is there any updation about the Tax settings in the next release ?
currently Tax can then be set up only on a per Tax Class (product category) basis. To set up the same tax on all products would require setting up that tax for each product category separately.
if there are 10 categories then each tax rate has to be defined 10 times ?
and in country like US in each state tax rate is different for each county(area) and zip code
so if there are 50 different zip codes in each state with each having different tax rate then i have to store tax rate
50 tax rates X 10 Times (10 Categories)= 500Times ?
I know this is the alternate way of doing it :
If we need to apply tax per state basis:
1. Create one tax class
2. Assign each product to this tax class
3. Go to Admin area > Configuration > Tax > Tax Providers. Activate "Tax By Country & State" provider
4. Configure your tax rates for each state (50 times)
So there are 52 states in United States , it means 52 X 50 tax rates for each state (as each zip code in a state has got different tax rate) = 2600 Times we have to do it manually (AND THERE IS NO COMPULSION THAT each state can only have 50 zip codes, it could have more than that)
There should be an easier way in the next release, whenever the country is selected as USA, the tax rate should be calculated according to the zip code , so i guess nopCommerce team should store all the zip codes along with the tax rates behind the code to make is easier for the users to handle it. (I know strike iron is integrated within the nopCommerce but it is a very expensive service and eventually if the nopCommerce USER have to pay for all these features then what's the use of using open source project? )
I don't know if others too who are in US are facing this problem of setting up tax rate manually 1000s of time. It's just my Suggestions /Feedback to nopCommerce team that they should think about this issue too.