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TAX ISSUES!!!

  1. omg I am not much of a coder. would there be any possibility that you guys can just create a Button field where it can add the tax rate in which country is the user selecting. pretty much the whole lot. and also integrate UPS shipping.

    I am trying to build a website kind of like Vista print. but... I come to a dead end trying to figure out how i can put sales tax depending on where people live. also with shipping.

    please please make a field that does it all for us already.

    this is my site.

    http://www.accessgroupmedia.com/express-print/

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday August 15, 2012 | Permalink
  2. If you are using the PayPal add-on, PayPal can figure the tax for you. If you're not, we can consider this a feature request. Gravity Forms is not intended to be a full shopping cart/e-commerce solution, and as such, we have not included this feature.

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday August 16, 2012 | Permalink
  3. but can you show me step by step in detail on how to add tax.

    or if you guys can make a video tutorial page that would help a lot!

    Im a visual person.

    Thank you

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday August 16, 2012 | Permalink
  4. Please see this explanation from developer David Smith:
    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gravity_Forms_Pricing:_Adding_Tax

    There used to be a tutorial there on how to add tax to a form, but it's much simpler to do from the form builder now, by using the calculation fields.

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday August 17, 2012 | Permalink
  5. This paragraph or two is leaving me lacking for how to do this. I'm not a programmer, I'm not a math wiz. That's why I bought Gravity Forms. I'm sure this is child's play for you guys, but I would like a video to show this "simple" method above. Come on guys, if it's that easy, make a button for it.

    Gravity Forms is THE best form maker in the world, and to not have a tax button is absurd.

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday November 9, 2012 | Permalink
  6. David Peralty

    Hi Doug, there are many complexities of adding tax to a form. Which tax rate? Which products are taxable versus non-taxable? Where is tax calculated in the process of selecting a product, its options, and its shipping. These things aren't something that can be added into a button because the user interface for this would be complex. That is why we've provided the instructions above. Can you attempt to follow them, and let me know where you get stuck? Is it the calculation that is providing you difficultly? Let me know with a link to your form so I can get a sense of what hurdles you are having.

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday November 9, 2012 | Permalink
  7. I certainly see your point!

    Here's the page: http://www.gobeldesign.com/Yummy/order-yummy-tummy-tamales/

    Easy - I got this part...
    1. If you would like to implement tax you can do so by using the Product Field configured as a Calculation field type. Got it! That was easy to understand.

    Need assistance here
    2. Then configure the formula for the calculation to calculate the appropriate tax. Our tax rate is an additional 0.0825%, so I don't know what the formula would be… ___ x 0.0825?

    Need assistance here
    2.1. You would do this by adding up the value of all of the Pricing Fields that exist on your form and then multiply them by the appropriate tax rate.

    I thought this was it...
    ( + {Delivery:27} + {Pork Tamales - Regular (one-dozen) (Price):5.2} + {Pork Tamales - Spicy (one-dozen) (Price):6.2} + {Beef Tamales (one-dozen) (Price):7.2} + {Chicken Tamales (one-dozen) (Price):8.2} + {Spinach & Cream Cheese Tamales (one-dozen) (Price):9.2} + {Killer Queso-Large (16oz) (Price):12.2} + {Killer Queso-Small (8oz) (Price):17.2} + {Fajita Chili Gravy-Large (16oz) (Price):13.2} + {Fajita Chili Gravy-Small (8oz) (Price):18.2} + {Gotta Luv It Guac’-Large (16oz) (Price):14.2} + {Gotta Luv It Guac’-Small (8oz) (Price):19.2} + {Super Salsa-Large (16oz) (Price):15.2} + {Super Salsa-Small (8oz) (Price):20.2} + {Big Bag of Tortilla Chips (Price):16.2} * {Sales Tax (0.0825):28.2})
    but it just adds everything up BEFORE they actually add quantities.

    Easy - I got this part...
    3. If tax should only be applied in certain situations, you can then use conditional logic to show or hide that field based on the conditions that must exist in order for the tax to be applied. This I get! I use Conditional Logic all the time.

    Does this help explain what I'm looking for?

    Thank you for your time! I love Gravity Forms and this is the only time I needed help, so great job on that!

    Doug G.

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday November 9, 2012 | Permalink
  8. Support,

    Just tried this
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    ={:27} + {:5.2} + {:6.2} + {:7.2} + {:8.2} + {:9.2} + {12.2} + {:17.2} + {:13.2} + {:18.2} + {:14.2} + {:19.2} + {:15.2} + {:20.2} + {:16.2} * {Sales Tax (0.0825):28.2}
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    No luck. You see, I think the instructions are written as if we understand what you are talking about. A visual example would be worth more than 1000 words here.

    So, I just gave up. I can't spend anymore time with this.

    Thanks anyway.

    Doug G.

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday November 12, 2012 | Permalink
  9. David Peralty

    Here is a basic one that I did that calculates 15% tax on two products.
    http://upranked.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fifteenpercenttax.jpg

    I hope it helps.

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday November 12, 2012 | Permalink