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February 17, 2017 at 2:59 am

Am I able to pay for some 3rd party customisation through you guys to get this working? So the tax is removed once someone selects/enters a different country that does not pay for tax.

Thanks.

February 20, 2017 at 4:57 am

Hi Josh,

Thanks for coming back to me.

We have now edited the code you have provided. Where does this code need to be placed in order for it to work? We are using FTP.

Kind regards,
Katie

February 20, 2017 at 9:38 am

I’ve followed this whole process and it still doesn’t look to be working. The standard ‘Country’ field which is produced by the system will not allow me to add another country, so i’m stuck with United Kingdom.

I’ve followed the checkout process by assigning ‘Ireland’ as the country and it still appears to be adding the VAT/TAX to the total.

Here is the code i added as a custom function plugin:

<?php
/**
* PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS IN CAPS
*
* IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK YOU NEED TO ADD A CUSTOM QUESTION
* BY LOGGING INTO THE WORDPRESS ADMIN AND GOING TO :
* Event Espresso > Registration Form
* AND THEN CLICKING ON “Add New Question”
* FOR THIS EXAMPLE CODE I CREATED A QUESTION NAMED “Billing Address Province”
* SET ITS TYPE TO “Dropdown” AND GAVE IT THE FOLLOWING TWO OPTIONS:
* “Ontario”
* “Alberta”
* (THE ANSWER VALUES ARE CASE SENSITIVE)
* THEN SET THE QUESTION TO REQUIRED
*
* BECAUSE THIS QUESTION SHOULD ONLY BE ASKED ONCE PER TRANSACTION
* I ALSO CREATED A QUESTION GROUP CALLED “Billing Contact Info”
* AND ADDED THE “Billing Address Province” QUESTION TO THAT GROUP
*
* THEN ON MY EVENT ( Event Espresso > Events > Edit Event ),
* I CHECKED OFF THE “Billing Address Province” QUESTION GROUP
* IN THE “Questions for Primary Registrant” SIDEBAR METABOX
*
* THIS WAY, ONLY THE PRIMARY REGISTRANT WILL BE ASKED
* TO SELECT A BILLING ADDRESS PROVINCE, WHICH WILL THEN
* CONTROL WHICH CHARGE IS ADDED TO THE TRANSACTION
*
* PLZ SEE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS IN FUNCTIONS BELOW
*
* bc_ee_determine_whether_to_apply_surcharge
*
* @return void
*/

function bc_ee_determine_whether_to_apply_surcharge() {
// CHANGE $surcharge_QST_ID VALUE TO MATCH THE ID OF YOUR QUESTION
$surcharge_QST_ID = 14;
if ( isset( $_REQUEST[ ‘ee_reg_qstn’ ] ) ) {
foreach ( $_REQUEST[ ‘ee_reg_qstn’ ] as $registrations ) {
if ( ! empty( $registrations ) ) {
foreach ( $registrations as $QST_ID => $response ) {
if ( $QST_ID === $surcharge_QST_ID ) {
switch ( $response ) {
// CHANGE THESE TO EXACTLY MATCH THE ANSWER OPTIONS FOR YOUR QUESTION
// THEN EDIT / ADD / DELETE THE FUNCTIONS BELOW
// WHOSE NAMES MATCH THESE OPTIONS
// YOU CAN ADD NEW OPTIONS, JUST MAKE SURE TO HAVE A CORRESPONDING
// FUNCTION FOR SETTING THE SURCHARGE DETAILS
case ‘United Kingdom’ :
// apply the surcharge
add_filter( ‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__apply_surcharge’, ‘__return_true’ );
// hook into function below to set surcharge details
add_filter( ‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__surcharge_details’, ‘ee_united_kingdom_surcharge_details’ );
break;
case ‘Ireland’ :
// apply the surcharge
add_filter( ‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__apply_surcharge’, ‘__return_true’ );
// hook into function below to set surcharge details
add_filter( ‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__surcharge_details’, ‘ee_ireland_surcharge_details’ );
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
add_action( ‘AHEE__EE_System__core_loaded_and_ready’, ‘bc_ee_determine_whether_to_apply_surcharge’, 1 );
/**
* EDIT THIS TO HOLD THE DETAILS FOR ONE OF YOUR ANSWER OPTIONS
* @return array
*/
function ee_united_kingdom_surcharge_details() {
return array(
‘name’ => ‘united_kingdom hst’,
‘code’ => ‘united_kingdom-hst’,
‘description’ => ‘united_kingdom hst 20%’,
‘percent’ => 20,
‘taxable’ => true,
);
}
/**
* EDIT THIS TO HOLD THE DETAILS FOR ONE OF YOUR ANSWER OPTIONS
* @return array
*/
function ee_ireland_surcharge_details() {
return array(
‘name’ => ‘ireland hst’,
‘code’ => ‘ireland-hst’,
‘description’ => ‘ireland hst 20%’,
‘percent’ => 20,
‘taxable’ => false,
);
}
/**
* DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING EXCEPT DEFAULT SURCHARGE DETAILS
*
* bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge
*
* @param \EE_Checkout $checkout
* @return \EE_Checkout
*/
function bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge( EE_Checkout $checkout ) {
// DEFAULT SURCHARGE DETAILS – EDIT THIS
$surcharge_details = apply_filters(
‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__surcharge_details’,
array(
// name for surcharge that will be displayed
‘name’ => ‘VAT’,
// unique code used to identify surcharge in the db
‘code’ => ‘vat-for-UK’,
// description for line item
‘description’ => ‘vat only for UK’,
// percentage amount
‘percent’ => 20,
// whether or not tax is applied on top of the surcharge
‘taxable’ => false,
)
);
// STOP EDITING
// apply the surcharge ?
if ( ! apply_filters( ‘FHEE__bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge__apply_surcharge’, false ) ) {
return $checkout;
}
// verify checkout
if ( ! $checkout instanceof EE_Checkout ) {
return $checkout;
}
// verify cart
$cart = $checkout->cart;
if ( ! $cart instanceof EE_Cart ) {
return $checkout;
}
// verify grand total line item
$grand_total = $cart->get_grand_total();
if ( ! $grand_total instanceof EE_Line_Item ) {
return $checkout;
}
// has surcharge already been applied ?
$existing_surcharge = $grand_total->get_child_line_item( $surcharge_details[ ‘code’ ] );
if ( $existing_surcharge instanceof EE_Line_Item ) {
return $checkout;
}
EE_Registry::instance()->load_helper( ‘Line_Item’ );
$pre_tax_subtotal = EEH_Line_Item::get_pre_tax_subtotal( $grand_total );
$pre_tax_subtotal->add_child_line_item(
EE_Line_Item::new_instance( array(
‘LIN_name’ => $surcharge_details[ ‘name’ ],
‘LIN_desc’ => $surcharge_details[ ‘description’ ],
‘LIN_unit_price’ => 0,
‘LIN_percent’ => $surcharge_details[ ‘percent’ ],
‘LIN_quantity’ => NULL,
‘LIN_is_taxable’ => $surcharge_details[ ‘taxable’ ],
‘LIN_order’ => 0,
‘LIN_total’ => (float) ( $percentage_amount * ( $pre_tax_subtotal->total() / 100 ) ),
‘LIN_type’ => EEM_Line_Item::type_line_item,
‘LIN_code’ => $surcharge_details[ ‘code’ ],
) )
);
$grand_total->recalculate_total_including_taxes();
return $checkout;
}
add_filter( ‘FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_checkout__checkout’, ‘bc_ee_apply_transaction_surcharge’ );

See attached images for better understanding.

http://oi67.tinypic.com/2yo2wyr.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/2s0zb6t.jpg

Hope you can help, many thanks for your past help.

February 21, 2017 at 1:34 am

Sorry, will remember for future.

I have added the extra country but the code still appears to not be working. I am still charged with sales tax when I go to the checkout with ‘Ireland’ selected.

Are you able to help?

February 27, 2017 at 5:11 am

Hi Josh,

our client is struggling to understand why they should have to pay for a developer to write custom code. Surely you must have come across this problem many times with UK customers who are selling in Europe? They are using Infusionsoft on the site which handles the country of origin with no problem at all, so they are confused as to why EventEspresso needs custom code. Also, if we go down the route of custom code, we will have to keep updates in line with yours which is a nightmare to manage.
Please help, the client is getting frustrated and will soon look for alternatives (eg eventbrite)

Your help is much appreciated.

Marcus & Katie