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  • October 2, 2019 at 1:43 pm #94591
    Valentino
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    Hi,
    I am not sure if I am missing something but can’t work out the GST (Goods & Service Tax) for the shipping method.
    My store currently has product prices that have tax included (by law in Australia this is needed). I have added a lot of code for all different postal zones in Custom Shipping Method and added the shipping prices GST included (as per the rest of the shop). Problem is that in when I add Tax Status (Taxable) it adds tax to that shipping making the cost of shipping too much. I have tried to change WooCommerce > Tax Options for shipping but nothing I do makes the figure GST inclusive and added to Taxable total.
    Does Custom Shipping Method’s shipping costs need to be added in ex-tax, then taxable selected? So opposite to how I have the woocommerce product tax set up?

    One zone has these custom shipping prices: 

    [costs_table prop="qty" table="0-15.35|11-19.95|13-21.40|15-22.85|16-33.00|31-34.45|33-35.90|35-37.35|37-38.80|39-40.25|41-55.60|51-60.20|53-61.65|55-63.10|56-73.25|71-74.70|71-74.7|73-76.15|75-77.60|77-79.05|79-80.50|81-95.85|91-100.45|93-101.90|95-103.35|96-113.50|111-114.95|113-116.40|115-117.85|117-119.30|119-120.75|120-120.75"]

    12 zones all with that amount of prices, this is why i don’t want to change GST amounts for all shipping.

    October 3, 2019 at 7:41 pm #94592
    Tom Anbinder
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    Hi Valentino,

    If I understood it correctly – yes, custom shipping cost should be set without tax. If you check the description tip near the “Cost” option, it says “Enter a cost (excl. tax) or sum…”. Generally, we did that because the same cost settings rules are used in standard WooCommerce “Flat rate” shipping settings (i.e. also excluding tax).

    Not sure if it will help, but you don’t want to change all the prices, you could just divide the final value to exclude the tax. For example, if your tax is 20%, then you could just add /1.2 at the end of your formula, i.e.:

    [costs_table prop="qty" table="0-15.35|11-19.95|13-21.40|15-22.85|16-33.00|31-34.45|33-35.90|35-37.35|37-38.80|39-40.25|41-55.60|51-60.20|53-61.65|55-63.10|56-73.25|71-74.70|71-74.7|73-76.15|75-77.60|77-79.05|79-80.50|81-95.85|91-100.45|93-101.90|95-103.35|96-113.50|111-114.95|113-116.40|115-117.85|117-119.30|119-120.75|120-120.75"]/1.2

    Hope that helps.

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