fly-tax
Calculate a tax rate, usually by using values specified using the
SalesTax local configuration directive.
Summary
| Parameter
|
Description
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Default
|
| area |
Tax area (not specified most of the time). |
None |
Examples
Perl example
$Tag->fly_tax({
area => $area,
});
|
or similarly with positional parameters:
Description
When the [fly-tax] tag is placed in the "default" setting
of salestax.asc file,
and the TAXAREA, TAXRATE and TAXSHIPPING
Variable values are used to calculate the tax rate
displayed to a customer.
Variable usage
TAXAREA
A space-separated or comma-separated list of areas
(US states, for instance) to apply tax to.
This is not needed for the actual tax calculation;
It is used to build the UI list of areas to tax.
TAXRATE
A comma-separated list of tax rates.
For instance:
where XX is a two-letter area code and N.NN is the tax
rate, expressed as a percentage.
To apply a tax rate of 7.25% for Illinois and 5.5%
for Nevada, you would use the following:
TAXSHIPPING
A space or comma-separated list of areas where shipping is taxed.
Using the above example, if Nevada taxed shipping and Illinois did not,
you would make TAXSHIPPING equal to "NV".
The SalesTax configuration directive
You can use the SalesTax local configuration
directive to set the field that is used for the area codes,
used above.
If your website is US-based, it would almost always be set to "state".
Parameters
area
This parameter is usually just left blank, which makes it use the
SalesTax local configuration directive instead.
You can pass an area to this tag if you need to - perhaps for testing.
See also
