Hi,

I am writing to this list because I am searching for help with the
implementation of valid VAT handling in Ofbiz according to German
requirements.
I found that Ofbiz (I use the latest version in the trunk) can be configured
to show prices including VAT but as far as I can tell there are open issues
in the current implementation.

1. The ecommerce webapp shows different prices in the different screens
(microcart, minicart, showcart and at the end of the ordering process). I
also found a post that price calculation with included VAT does not work for
configurable items
(http://www.nabble.com/Creating-price-rules-for-a-country-with-VAT-value-td21954459.html#a22005169)
2. If the order contains products with different VAT rates, the amount of
each rate needs to be shown separately and rounding should only be done on
this group level and not on item basis
3. Discounts granted to the subtotal of the order miss to adjust VAT amount
accordingly. Currently they are applied to the net subtotal (which would be
OK, I guess, as long as the VAT would be recalculated based on the
discounted net price) and nothing more is done. So the final amount of VAT
does not comply to the actual net value of the order (but to the
undiscounted net value instead)

So, the first point merely requires consistent use of the pricing methods of
the shopping cart in the templates and should not require a change in the
actual business logic.
For the second point I have currently no idea as I did not take a look into
the related entities and/or invoice generation.
Regarding the third point, I think one might either recalculate the tax in
the last step of the ordering process or include such a discount on the
subtotal in the product price calculation. I don't know which is the better
choice or if another option might even be better?

Long story short. I am willing to invest some time in implementing the
required changes and contribute back to the community but I need some
feedback on these issues. Maybe even someone is already working on such an
implementation (I've seen quite some posts on this issue)? My employer is
also willing to pay for some professional assistance in this subject.

I hope to receive some feedback from you and looking forward to leverage the
capabilities of Ofbiz :)

Regards,
Benjamin

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