Tax Implementation

[aaronjudd]

Provide a basic flat rate tax implementation package (reaction-taxes) and a provider package (reaction-taxcloud)

Basic steps are likely something like:

• Implement Taxes collection, update schemas as needed.
• Add hook after shipping, prior to cart review return and save tax rates to the cart
• Ensure taxes added to cart totals / charges
• Display Tax in review and order dashboards.
• Create as reaction-taxes package
• Create generic method (similiar to payments, shippings) in core for calling specific tax packages
• Add one specific tax vendor (suggest we start with TaxCloud) (additional package?)
• UI and Settings configurations for Tax API for initial provider
• implement tax refund / return order handling
• Auth / Trans payment hooks for tax auto-filing requirements

Tax

We should accommodate these initial taxation types:

• Manual / Flat Tax
• match address fields (ie: state, city, country)
• US Nexus Sales Tax
• implement as taxcloud
  • requires taxcloud and usps id

In a future release we could add providers:

• VAT / GST (Value Added Tax)
  • implement as avatax
• Marketplace taxes
  • implement TaxJar marketplace api

Options

• Include Shipping in tax total (can vary by origination locale)
• Tax by Destination
• Tax by Origination
• Product options
  • Tax Included at product
  • Tax Exempt at product
  • Taxable Goods product tax category array

Providers

These seem to be the most common API providers in the US market right now:

• TaxCloud (free rates, automated filings)
• TaxJar
• Avalara (US and EU Vat))
• Taxify (automated filings)

Some random notes:

• If you are VAT registered, then the prices displayed on the website should be VAT inclusive.
• Discounts / coupons should be applied before tax calculations. Perhaps an option?

[owenhoskins]

Here's a overview of my needs for a VAT Registered client in the UK. Granted this might all change with the BREXIT vote today...

1. Where a client/business is in the UK – Charge 20% VAT
2. Where a client/business is outside the scope of VAT (Client/business outside UK and EU)– NO VAT
3. Where a client/business is based in the EU and NOT REGISTRED for local VAT in their country – Charge 20% VAT
4. Where a client/business is based in the EU and REGISTRED for local VAT in their country – Charge Zero rate VAT BUT you must have your customers VAT number in the local country before you Zero rate the invoice.