the tax(es) based on where the seller is. Even when shipping to other countries.
I can, however see a possible need for adding a seccond tax option. Each Province sets it's own sales tax rate (PST), plus the Federal goods and services tax (GST) which is standard across the board. So we actually pay two sales taxes (except Alberta which is "oil rich").
But wait. It gets even better... Some (not all) Provinces have adopted a harmonized sales tax (HST) that is a combination of the two. So some Provinces have two taxes while some have one.
So having a seccond tax option would be helpful to some Canadian sellers, I'm sure.
Lets not get into how Status Indians are exempt from paying the Federal portion.
No wonder our Government is not bankrupt like the rest of the world. ;)
this is definitely worth adding. i'm sure you have a sizable base of canadian members. and that's one factor that is preventing me from deploying marketpress.
There is full support for Canada tax. Its calculated as for all orders in country, based on province shipped to. You can set the total rate for each province in settings. We're assuming the rate is a combination of GST/PST/etc.
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Support Kangaroo — 8th June 2011 #
Greetings goliant :-)
I have checked and from what I could find in the Marketpress Plugin - it allows for you to select a single tax base location but it is not based upon purchasers location rather it is based on vendors location.
This is certainly the common practice in the US and the only reason a company currently needs to charge tax from a different state is if they have a physical presence in said state.
You may want to check into this to see if it is the same in Canada if you have not already.
All Governments are Parasites of the people, how big a parasite obviously depends on location ..... lol
Joe :-)
Sales & Support Pro — 8th June 2011 #
Hiya!
It's not possible to set different tax rates for different provinces I'm afraid.
I'll flag this to the developer to see if it's something worth adding in a future version.
Phil
Lead Developer — 8th June 2011 #
So in Canada it's based on the purchasers location? How does that work? You have to remit tax to all the various provinces separately?
Member — 11th June 2011 #
Although there is talk of changing this, it is currently the same as in the US like @aecnu mentioned above. You charge the tax(es) based on where the seller is. Even when shipping to other countries.
I can, however see a possible need for adding a seccond tax option. Each Province sets it's own sales tax rate (PST), plus the Federal goods and services tax (GST) which is standard across the board. So we actually pay two sales taxes (except Alberta which is "oil rich").
But wait. It gets even better... Some (not all) Provinces have adopted a harmonized sales tax (HST) that is a combination of the two. So some Provinces have two taxes while some have one.
So having a seccond tax option would be helpful to some Canadian sellers, I'm sure.
Lets not get into how Status Indians are exempt from paying the Federal portion.
No wonder our Government is not bankrupt like the rest of the world. ;)
Member — 31st January 2012 #
this is definitely worth adding. i'm sure you have a sizable base of canadian members. and that's one factor that is preventing me from deploying marketpress.
Lead Developer — 31st January 2012 #
There is full support for Canada tax. Its calculated as for all orders in country, based on province shipped to. You can set the total rate for each province in settings. We're assuming the rate is a combination of GST/PST/etc.
Lifetime Member — 31st January 2012 #
Confirmed. I've just started exploring Marketpress but can confirm that all Canadian taxes are fully supported.
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