Hi guys,

Thanks to you both: you saved my day. I was struggling to understand
getpaid to have it work with a basic tax system; your posts didn't
just help me: you made all the work for me.

THanks thanks thanks

I owe you.

Marc

On Jul 23, 7:07 am, Darryl Dixon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hannes,
>
> You are very welcome, I'm glad to have been able to provide some small
> practical assistance.
>
> regards,
> Darryl Dixon
> Winterhouse Consulting Ltdhttp://www.winterhouseconsulting.com
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Hannes Calitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Darryl, I have to thank you for the help in this matter. I took your code,
> > edited it, and it worked once off. Again, thank you SO much.
>
> > 2009/7/22 Hannes Calitz <[email protected]>
>
> > Awesome thanks. This really has helped a lot.
>
> >> 2009/7/22 Darryl Dixon <[email protected]>
>
> >>> I created mine as an egg, 'getpaid.gst' which is probably what you also
> >>> want to do. If I recall correctly, I made the basic structure with 
> >>> Paster's
> >>> 'basic namespace package' or similar (eg: python-2.4.5/bin/paster create
> >>> basic_namespace). Then add it to your buildout as a development egg. Erm, 
> >>> if
> >>> you aren't too familiar with buildout then you may be in for a little bit 
> >>> of
> >>> a learning curve... :-/
>
> >>> D
>
> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Hannes Calitz <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >>>> 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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