What Am I Doing Wrong on the Order Form?

[CathyBob]

I was wondering if anyone can help me.

I am in Quebec and for some reason when I add up the order form with books and spices - the total I give the client is not the same as Pampered Partner.

What am I doing wrong?

We have 5% GST and 7.5% Provincial.

Do books get taxed differently then products?

It is really not clear on the order form.

Someone help please.


Cathy

 

[kcjodih]

Cathy,

I absolutely hate, hate, hate orders with product, cookbooks AND spices on them. Spices don't have ANY tax (food product), cookbooks only have GST, and of course the rest have both! ARGGG!! So much easier when I bring my laptop and let PP do the work !

Hope that helps,

 

[chefann]

There have been threads about this issue, and if I recall the books are in fact taxed differently from the other non-pantry items in some provinces. Sorry I can't give you more specific help, though.(Thanks for popping in with that, Jodi. I felt bad that Cathy hadn't had an answer yet, and I was trying to help. )

 

[CathyBob]

Thanks Jodi,

That makes more sense - I will have to remember that when I am one on one with the client - I do not have a laptop - (and if I did, it would be a Mac, so I couldn't use it (my Mac at home is hooked up to a Windows machine))

And Thanks Anne (I was enjoying the thread on shredded cheese)

I will try it again manually and see if it works out to what Pampered Partner says.

Thanks again.

Cathy

 

[peichef]

CathyIf you look at the receipt really closely, you'll notice arrows leading from each "category" (food / library / pantry) to appropriate line at the tally section of the form. (Still not easy to follow, but somewhat helpful.) By follwoing the lines, you should (though I am not guaranteeing b/c we have hst, not 2 separate taxes) come up with the right total , since each category is lines up with the appropriate tax.
Clear as mud, right!?!

 

[Sherry Leigh]

and make sure to calculate each tax separately...trying to save time by calculating total tax instead of each tax separately will put you off a couple cents too (took me a while to figure that one out)... and don't forget to tax shipping! soon you'll be a pro!