8 messages in com.googlegroups.google-checkout-api-ukRe: How to specify VAT with HTML API| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| pmd | 18 Apr 2007 10:08 | |
| m....@teecomp.co.uk | 23 Apr 2007 13:43 | |
| pmd | 24 Apr 2007 06:04 | |
| pmd | 24 Apr 2007 07:53 | |
| Ropu | 25 Apr 2007 06:00 | |
| webb...@gmail.com | 23 May 2007 16:04 | |
| kilt...@gmail.com | 30 May 2007 03:52 | |
| zzKevinm | 10 Jun 2007 06:32 |
| Subject: | Re: How to specify VAT with HTML API |
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| From: | webb...@gmail.com (webb...@gmail.com) |
| Date: | 05/23/2007 04:04:48 PM |
| List: | com.googlegroups.google-checkout-api-uk |
I've just added these hidden fields to my html form where previously I've been fudging vat as a second shopping cart item, and I'm not getting an error but VAT is still showing as "(includes VAT £0.00)"
Any ideas why this isn't working for me? At least if it threw up an error I could get somewhere with this :-(
John
On Apr 24, 2:04 pm, pmd <pmdh...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 23, 9:43 pm, "m....@teecomp.co.uk" <m....@teecomp.co.uk> wrote:
This might help,
Remove the tax_rate & tax_us_state lines and add the following (long winded) lines...
<input type="hidden" name="checkout-flow-support.merchant-checkout- flow-support.tax-tables.default-tax-table.tax-rules.default-tax- rule-1.rate" value="0.175"/> <input type="hidden" name="checkout-flow-support.merchant-checkout- flow-support.tax-tables.default-tax-table.tax-rules.default-tax- rule-1.tax-area.postal-area.country-code" value="GB"/>
Thanks that worked.
However if anyone from Google is reading could you please either document this in theHTMLAPI or (please!) change the API to something much simpler like you already have to the US case.
The only problem is that google checkout adds theVATto the amounts given, I suspect most merchants want to pass amounts that includeVAT (as this is the norm in the UK).
I don't agreeVATinclusive is the norm and indeed for business-to- business we want to keep thingsVATexclusive. Also if it ever supports sellling to a business with a valid EuroVATNo. in Europe (but excluding UK) theVATshould be zero so passingVATexclusive price makes sense.
Another issue is that Google Checkout (UK) assumes that Shipping and Handling has noVATapplied to it. This is not normally the case for "Postage and Packing" which is a service and should therefore haveVAT applied to it. If it was just "Postage" then that is free ofVATwhich I guess is what Google are assuming.
Cheers,
-- Phil