Canada Taxes

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   I have an issue with tax problems:

We sell multiple food and beverage items at our store. In British Columbia (BC) we have a two-tiered tax program. One at the provincial level (PST) and another for the federal level (GST). All food and non-alcoholic beverages are only charged GST at our business. All Alcohol is charged with GST and PST.

I have tried applying rules by zone (although everyone ordering will be in BC), but the problem is those rules are blanket charges for all products. I am aware of adding taxes specific to a product, but the problem is I need those taxes to be differentiated between PST and GST. A "Tax" line won't work alone.

What I would like to do is to create a tax rule, one called GST and another called PST. Then I could apply those rules to individual products.

Does anyone know how to do this? Any ideas? Has anyone else encountered this problem?

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foodbev Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-December-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote foodbev Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Canada Taxes Posted: 09-December-2008 at 7:14pm
	I have an issue with tax problems: We sell multiple food and beverage items at our store. In British Columbia (BC) we have a two-tiered tax program. One at the provincial level (PST) and another for the federal level (GST). All food and non-alcoholic beverages are only charged GST at our business. All Alcohol is charged with GST and PST. I have tried applying rules by zone (although everyone ordering will be in BC), but the problem is those rules are blanket charges for all products. I am aware of adding taxes specific to a product, but the problem is I need those taxes to be differentiated between PST and GST. A "Tax" line won't work alone. What I would like to do is to create a tax rule, one called GST and another called PST. Then I could apply those rules to individual products. Does anyone know how to do this? Any ideas? Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09-December-2008 at 7:25pm
	You may want to contact Ian at www.home-distilling.com. He doesn't follow the board here but he is in Toronto and dealt with similar issues.

foodbev Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-December-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote foodbev Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26-January-2009 at 1:39pm
	Progress, but no end in site yet. I have worked with Home Distilling, but they also recognize the problem. It appears as though Product Cart does not require a Province/State upon checkout. At least, when doing checkout by billing address and not shipping address. Therefore, I can't specify any tax rules by location that are based on Province/State. Any ideas? I have submitted a ticket to support. Hopefully they'll come back with something.