the Tax Authority was implemented and VAT was added later. Thanks for your links. Since you have a thread on the Dev list, lets keep it on the dev list for continuity.
biletnikov sent the following on 12/5/2011 12:38 AM: > Thank you for your reply BJ Freeman. > I am not aware of USA Tax Authority, just know some basic principles. VAT > system is used by many countries. Of course, gross profit is very important > for any company and it is used in tax computation for local Tax authority. > Some VAT info you may read here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax > The main points for VAT is: > VAT amount depends on a country > Some products, materials or services can have different VAT amount per > country (but that is more exceptional case, when a government wishes to > reduce taxes for some kinds of business...) > VAT is applied for product, material or service > VAT should be specified in each order and invoice (for some countries, it is > mandatory, but for another it is a best practice) > >>From these points, it is interesting to know is "VAT" the same as "Sales > tax" , I saw many discussions about this in the mail list, and as I see VAT > is the same as "Sales tax". Ok. > > According to VAT, all order items and invoice items must have VAT. In OFBiz, > adjustments are additional things and services! *Shipping charge* is the > service adjustment. Fortunately, OFBiz can tax it. > > Conclusion, > for VAT users it is important to have the correct orders and invoices. They > are correct, when they have all necessary items and adjustments, plus tax > (VAT). Currently, the orders and invoices are not correct if a company use > additional adjustments (not shipping and promotion), because they can not be > taxed. To fix it, the company must edit each order manually. When you add > additional tax for some adjustments, OFBiz makes tax recalculation according > to its internal tax model and compensate additional tax by tax deduction. > This tax deduction must be removed manually. As result ,we have manual, > unhandy and error risky tax calculation. Each order must be reworked. > > > ----- > Kind regards, > Sergei > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Tax-calculation-for-all-order-adjustments-tp4119597p4159691.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
