Defining the Way the Taxes are Displayed in the Customer Zone

The 'Tax options' tab in the 'Taxes' section of the 'Settings' menu (Figure 3-37) controls the way the taxes are presented in the Customer Zone.

Figure 3-37: Tax options screen

The following options can be configured here:

•	'Address to use for tax calculations', which can be set to either 'Shipping info' or 'Billing info';

•	'Taxes included in product prices', which can be set to 'No' to display calculated taxes separately from the subtotal or to 'Yes'. If you choose to include taxes in product prices, you can specify a message to be displayed next to product prices.

To set the options, specify their new values and click on the 'Update' button to save your new settings.

The 'Tax options' page also contains a list of taxes to be displayed in the shopping cart and checkout pages. You can choose to display only the total tax amount (see Figure 3-7-X), or display individual taxes on separate lines.

To have a tax displayed, fill the 'Add new tax' form (Figure 3-38) with the following data:

•	Pos. (position) - an optional numeric value to denote a position of a tax in the list of taxes displayed. Position values are sorted in ascending order.

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Tax name - the name of the tax as it appears in the 'Rates/Conditions' tab of the 'Taxes' section. You can specify any taxes that have been defined in the 'Rates/Conditions' tab. Tax name 'Tax' is predefined and is used to denote the total tax. Specifying a non-existent tax name here does not affect tax calculations, and since there is no rule to calculate such a tax, it would not be displayed in the shopping cart and checkout pages despite the fact that it has been added to the 'Taxes to display' list.

•	Display name (tax label) - the name of the tax as it will appear in the shopping cart and checkout pages at the Customer Zone.

•	Registration number - your company's tax registration number, optional.

After you have filled the form fields, click on the 'Add' button to have the tax added to the display list.

Note: To have taxes displayed correctly in the shipping cart and checkout pages make sure that the 'Taxes included in product prices' option is set to 'No'.

Figure 3-38: Adding a tax to be displayed

You can modify the list of taxes to be displayed by editing the corresponding fields and clicking on the 'Update' button to save your changes.

To remove a tax from the list of taxes being displayed in the shipping cart:

•	locate the tax in the list,

•	place a checkmark in the field to the right from the tax details, and

•	click on the 'Delete selected' button.

Note: You can remove several taxes from the list at once by placing several checkmarks and clicking on the 'Delete selected' button.

Removing a tax from the display list does not remove it from the 'Rates/Conditions' page and does not affect the tax calculations.