Looks like this will work. Changed the code but don't have time to try test cherckout through WP Affiliate right now. Will get back later. Thanks!
"Use PayPal Profile Based Shipping" checkbox
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Hi,
I attempted two different test checkouts, one for .15 and one for 2.99 and it is ready to charge me Florida sales tax on digital products. So that must mean the profile is still not completely off! There is no tax on digital products in Florida. Is there a way to fix this? I can do the tax manually on any physical products, if necessary. Thanks.Posted 1 year ago # -
When you use profile based tax eStore simply tells PayPal that apply the profile based tax for this transaction when the customer lands on PayPal checkout page. It doesn't tell PayPal how to apply profile based tax (paypal has its own rules to determine that). The issue is that PayPal do not have a flag for items to be marked as digital product. So if you have a mixture of physical and digital items in the cart then PayPal gets confused.
Simply ask PayPal the following question:
I don't want to charge tax for digital products when I checkout physical and digital products together in one checkout. How can I make it so that the tax is only charged on physical products?
If they have a way then I can accommodate it in eStore.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I spoke with a Paypal representative, who said if the Add to Cart button is made in Paypal, all I would need to do is put in a 0 for the tax to override the Paypal Profile Based Shipping specifications for that button. If the button is made by your plugin, they said I would have to get with you about that...
So hopefully this does not mean I would have to make the buttons in Paypal, as I was hoping to avoid that step in the setup process.
Thanks.Posted 1 year ago # -
I have a solution for you. I have added some condition in the plugin which will make it so if you set the individual tax rate of an item to 0 (zero) then PayPal will not charge any tax for that item when you use profile based tax.
Please get a new build of the plugin from here:
http://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/update-requestThen set the individual tax amount to 0 (zero) for the items that you don't want to charge tax for. Do a test checkout and let me know how you go.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Thank you so much! I have put a request in for the updated plugin.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Okay, so I got the rebuild, uploaded it to my site, and deactivated and reactivated it. I have tried it with Profile Based Shipping turned on and off in eStore. It wants to charge me both tax and shipping either way! The shipping amount is not based on my pre-configured flat rate, so it must be Paypal's minimum rate or something.
I did put in 0.00 for shipping cost in my product. When I tried using 0, it didn't hold.
Thanks for whatever you can do!
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The last post was about making a product tax exempt when using the profile based tax. So all you need to do is enter 0 (zero) in the "Item Specific Tax" field of the product that you want to make tax exempt. Why are you modifying the shipping amount of the item? I thought we took care of the shipping thing before. What am I missing?
Posted 1 year ago # -
It is working! Thank you so much. I did not have the 0 in the "Item Specific Tax" field for the individual product. I also redid the original fix relocating the // in the eStore_payment_submission.php, turned off Profile based shipping, and took out the zeros in Item Shipping Cost and Weight. The affiliate program also credited commission on the text sale. THANKS!
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