[Resolved] Admin side, default VAT

[keat]

When adding the occasional new product, i keep forgetting to add VAT from the drop down.

I've done this so many times, I care not to mention.

Is there a way to have the cart default to VAT when adding a new product, rather than having to manually select it. ?

[Noodleman]

https://github.com/cubecart/v6/issues/857

Similar to this request, raised in 2015.

[keat]

Possibly, but I guess an edit in the admin skin would suffice, if i only knew how.

[ayz1]

The default value in the inventory table for tax_type is 0 can you not just set this to the value that you need as the new default e.g. 1 or 2?

[keat]

I assume an edit in here somewhere ??

 

admin/skins/templates/product.index.php

 

<div>
               <label for="tax_type">{$LANG.catalogue.tax_class}</label>
               <span>
                  {if isset($TAXES)}
                  <select name="tax_type" id="tax_type" class="textbox">
                     <option value="">{$LANG.common.please_select} &hellip;</option>
                     {foreach from=$TAXES item=tax}<option value="{$tax.id}"{$tax.selected}>{$tax.tax_name}</option>{/foreach}
                  </select>
                  {else}{$LANG.catalogue.no_taxes_setup}{/if}
               </span>
            </div>

4 minutes ago, ayz1 said:

The default value in the inventory table for tax_type is 0 can you not just set this to the value that you need as the new default e.g. 1 or 2?

I can do this for any product which I've forgotten to add tax, but I still keep making the same schoolboy error, so I'd prefer a the tax class to default to CucbeCart_tax_class .id=1 in the admin side when adding a new product.

[ayz1]

Try this

   {if isset($TAXES)}
                  <select name="tax_type" id="tax_type" class="textbox">
                     <option value="">{$LANG.common.please_select} &hellip;</option>
                     {foreach from=$TAXES item=tax}<option value="{$tax.id}"{$tax.selected}>{$tax.tax_name}</option>{/foreach}
                     <option selected="selected" value="1">Standard Tax</option>
                  </select>

Make sure value="1" is the correct value in your setup.

[keat]

My standard tax class is called VAT, so adding        <option selected="selected" value="1">VAT</option>  appears to have done the trick.

Much appreciated.

Saves me having to explain to staff why the taxes don't tally.