The way the current Gnucash customer invoice interface works with
options for "Taxable?" and "Tax Included?" is perfect for their needs,
as long as it can be implemented in a normal cheque account register.
Some transactions would be taxable and others not.
I am happy to do the development work and release it under GPL, but
just need some assistance in homing in on the appropriate source files.
I really do not comprehend how people think this could be automated.
If I walk into "Wilsons" (a local independent department store, does
carry high end stuff at excellent prices for the quality) and purchase a
number of items and pay at checkout with one check:
1) Eight pairs of slacks at $40 ------------- $320 (not taxable in
this jurisdiction)
2) A fancy new winter coat with fur trimmed collar at $310 TAXABLE --
although clothing isn't taxable in this jurisdiction "luxury" clothing
is; any items costing over X dollars. I am saying X because can't
expect another jurisdiction that has this policy to be using the same X.
Note that the slacks weren't' taxed because in this jurisdiction that X
is on a per item basis.
3) A set of pots and pans $95 --------------- $95 taxable
4) A small box of buns to be taken home and eaten there --- $4 not
taxed, food
5) A small box of buns $4 to be eaten along with our coffee $2 so $6
and this is subject to the tax as "meals" and is treated different than
"food".
Look, I can enter this manually into gnucash from the receipt which will
spell out the amount that was tax. But I can't imagine gnucash having
code to automate for THIS specific jurisdiction, especially if you
consider that if this were at a store 20 miles to the North or 30 miles
to the NE (as the crow flies) or 50 miles to the W or 60 miles to the S
would have been in different jurisdictions with different sales tax
rules (no sales tax in the one 30 miles to the NE).
Michael
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