Sweet. Thanks Darryl

As I have never started a plug in from scratch (I have always just copied an
existing plug in and edited it), I don't quite know where to start. Would I
just create a normal Plone Product and add these two files to it?

2009/7/22 Darryl Dixon <[email protected]>

> Hi Hannes,
>
> This is/should be relatively straightforward. In NZ we have a flat GST
> regime of 12.5% and I wrote a tax plugin to add this to all orders. It was
> only very small. I don't know if my way was 'right' but It Works For Me(tm)
>
>
> dix...@ganymede:~/src/getpaid.gst/getpaid/gst$ cat overrides.zcml
> <configure xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope";>
>
>   <!-- Taxes -->
>   <utility factory=".tax.TaxUtility" />
>
> </configure>
>
>
> dix...@ganymede:~/src/getpaid.gst/getpaid/gst$ cat tax.py
> import decimal
> from zope.interface import implements
>
> from getpaid.core.interfaces import ITaxUtility
>
> from getpaid.gst import getpaidgstMessageFactory as _
>
> class TaxUtility(object):
>     implements(ITaxUtility)
>
>     def getCost(self, order):
>         """Calculate GST at 12.5% on the subtotal and any shipping costs"""
>         return float(order.getSubTotalPrice() + order.getShippingCost()) *
> self.tax_rate
>
>     def getTaxes(self, order):
>         return [{'value' : self.getCost(order), 'name' : self.tax_name}]
>
>
>     def getTaxOnSum(self, sum):
>         """Return the GST value of a price, rounded to the nearest cent"""
>         return float('%.2f' % (sum * self.tax_rate))
>
>     @property
>     def tax_rate(self):
>         return 0.125
>
>     @property
>     def tax_name(self):
>         return _(u"GST")
>
>
> dix...@ganymede:~/src/getpaid.gst/getpaid/gst$ cat __init__.py
>
> from zope.i18nmessageid import MessageFactory
>
> getpaidgstMessageFactory = MessageFactory('getpaid.gst')
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> regards,
> Darryl Dixon
> Winterhouse Consulting Ltd
> http://www.winterhouseconsulting.com
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:11 PM, hannesc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I need to start developing some sort of Tax add-on for GetPaid, and by
>> the look of things, it seems that just perhaps I will have to dive
>> into the PloneGetPaid code itself. What I basically need to start
>> developing is a plugin that adds 14% VAT to all orders.
>>
>> Before I start working on such a plugin, I wanted to know if anyone
>> has already started something similar that I could perhaps look at
>> before starting on a something from scratch.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hannes
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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