SalesTaxFunction

Define a Perl subroutine that will return a hash reference with sales tax settings.

Synopsis

SalesTaxFunction Perl code

Scope

This directive is only available for use in the local (catalog.cfg) configuration file. It will not affect any other website in any way. This directive will not work in the global (interchange.cfg) configuration file.

Description

This directives is used to define a Perl subroutine that will return a hash reference with the sales tax settings.

Warning

The returned hash reference must contain a "DEFAULT" key. All other values are optional.

See the Interchange sales tax calculations page for more information on how Interchange uses the provided values to calculate sales tax.

Examples

Query a table, or a text file in this case, tax rates used by a particular vendor

SalesTaxFunction <<EOS
my $vendor_code = $Session->{source};

my $tax = $TextSearch->hash({
fi => 'salestax.asc',
sf => 'vendor_code',
se => $vendor_code,
ml => 1000,
});
$tax ||= {};
$tax->{DEFAULT} = 0.00;

return $tax;
EOS

Simply define and return a Perl hash reference

SalesTaxFunction <<EOS
return {
DEFAULT => 0.000,
IL => 0.075,
OH => 0.065,
};
EOS