Calculating Tax in Texas (They tax Shipping & Handling)

[penny]

The state of Texas insists you apply the state sales tax not only to the product, but also to any shipping and handling charges.



It appears E-junkie only applies tax to the product.



I see that Google Checkout has an option to apply the tax to shipping and handling as well, but Google Checkout's settings apparently don't override E-Junkies.



Is there a solution for this? Essentially, E-Junkie is calculating the wrong tax for anyone who uses this product in Texas to sell to someone else in Texas.



Just trying not to run afoul of the law!

[E-junkie_Chef]

Currently we don't have an option to charge tax on S&H. Sorry

[E-junkie_Guru]

We do have another product called Fat.Free.Cart which will take better advantage of Google Checkout's tax settings and other features, as well as PayPal checkout's tax and shipping settings; however, although the buyer's cart interface would work much the same as "regular" E-junkie, it is also much trickier to configure (no easy Seller Admin screen like regular E-junkie) and since it is free, we offer no tech support whatsoever -- it's strictly DIY, but you can see if you're up to the challenge:



http://www.fatfreecart.com/

[E-junkie_Guru]

Correction/Update:

Fat.Free.Cart ~will~ be able to support the tax settings of Google and the tax/shipping settings of PayPal, but it does not do so currently.

[penny]

Wow...



While I understand it is probably not a high priority, Texas sellers are breaking the law if they use your product... It would be great if this could be fixed. I can't imagine it is that hard to throw in a button to have the tax applied AFTER the shipping and handling charges.



Google just has one radio button to select when taxes are applied...

[gustav]

We need this in the UK too!