Different taxes for different products

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#1

Hello,

is it possible to have different taxes for different products, for example 7% on books, and 19% on others?

Best,
Jérôme

#2

Hey @Jerome,

Yes, it is. You can specify which taxes apply to a product with the data-item-taxes attribute.

Let’s say you create two taxes in the dashboard. One named PST:

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And, one named GST:

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By default, both taxes will be applied to any products. If you want your product to only apply the GST tax, then it should look like this:

<button class="snipcart-add-item"
  data-item-id="product"
  data-item-name="Product"
  data-item-price="20.00"
  data-item-taxes="PST">Add to cart</button>

You can also combine multiple taxes, simply split the tax names with a |:

<button class="snipcart-add-item"
  data-item-id="product"
  data-item-name="Product"
  data-item-price="20.00"
  data-item-taxes="PST|GST">Add to cart</button>
#3

OK, thanks. It would be convenient to have in the dashboard fields to specify product IDs so that I do not have to ask my developper.

#4

I have the same, or a similar issue, sorry for pulling this back up. I am setting up a German shop, and there are two kinds of VAT: the normal, full version (19%) and the reduced (7%) version for digital products, books et. The difference to the solution provided in the answer above is, that it’s the same country, so not Germany + Worldwide, but both in Germany. I had set up both options in the preferences, but don’t understand yet how or where to indicate which product uses which VAT version.

#5

Hey Terry,

You should set the desired VAT version on the product definition itself in your markup. You can scroll down to the ‘data-item-taxes’ section. Even though it’s the documentation for Snipcart V2, the taxes are handled the same.

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