Tax Message

[sally01]

Hi, can someone tell me where to set the condition IsTaxMessageShown. I thought it would be in Business Settings but cant see it.

Many thanks
Sally

[NormanRouxel]

A Condition is something that depends on other Variables values. It isn't something you can pre-set (other than pre-setting the Variables that it uses). The "IsTaxMessageShown" condition is an evaluation of

(<actinic:variable name="TaxRate1" /> > 0) OR (<actinic:variable name="TaxRate2" /> > 0 )

So whether it's true or false depend on the values of variables TaxRate1 and TaxRate2.

[sally01]

Hi Norman,

Thanks for that Norman I'd got my conditions and variables mixed up.

So if I want to display prices on the products page but without the '(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)' part what should I do.

Many thanks
Sally

[NormanRouxel]

There's a Compact Tax Inclusive Price layout, but no corresponding Exclusive one. Here's how to bake your own.

Go to Design / Library / Layouts / Prices.
Right-click Compact Tax Inclusive Price and choose Copy.
Rename Compact Tax Inclusive Price (Copy) to be Compact Tax Exclusive Price.
Double-click that and change line 2 to be

	<actinic:variable name="PreFormattedPrice" value="Product Price Excluding Tax" />

OK out.

Now go to Settings / Site Options / Layout / Product / Price Layout and select the still warm from the oven Compact Tax Exclusive Price.

[sally01]

Hi Norman thanks for yet more advice.

Unfortunately it doesnt seem to have worked.

I think it might be something to do with the fact that we have set up both retail and wholesale groups so that non customer/competition can't see our pricing. But that maybe just a red herring as when I look at <actinic:variable name="PriceListRetail" /> it uses 'Standard Retail Price List'.

Any ideas?

Many thanks
Sally

[NormanRouxel]

Hi, Sally

When you say it didn't work - what actually happened?

[sally01]

Hi Norman,

It still shows

Unit Price: £0.27 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%) - on the product page

Its using layout 'Standard Retail Price List' which does use 'Compact Tax Exclusive Price'

[cdicken]

Just click on the word 'Excluding' on the preview in the 'Design' tab.This should highlight the tax message within the price layout in the layout code panel at the bottom. You can then just remove the text there and then.